who had the highest qb rating passes in their second year

Drew Bledsoe had a passer rating of 73.6 in his 2nd season.

NAMERTGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
73.6
691
1994
16
400
57.9
4,555
6.6
284.7
25
27
3.6
3.9
22
139
2Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
97.7
672
2021
17
443
65.9
5,014
7.5
294.9
38
15
5.7
2.2
31
214
3Bo Nix
B. Nix
87.8
612
2025
17
388
63.4
3,931
6.4
231.2
25
11
4.1
1.8
22
119
4Sam Howell
S. Howell
78.9
612
2023
17
388
63.4
3,946
6.4
232.1
21
21
3.4
3.4
65
449
5Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
88.2
606
2015
16
355
58.6
4,428
7.3
276.8
35
18
5.8
3.0
51
320
6Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
81.7
588
2013
16
355
60.4
3,913
6.7
244.6
24
17
4.1
2.9
58
399
7Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
95.2
584
2022
17
387
66.3
4,113
7.0
241.9
25
8
4.3
1.4
27
184
8Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
113.8
580
2018
16
383
66.0
5,097
8.8
318.6
50
12
8.6
2.1
26
171
9Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
73.1
578
1979
16
347
60.0
3,652
6.3
228.3
17
21
2.9
3.6
17
119
10Derek Carr
D. Carr
91.1
573
2015
16
350
61.1
3,987
7.0
249.2
32
13
5.6
2.3
31
230
11Andrew Luck
A. Luck
87.0
570
2013
16
343
60.2
3,822
6.7
238.9
23
9
4.0
1.6
32
227
12Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
77.8
569
2000
16
330
58.0
3,365
5.9
210.3
21
13
3.7
2.3
45
262
13Caleb Williams
C. Williams
90.1
568
2025
17
330
58.1
3,942
6.9
231.9
27
7
4.8
1.2
24
165
14Jameis Winston
J. Winston
86.1
567
2016
16
345
60.8
4,090
7.2
255.6
28
18
4.9
3.2
35
239
15Dan Marino
D. Marino
108.9
564
1984
16
362
64.2
5,084
9.0
317.8
48
17
8.5
3.0
13
120
16Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
97.6
561
2000
16
355
63.3
4,278
7.6
267.4
31
10
5.5
1.8
24
155
17Kyler Murray
K. Murray
94.3
558
2020
16
375
67.2
3,971
7.1
248.2
26
12
4.7
2.2
27
176
18Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
76.4
558
2001
16
312
55.9
3,832
6.9
239.5
26
22
4.7
3.9
50
330
19Eli Manning
E. Manning
75.9
557
2005
16
294
52.8
3,762
6.8
235.1
24
17
4.3
3.1
28
184
20Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
63.9
554
2003
16
309
55.8
2,880
5.2
180.0
17
22
3.1
4.0
9
55
21Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
75.0
547
1998
16
324
59.2
3,737
6.8
233.6
17
20
3.1
3.7
49
280
22Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
72.9
541
1986
16
276
51.0
4,109
7.6
256.8
22
22
4.1
4.1
28
240
23Baker Mayfield
B. Mayfield
78.8
534
2019
16
317
59.4
3,827
7.2
239.2
22
21
4.1
3.9
40
285
24Peyton Manning
P. Manning
90.7
533
1999
16
331
62.1
4,135
7.8
258.4
26
15
4.9
2.8
14
116
25C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
87.0
532
2024
17
336
63.2
3,727
7.0
219.2
20
12
3.8
2.3
52
408
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