nfl most single season passing attempts by a rookie quarterback before 2013

Before 2013, Andrew Luck made the most pass attempts by a rookie quarterback, with 627 attempts in 2012.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Andrew Luck
A. Luck
627
2012
IND IND
16
339
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
23
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
2Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
590
2010
STL STL
16
354
60.0
3,512
6.0
219.5
18
15
76.5
3.1
2.5
34
244
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
575
1998
IND IND
16
326
56.7
3,739
6.5
233.7
26
28
71.2
4.5
4.9
22
109
4Chris Weinke
C. Weinke
540
2001
CAR CAR
15
293
54.3
2,931
5.4
195.4
11
19
62.0
2.0
3.5
26
177
5Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
517
2012
CLE CLE
15
297
57.4
3,385
6.5
225.7
14
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
517
2011
CAR CAR
16
310
60.0
4,051
7.8
253.2
21
17
84.5
4.1
3.3
35
260
7Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
516
2011
CIN CIN
16
300
58.1
3,398
6.6
212.4
20
13
80.4
3.9
2.5
24
160
8Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
486
1993
SEA SEA
16
274
56.4
2,833
5.8
177.1
12
17
67.0
2.5
3.5
47
235
9Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
484
2012
MIA MIA
16
282
58.3
3,294
6.8
205.9
12
13
76.1
2.5
2.7
35
234
10Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
480
1986
BUF BUF
16
285
59.4
3,593
7.5
224.6
22
17
83.3
4.6
3.5
43
330
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
450
1984
HOU HOU
16
259
57.6
3,338
7.4
208.6
12
14
76.9
2.7
3.1
47
371
12David Carr
D. Carr
444
2002
HOU HOU
16
233
52.5
2,592
5.8
162.0
9
15
62.8
2.0
3.4
76
411
13Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
439
1976
SEA SEA
14
208
47.4
2,571
5.9
183.6
12
27
49.5
2.7
6.2
25
196
14Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
434
2008
ATL ATL
16
265
61.1
3,440
7.9
215.0
16
11
87.7
3.7
2.5
17
104
15Kerry Collins
K. Collins
433
1995
CAR CAR
15
214
49.4
2,717
6.3
181.1
14
19
61.9
3.2
4.4
24
150
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
432
2004
CIN CIN
13
263
60.9
2,897
6.7
222.8
18
18
77.3
4.2
4.2
25
178
17Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
429
2002
DET DET
14
215
50.1
2,294
5.3
163.9
12
16
59.9
2.8
3.7
8
75
18Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
429
1993
NE NE
13
214
49.9
2,494
5.8
191.8
15
15
65.0
3.5
3.5
16
99
19Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
428
2008
BAL BAL
16
257
60.0
2,971
6.9
185.7
14
12
80.3
3.3
2.8
32
276
20Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
418
2003
JAX JAX
15
239
57.2
2,819
6.7
187.9
14
16
73.0
3.3
3.8
19
90
21Jack Trudeau
J. Trudeau
417
1986
IND IND
12
204
48.9
2,225
5.3
185.4
8
18
53.5
1.9
4.3
29
213
22Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
413
2011
JAX JAX
15
210
50.8
2,214
5.4
147.6
12
11
65.4
2.9
2.7
40
293
23Tim Couch
T. Couch
399
1999
CLE CLE
15
223
55.9
2,447
6.1
163.1
15
13
73.2
3.8
3.3
56
359
24Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
393
2012
WAS WAS
15
258
65.6
3,200
8.1
213.3
20
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
25Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
393
2012
SEA SEA
16
252
64.1
3,118
7.9
194.9
26
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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NO NO
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