which runningback has the most career passing yards in the nfl

Sammy Baugh has the most career passing yards by a running back, with 8,379 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	8,379	72	679	1,229	55.2	6.8	116.4	80	93	66.7	6.5	7.6
2	Arnie Herber A. Herber	8,041	116	481	1,175	40.9	6.8	69.3	78	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
3	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	5,945	54	411	818	50.2	7.3	110.1	61	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
4	Parker Hall P. Hall	4,013	42	329	721	45.6	5.6	95.5	30	67	38.5	4.2	9.3
5	Ace Parker A. Parker	3,812	48	263	579	45.4	6.6	79.4	22	42	49.8	3.8	7.3
6	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	3,612	55	239	481	49.7	7.5	65.7	33	63	58.1	6.9	13.1
7	Irv Comp I. Comp	3,019	39	197	469	42.0	6.4	77.4	27	44	44.0	5.8	9.4
8	Johnny Clement J. Clement	2,320	35	134	328	40.9	7.1	66.3	14	26	46.8	4.3	7.9
9	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	2,227	62	158	336	47.0	6.6	35.9	28	26	64.4	8.3	7.7
10	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	2,175	12	162	299	54.2	7.3	181.3	22	13	84.0	7.4	4.3
11	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	2,120	70	155	357	43.4	5.9	30.3	25	30	51.3	7.0	8.4
12	Joe Geri J. Geri	1,926	48	101	280	36.1	6.9	40.1	13	27	36.7	4.6	9.6
13	Paul Governali P. Governali	1,775	12	108	252	42.9	7.0	147.9	17	22	53.3	6.7	8.7
14	Frankie Sinkwich F. Sinkwich	1,759	20	108	274	39.4	6.4	88.0	19	40	45.2	6.9	14.6
15	Glenn Presnell G. Presnell	1,670	60	110	309	35.6	5.4	27.8	12	37	27.6	3.9	12.0
16	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	1,642	116	105	268	39.2	6.1	14.2	16	20	49.1	6.0	7.5
17	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	1,539	32	119	249	47.8	6.2	48.1	17	22	53.6	6.8	8.8
18	Dutch Clark D. Clark	1,507	64	114	250	45.6	6.0	23.5	10	26	38.9	4.0	10.4
19	Harry Newman H. Newman	1,496	32	97	258	37.6	5.8	46.8	12	36	33.5	4.7	14.0
20	Ed Matesic E. Matesic	1,412	34	99	262	37.8	5.4	41.5	8	34	26.6	3.1	13.0
21	Bud Schwenk B. Schwenk	1,360	11	126	295	42.7	4.6	123.6	6	27	25.5	2.0	9.2
22	Dave Smukler D. Smukler	1,357	38	112	308	36.4	4.4	35.7	15	32	27.4	4.9	10.4
23	Davey O'Brien D. O'Brien	1,324	11	99	201	49.3	6.6	120.4	6	17	45.3	3.0	8.5
24	Dave Ryan D. Ryan	1,296	28	86	198	43.4	6.5	46.3	9	27	41.1	4.5	13.6
25	Dwight Sloan D. Sloan	1,251	31	100	227	44.1	5.5	40.4	3	18	33.1	1.3	7.9

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Eagles	2	2	.500
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Sun 11/1	PHI	@	WAS	8:20 PM
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139.0

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Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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Rams	2	2	0	.500
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Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000