nfl most seasons played quarterback with less than 5 seasons

50 players are tied for playing the most seasons by a quarterback with fewer than 5 seasons, with 4 seasons. The first three are Sam Howell, Bailey Zappe and Kenny Pickett.

NAMESEASGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sam Howell
S. Howell
4
21
404
645
62.6
4,139
6.4
197.1
22
23
77.5
3.4
3.6
72
481
2Bailey Zappe
B. Zappe
4
16
208
335
62.1
2,223
6.6
138.9
12
14
76.0
3.6
4.2
32
236
3Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
4
36
499
800
62.4
4,953
6.2
137.6
16
16
78.2
2.0
2.0
62
442
4Malik Willis
M. Willis
4
22
105
155
67.7
1,322
8.5
60.1
6
3
98.9
3.9
1.9
25
131
5Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
4
26
374
588
63.6
4,002
6.8
153.9
16
14
82.6
2.7
2.4
51
294
6Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
4
49
919
1,353
67.9
11,685
8.6
238.5
84
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
7Mike White
M. White
4
15
199
324
61.4
2,247
6.9
149.8
9
13
74.7
2.8
4.0
13
94
8Zach Wilson
Z. Wilson
4
38
572
1,004
57.0
6,325
6.3
166.4
23
25
73.1
2.3
2.5
113
875
9Sam Ehlinger
S. Ehlinger
4
9
64
101
63.4
573
5.7
63.7
3
3
76.1
3.0
3.0
14
87
10P.J. Walker
P.J. Walker
4
21
185
339
54.6
2,135
6.3
101.7
6
16
60.0
1.8
4.7
29
214
11Logan Woodside
L. Woodside
4
13
4
7
57.1
34
4.9
2.6
0
1
30.4
0.0
14.3
1
7
12John Wolford
J. Wolford
4
8
61
104
58.7
626
6.0
78.3
1
5
59.2
1.0
4.8
10
65
13Easton Stick
E. Stick
4
8
112
175
64.0
1,133
6.5
141.6
3
1
85.7
1.7
0.6
14
122
14David Blough
D. Blough
4
9
138
242
57.0
1,435
5.9
159.4
6
9
67.1
2.5
3.7
21
144
15Garrett Gilbert
G. Gilbert
4
8
43
75
57.3
477
6.4
59.6
1
1
75.3
1.3
1.3
5
48
16Nate Sudfeld
N. Sudfeld
4
6
25
37
67.6
188
5.1
31.3
1
1
77.3
2.7
2.7
6
47
17Matt McGloin
M. McGloin
4
13
161
277
58.1
1,868
6.7
143.7
11
11
75.3
4.0
4.0
9
81
18Scott Tolzien
S. Tolzien
4
10
88
146
60.3
1,065
7.3
106.5
2
9
61.6
1.4
6.2
11
84
19Jake Locker
J. Locker
4
30
408
709
57.5
4,967
7.0
165.6
27
22
79.0
3.8
3.1
60
378
20Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
4
38
632
1,057
59.8
6,658
6.3
175.2
38
36
75.9
3.6
3.4
95
501
21Brady Quinn
B. Quinn
4
24
296
550
53.8
3,043
5.5
126.8
12
17
64.4
2.2
3.1
41
236
22Troy Smith
T. Smith
4
20
121
234
51.7
1,734
7.4
86.7
8
5
78.5
3.4
2.1
23
142
23Quinn Gray
Q. Gray
4
12
108
188
57.4
1,328
7.1
110.7
13
5
91.4
6.9
2.7
12
86
24Ken Dorsey
K. Dorsey
4
16
214
408
52.5
2,082
5.1
130.1
8
18
55.2
2.0
4.4
25
172
25J.T. O'Sullivan
J.T. O'Sullivan
4
17
145
257
56.4
1,866
7.3
109.8
9
13
69.9
3.5
5.1
38
246

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