nfl rookie passing yards leaders 1997

Jake Plummer had the most passing yards by a rookie in 1997, with 2,203 yards.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
2,203
1997
ARI ARI
10
157
296
53.0
7.4
220.3
15
15
73.1
5.1
5.1
52
291
2 Craig Whelihan
C. Whelihan
1,357
1997
SD SD
9
118
237
49.8
5.7
150.8
6
10
58.3
2.5
4.2
21
168
3 Danny Wuerffel
D. Wuerffel
518
1997
NO NO
7
42
91
46.2
5.7
74.0
4
8
42.3
4.4
8.8
18
116
4 Kelly Holcomb
K. Holcomb
454
1997
IND IND
5
45
73
61.6
6.2
90.8
1
8
44.3
1.4
11.0
11
76
5 Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
371
1997
SEA SEA
3
31
45
68.9
8.2
123.7
1
2
82.7
2.2
4.4
3
10
6 Steve Matthews
S. Matthews
275
1997
JAX JAX
2
26
40
65.0
6.9
137.5
0
0
84.9
0.0
0.0
1
0
7 Jim Druckenmiller
J. Druckenmiller
239
1997
SF SF
4
21
52
40.4
4.6
59.8
1
4
29.2
1.9
7.7
4
32
8 Tony Graziani
T. Graziani
41
1997
ATL ATL
3
7
23
30.4
1.8
13.7
0
2
3.7
0.0
8.7
1
7
9 James Ritchey
J. Ritchey
15
1997
TEN TEN
1
2
2
100.0
7.5
15.0
0
0
97.9
0.0
0.0
1
9
10 Mike Quinn
M. Quinn
10
1997
PIT PIT
1
1
2
50.0
5.0
10.0
0
0
64.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.5

21st

OPP PPG

18.5

5th

RUSH YDS/G

105.8

22nd

PASS YDS/G

185.5

28th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Rams Rams
3
1
0
.750
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
Cardinals Cardinals
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
TEN TEN
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
GB GB
@
ARI ARI
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

2 - 2 - 0

20

Final

23

SEA Seahawks

3 - 1 - 0

Thu 25 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
NYJ NYJ
@
MIA MIA
7:15 PM
Mon
9/29
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM