who has the most passing yards in a season by a third round pick

Dan Fouts has the most passing yards by a 3rd round pick in a season, with 4,802 yards in 1981.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,802	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	7.9	300.1	33	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
2	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,770	2009	HOU	16	396	583	67.9	8.2	298.1	29	15	98.6	5.0	2.6	25	149
3	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,715	1980	SD	16	348	589	59.1	8.0	294.7	30	24	84.7	5.1	4.1	32	210
4	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	4,458	1983	GB	16	289	484	59.7	9.2	278.6	32	29	87.3	6.6	6.0	40	307
5	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,370	2010	HOU	16	365	574	63.6	7.6	273.1	24	12	92.0	4.2	2.1	32	226
6	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,219	2016	SEA	16	353	546	64.7	7.7	263.7	21	11	92.6	3.8	2.0	41	293
7	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,212	2020	SEA	16	384	558	68.8	7.5	263.3	40	13	105.1	7.2	2.3	47	301
8	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,110	2019	SEA	16	341	516	66.1	8.0	256.9	31	5	106.3	6.0	1.0	48	319
9	Jay Schroeder J. Schroeder	4,109	1986	WAS	16	276	541	51.0	7.6	256.8	22	22	72.9	4.1	4.1	28	240
10	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	4,082	1979	SD	16	332	530	62.6	7.7	255.1	24	24	82.6	4.5	4.5	28	195
11	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	4,024	2015	SEA	16	329	483	68.1	8.3	251.5	34	8	110.1	7.0	1.7	45	265
12	Matt Schaub M. Schaub	4,008	2012	HOU	16	350	544	64.3	7.4	250.5	22	12	90.7	4.0	2.2	27	216
13	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	3,983	2017	SEA	16	339	553	61.3	7.2	248.9	34	11	95.4	6.1	2.0	43	322
14	Danny White D. White	3,980	1983	DAL	16	334	533	62.7	7.5	248.8	29	23	85.6	5.4	4.3	37	314
15	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,944	1990	SF	15	321	520	61.7	7.6	262.9	26	16	89.0	5.0	3.1	29	153
16	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,910	1983	SF	16	332	515	64.5	7.6	244.4	26	12	94.6	5.0	2.3	33	224
17	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	3,754	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	7.8	234.6	29	10	98.4	6.1	2.1	25	140
18	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	3,740	1984	SD	13	317	507	62.5	7.4	287.7	19	17	83.4	3.7	3.4	29	228
19	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,653	1985	SF	15	303	494	61.3	7.4	243.5	27	13	91.3	5.5	2.6	35	246
20	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,652	1981	BUF	16	252	498	50.6	7.3	228.3	24	20	74.1	4.8	4.0	15	137
21	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	3,638	1985	SD	14	254	430	59.1	8.5	259.9	27	20	88.1	6.3	4.7	18	135
22	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,630	1984	SF	16	279	432	64.6	8.4	226.9	28	10	102.9	6.5	2.3	22	138
23	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	3,572	1979	BUF	16	238	458	52.0	7.8	223.3	14	15	74.4	3.1	3.3	43	387
24	Joe Montana J. Montana	3,565	1981	SF	16	311	488	63.7	7.3	222.8	19	12	88.4	3.9	2.5	26	193
25	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	3,529	1980	GB	16	278	478	58.2	7.4	220.6	15	25	70.0	3.1	5.2	37	314

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