all-time most passing yards by a rookie before 2011

Before 2011, Peyton Manning had the most passing yards by a rookie, with 3,739 yards in 1998.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,739	1998	IND	16	326	575	56.7	6.5	233.7	26	28	71.2	4.5	4.9	22	109
2	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	3,593	1986	BUF	16	285	480	59.4	7.5	224.6	22	17	83.3	4.6	3.5	43	330
3	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	3,512	2010	STL	16	354	590	60.0	6.0	219.5	18	15	76.5	3.1	2.5	34	244
4	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	3,440	2008	ATL	16	265	434	61.1	7.9	215.0	16	11	87.7	3.7	2.5	17	104
5	Warren Moon W. Moon	3,338	1984	HOU	16	259	450	57.6	7.4	208.6	12	14	76.9	2.7	3.1	47	371
6	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	2,971	2008	BAL	16	257	428	60.0	6.9	185.7	14	12	80.3	3.3	2.8	32	276
7	Chris Weinke C. Weinke	2,931	2001	CAR	15	293	540	54.3	5.4	195.4	11	19	62.0	2.0	3.5	26	177
8	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	2,897	2004	CIN	13	263	432	60.9	6.7	222.8	18	18	77.3	4.2	4.2	25	178
9	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	2,833	1993	SEA	16	274	486	56.4	5.8	177.1	12	17	67.0	2.5	3.5	47	235
10	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	2,819	2003	JAX	15	239	418	57.2	6.7	187.9	14	16	73.0	3.3	3.8	19	90
11	Kerry Collins K. Collins	2,717	1995	CAR	15	214	433	49.4	6.3	181.1	14	19	61.9	3.2	4.4	24	150
12	Dieter Brock D. Brock	2,658	1985	RAM	15	218	365	59.7	7.3	177.2	16	13	82.0	4.4	3.6	51	351
13	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	2,621	2004	PIT	14	196	295	66.4	8.9	187.2	17	11	98.1	5.8	3.7	30	213
14	David Carr D. Carr	2,592	2002	HOU	16	233	444	52.5	5.8	162.0	9	15	62.8	2.0	3.4	76	411
15	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	2,571	1976	SEA	14	208	439	47.4	5.9	183.6	12	27	49.5	2.7	6.2	25	196
16	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	2,547	2006	ARI	12	214	377	56.8	6.8	212.3	11	12	74.0	2.9	3.2	21	158
17	Jeff Garcia J. Garcia	2,544	1999	SF	13	225	375	60.0	6.8	195.7	11	11	77.9	2.9	2.9	15	104
18	Tony Banks T. Banks	2,544	1996	STL	14	192	368	52.2	6.9	181.7	15	15	71.0	4.1	4.1	48	306
19	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	2,507	1970	BUF	14	178	321	55.5	7.8	179.1	10	20	65.3	3.1	6.2	41	387
20	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	2,494	1993	NE	13	214	429	49.9	5.8	191.8	15	15	65.0	3.5	3.5	16	99
21	Butch Songin B. Songin	2,476	1960	BOS	14	187	392	47.7	6.3	176.9	22	15	70.9	5.6	3.8
22	Tim Couch T. Couch	2,447	1999	CLE	15	223	399	55.9	6.1	163.1	15	13	73.2	3.8	3.3	56	359
23	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	2,444	2009	NYJ	15	196	364	53.8	6.7	162.9	12	20	63.0	3.3	5.5	26	195
24	Norm Snead N. Snead	2,337	1961	WAS	14	172	375	45.9	6.2	166.9	11	22	51.6	2.9	5.9
25	Joey Harrington J. Harrington	2,294	2002	DET	14	215	429	50.1	5.3	163.9	12	16	59.9	2.8	3.7	8	75

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