rookie qb with highest passing yards per attempt and more than 168 pass attempts in a season

Greg Cook has averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a rookie quarterback with more than 168 passing attempts, with 9.4 yards in 1969.

	NAME	AVG	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Greg Cook G. Cook	9.4	197	1969	CIN	11	106	53.8	1,854	168.5	15	11	88.3	7.6	5.6	29	195
2	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	9.4	171	1945	CLE	10	89	52.0	1,609	160.9	14	17	72.4	8.2	9.9
3	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	8.9	295	2004	PIT	14	196	66.4	2,621	187.2	17	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
4	Marc Bulger M. Bulger	8.5	214	2002	STL	7	138	64.5	1,826	260.9	14	6	101.5	6.5	2.8	12	102
5	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	8.3	204	2017	HOU	7	126	61.8	1,699	242.7	19	8	103.0	9.3	3.9	19	116
6	Mark Rypien M. Rypien	8.3	208	1988	WAS	9	114	54.8	1,730	192.2	18	13	85.2	8.7	6.3	14	115
7	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	8.3	274	2018	SF	8	176	64.2	2,277	284.6	13	10	90.8	4.7	3.6	17	127
8	C.J. Stroud	8.2	499	2023	HOU	15	319	63.9	4,108	273.9	23	5	100.8	4.6	1.0	38	331
9	Robert Griffin III R. Griffin III	8.1	393	2012	WAS	15	258	65.6	3,200	213.3	20	5	102.4	5.1	1.3	30	217
10	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	8.1	170	2022	SF	9	114	67.1	1,374	152.7	13	4	107.3	7.6	2.4	11	84
11	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	8.0	459	2016	DAL	16	311	67.8	3,667	229.2	23	4	104.9	5.0	0.9	25	143
12	Jake Browning J. Browning	8.0	243	2023	CIN	9	171	70.4	1,936	215.1	12	7	98.4	4.9	2.9	24	169
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	7.9	393	2012	SEA	16	252	64.1	3,118	194.9	26	10	100.0	6.6	2.5	33	203
14	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	7.9	434	2008	ATL	16	265	61.1	3,440	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
15	Clyde LeForce C. LeForce	7.9	175	1947	DET	9	94	53.7	1,384	153.8	13	20	65.0	7.4	11.4
16	Zach Mettenberger Z. Mettenberger	7.9	179	2014	TEN	7	107	59.8	1,412	201.7	8	7	83.4	4.5	3.9	18	138
17	Cam Newton C. Newton	7.8	517	2011	CAR	16	310	60.0	4,051	253.2	21	17	84.5	4.1	3.3	35	260
18	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	7.8	321	1970	BUF	14	178	55.5	2,507	179.1	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
19	Aaron Brooks A. Brooks	7.8	194	2000	NO	8	113	58.2	1,514	189.3	9	6	85.7	4.6	3.1	15	94
20	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	7.7	486	2018	CLE	14	310	63.8	3,725	266.1	27	14	93.7	5.6	2.9	25	173
21	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	7.6	370	2015	TEN	12	230	62.2	2,818	234.8	19	10	91.5	5.1	2.7	38	258
22	Rodney Peete R. Peete	7.6	195	1989	DET	8	103	52.8	1,479	184.9	5	9	67.0	2.6	4.6	27	164
23	Mickey Slaughter M. Slaughter	7.6	223	1963	DEN	13	112	50.2	1,689	129.9	12	14	67.3	5.4	6.3
24	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	7.6	198	1956	BAL	12	110	55.6	1,498	124.8	9	10	74.0	4.5	5.1
25	Jameis Winston J. Winston	7.6	535	2015	TB	16	312	58.3	4,042	252.6	22	15	84.2	4.1	2.8	27	190

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