rookie passing yards leaders week 18

Drew Bledsoe has the most passing yards by a rookie in a Week-18 game, with 329 yards versus the Dolphins on January 2, 1994.

NAMEYDSDATETMOPPCMPATTPCTAVGTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
329
1/2/1994
vs
27
43
62.8
7.7
4
1
107.6
9.3
2.3
0
0
2Bo Nix
B. Nix
321
1/5/2025
vs
26
29
89.7
11.1
4
0
152.4
13.8
0.0
0
0
3Michael Penix Jr.
M. Penix Jr.
312
1/5/2025
vs
21
38
55.3
8.2
2
1
88.9
5.3
2.6
1
2
4Davis Mills
D. Mills
301
1/9/2022
vs
23
33
69.7
9.1
3
0
128.5
9.1
0.0
2
12
5Anthony Brown
A. Brown
286
1/8/2023
@
19
44
43.2
6.5
0
2
46.2
0.0
4.5
4
10
6Riley Leonard
R. Leonard
270
1/4/2026
@
21
34
61.8
7.9
2
1
94.0
5.9
2.9
1
8
7Tanner McKee
T. McKee
269
1/5/2025
vs
27
41
65.9
6.6
2
0
100.6
4.9
0.0
2
17
8C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
264
1/6/2024
@
20
26
76.9
10.2
2
0
134.1
7.7
0.0
2
18
9Mac Jones
M. Jones
261
1/9/2022
@
20
30
66.7
8.7
1
1
91.1
3.3
3.3
2
16
10Tyler Shough
T. Shough
259
1/4/2026
@
23
35
65.7
7.4
1
1
85.3
2.9
2.9
4
27
11Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
244
1/7/2024
vs
20
31
64.5
7.9
2
0
110.1
6.5
0.0
2
14
12Joe Milton III
J. Milton III
241
1/5/2025
vs
22
29
75.9
8.3
1
0
111.4
3.4
0.0
0
0
13Spencer Rattler
S. Rattler
240
1/5/2025
@
26
42
61.9
5.7
1
0
85.4
2.4
0.0
2
12
14Jaxson Dart
J. Dart
230
1/4/2026
vs
22
32
68.8
7.2
2
0
110.2
6.3
0.0
4
11
15Desmond Ridder
D. Ridder
224
1/8/2023
vs
19
30
63.3
7.5
2
0
108.2
6.7
0.0
2
16
16Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
223
1/9/2022
vs
23
32
71.9
7.0
2
0
111.8
6.3
0.0
1
6
17T.J. Rubley
T.J. Rubley
213
1/2/1994
vs
18
28
64.3
7.6
1
0
99.3
3.6
0.0
0
0
18Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
195
1/8/2023
vs
13
29
44.8
6.7
1
0
79.0
3.4
0.0
1
6
19J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
182
1/4/2026
vs
14
23
60.9
7.9
0
0
85.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
178
1/8/2023
vs
15
20
75.0
8.9
3
0
141.3
15.0
0.0
4
36
21Sam Howell
S. Howell
169
1/8/2023
vs
11
19
57.9
8.9
1
1
83.0
5.3
5.3
3
11
22Jake Browning
J. Browning
156
1/7/2024
vs
18
24
75.0
6.5
3
1
113.9
12.5
4.2
2
22
23Skylar Thompson
S. Thompson
152
1/8/2023
vs
20
31
64.5
4.9
0
0
76.3
0.0
0.0
1
12
24Caleb Williams
C. Williams
148
1/5/2025
@
21
29
72.4
5.1
1
0
95.2
3.4
0.0
1
7
25Rick Mirer
R. Mirer
140
1/2/1994
@
19
30
63.3
4.7
2
0
96.5
6.7
0.0
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing yards going back to the 1950 season.

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