nfl new york jets rookie player most passing touchdowns in a season

Joe Namath has the most passing touchdowns by a rookie for the Jets, with 18 touchdowns in 1965.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Joe Namath J. Namath	18	1965	NYJ	13	164	340	48.2	2,220	6.5	170.8	15	68.8	5.3	4.4
2	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	17	2018	NYJ	13	239	414	57.7	2,865	6.9	220.4	15	77.6	4.1	3.6	30	204
3	Geno Smith G. Smith	12	2013	NYJ	16	247	443	55.8	3,046	6.9	190.4	21	66.5	2.7	4.7	43	315
4	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	12	2009	NYJ	15	196	364	53.8	2,444	6.7	162.9	20	63.0	3.3	5.5	26	195
5	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	9	2021	NYJ	13	213	383	55.6	2,334	6.1	179.5	11	69.7	2.3	2.9	44	360
6	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	6	1984	NYJ	10	116	203	57.1	1,402	6.9	140.2	7	74.0	3.0	3.4	22	168
7	Dick Jamieson D. Jamieson	6	1960	NYT	11	35	70	50.0	586	8.4	53.3	2	95.3	8.6	2.9
8	Mike White M. White	5	2021	NYJ	4	88	132	66.7	953	7.2	238.3	8	75.1	3.8	6.1	4	18
9	Bryce Petty B. Petty	3	2016	NYJ	6	75	133	56.4	809	6.1	134.8	7	60.0	2.3	5.3	13	79
10	Richard Todd R. Todd	3	1976	NYJ	13	65	162	40.1	870	5.4	66.9	12	33.2	1.9	7.4	29	233
11	Brady Cook B. Cook	2	2025	NYJ	5	88	153	57.5	739	4.8	147.8	7	55.4	1.3	4.6	19	125
12	Matt Robinson M. Robinson	2	1977	NYJ	4	20	54	37.0	310	5.7	77.5	8	29.6	3.7	14.8	7	57
13	Bill Demory B. Demory	2	1973	NYJ	6	12	39	30.8	159	4.1	26.5	8	22.2	5.1	20.5	8	73
14	Mike Taliaferro M. Taliaferro	2	1964	NYJ	14	23	73	31.5	341	4.7	24.4	5	28.4	2.7	6.8
15	Matt Simms M. Simms	1	2013	NYJ	3	16	31	51.6	156	5.0	52.0	1	63.4	3.2	3.2	4	23
16	Greg McElroy G. McElroy	1	2012	NYJ	2	19	31	61.3	214	6.9	107.0	1	79.2	3.2	3.2	11	71
17	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	1	2000	NYJ	1	2	5	40.0	67	13.4	67.0	0	127.1	20.0	0.0	1	4
18	Troy Taylor T. Taylor	1	1990	NYJ	2	7	10	70.0	49	4.9	24.5	0	114.2	10.0	0.0	2	3
19	David Norrie D. Norrie	1	1987	NYJ	2	35	68	51.5	376	5.5	188.0	4	48.4	1.5	5.9	15	72
20	John Jones J. Jones	1	1975	NYJ	7	16	57	28.1	181	3.2	25.9	5	9.6	1.8	8.8	7	64

StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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