nfl rookie passing yards leader 2005

Kyle Orton had the most passing yards by a rookie in 2005, with 1,869 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Kyle Orton
K. Orton
1,869
2005
15
190
368
51.6
5.1
124.6
9
13
59.7
2.4
3.5
30
190
2Charlie Frye
C. Frye
1,002
2005
7
98
164
59.8
6.1
143.1
4
5
72.8
2.4
3.0
22
135
3Alex Smith
A. Smith
875
2005
9
84
165
50.9
5.3
97.2
1
11
40.8
0.6
6.7
29
185
4Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
777
2005
4
76
135
56.3
5.8
194.3
4
8
58.2
3.0
5.9
9
49
5Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
183
2005
2
13
24
54.2
7.6
91.5
2
1
89.4
8.3
4.2
1
1
6Seneca Wallace
S. Wallace
173
2005
7
13
25
52.0
6.9
24.7
1
1
70.9
4.0
4.0
3
20
7Matt Mauck
M. Mauck
136
2005
2
15
27
55.6
5.0
68.0
0
1
53.9
0.0
3.7
1
8
8Quinn Gray
Q. Gray
100
2005
1
8
14
57.1
7.1
100.0
2
0
119.0
14.3
0.0
1
7
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
65
2005
3
9
16
56.3
4.1
21.7
0
1
39.8
0.0
6.3
3
28
10Dan Orlovsky
D. Orlovsky
63
2005
2
7
17
41.2
3.7
31.5
0
0
51.8
0.0
0.0
1
3
11Kliff Kingsbury
K. Kingsbury
17
2005
1
1
2
50.0
8.5
17.0
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
12Matt Jones
M. Jones
12
2005
16
2
3
66.7
4.0
0.8
0
0
74.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
13Bradlee Van Pelt
B. Van Pelt
7
2005
3
2
8
25.0
0.9
2.3
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
14B.J. Sander
B.J. Sander
4
2005
14
1
1
100.0
4.0
0.3
0
0
83.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
15Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
3
2005
10
1
1
100.0
3.0
0.3
0
0
79.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
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8
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8
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.529
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3
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Bills Bills - w
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5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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7
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9
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11
6
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
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.706
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12
5
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14
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