nfl rookie qb passing yards leaders 2016

Carson Wentz had the most passing yards by a rookie quarterback in 2016, with 3,782 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
3,782
2016
16
379
607
62.4
6.2
236.4
16
14
79.3
2.6
2.3
33
213
2Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
3,667
2016
16
311
459
67.8
8.0
229.2
23
4
104.9
5.0
0.9
25
143
3Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
1,380
2016
9
128
195
65.6
7.1
153.3
6
2
92.3
3.1
1.0
21
140
4Jared Goff
J. Goff
1,089
2016
7
112
205
54.6
5.3
155.6
5
7
63.6
2.4
3.4
26
222
5Bryce Petty
B. Petty
809
2016
6
75
133
56.4
6.1
134.8
3
7
60.0
2.3
5.3
13
79
6Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
497
2016
3
49
83
59.0
6.0
165.7
2
1
79.2
2.4
1.2
9
42
7Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
400
2016
3
34
55
61.8
7.3
133.3
0
0
83.9
0.0
0.0
6
46
8Connor Cook
C. Cook
150
2016
1
14
21
66.7
7.1
150.0
1
1
83.4
4.8
4.8
2
7
9Trevone Boykin
T. Boykin
145
2016
5
13
18
72.2
8.1
29.0
1
1
91.2
5.6
5.6
1
5
10Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
104
2016
4
14
26
53.8
4.0
26.0
0
2
31.6
0.0
7.7
2
10
11Cardale Jones
C. Jones
96
2016
1
6
11
54.5
8.7
96.0
0
1
46.0
0.0
9.1
1
2
12David Fales
D. Fales
22
2016
1
2
5
40.0
4.4
22.0
0
0
53.8
0.0
0.0
1
5
13Brett Hundley
B. Hundley
17
2016
4
2
10
20.0
1.7
4.3
0
1
0.0
0.0
10.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.3

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19.1

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TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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1 - 0

23

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19

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176