most passing yards by a rookie qb for the steelers all-time

Ben Roethlisberger has the most passing yards by a rookie Steelers quarterback, with 2,621 yards in 2004.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
2,621
2004
PIT PIT
14
196
295
66.4
8.9
187.2
17
11
98.1
5.8
3.7
30
213
2 Kenny Pickett
K. Pickett
2,404
2022
PIT PIT
13
245
389
63.0
6.2
184.9
7
9
76.7
1.8
2.3
27
182
3 Neil O'Donnell
N. O'Donnell
1,963
1991
PIT PIT
12
156
286
54.5
6.9
163.6
11
7
78.8
3.8
2.4
30
214
4 Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
1,765
2019
PIT PIT
10
176
283
62.2
6.2
176.5
13
9
82.0
4.6
3.2
15
124
5 Kent Nix
K. Nix
1,587
1967
PIT PIT
12
136
268
50.7
5.9
132.3
8
19
49.5
3.0
7.1
6 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,410
1970
PIT PIT
13
83
218
38.1
6.5
108.5
6
24
30.4
2.8
11.0
25
242
7 Devlin Hodges
D. Hodges
1,063
2019
PIT PIT
8
100
160
62.5
6.6
132.9
5
8
71.4
3.1
5.0
15
102
8 Mike Kruczek
M. Kruczek
758
1976
PIT PIT
10
51
85
60.0
8.9
75.8
0
3
74.5
0.0
3.5
11
105
9 Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
716
1969
PIT PIT
8
52
126
41.3
5.7
89.5
8
13
41.7
6.3
10.3
20
168
10 Landry Jones
L. Jones
513
2015
PIT PIT
7
32
55
58.2
9.3
73.3
3
4
77.3
5.5
7.3
2
17
11 Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
493
1980
PIT PIT
6
32
60
53.3
8.2
82.2
2
2
78.0
3.3
3.3
4
19
12 Jim Miller
J. Miller
397
1995
PIT PIT
3
32
56
57.1
7.1
132.3
2
5
53.9
3.6
8.9
2
8
13 Paul Held
P. Held
305
1954
PIT PIT
8
24
73
32.9
4.2
38.1
1
6
17.2
1.4
8.2
14 Bubby Brister
B. Brister
291
1986
PIT PIT
2
21
60
35.0
4.9
145.5
0
2
37.6
0.0
3.3
6
57
15 Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
109
1984
PIT PIT
5
8
15
53.3
7.3
21.8
1
1
71.3
6.7
6.7
0
0
16 Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
88
1957
PIT PIT
4
8
18
44.4
4.9
22.0
0
2
19.9
0.0
11.1
17 Terry Nofsinger
T. Nofsinger
78
1961
PIT PIT
5
7
11
63.6
7.1
15.6
0
0
84.7
0.0
0.0
18 Ted Marchibroda
T. Marchibroda
66
1953
PIT PIT
4
9
22
40.9
3.0
16.5
1
2
25.9
4.5
9.1
19 Ron Meyer
R. Meyer
59
1966
PIT PIT
4
7
19
36.8
3.1
14.8
0
1
23.8
0.0
5.3
20 Joe Gilliam
J. Gilliam
48
1972
PIT PIT
2
7
11
63.6
4.4
24.0
0
0
73.3
0.0
0.0
2
8
21 Joshua Dobbs
J. Dobbs
43
2018
PIT PIT
5
6
12
50.0
3.6
8.6
0
1
24.0
0.0
8.3
0
0
22 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
25
1957
PIT PIT
3
2
4
50.0
6.3
8.3
0
0
69.8
0.0
0.0
23 Bob Leahy
B. Leahy
18
1971
PIT PIT
1
3
11
27.3
1.6
18.0
0
1
1.7
0.0
9.1
1
3
24 Mike Quinn
M. Quinn
10
1997
PIT PIT
1
1
2
50.0
5.0
10.0
0
0
64.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
25 Pete Gonzalez
P. Gonzalez
8
1999
PIT PIT
1
1
1
100.0
8.0
8.0
0
0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
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PPG

24.0

16th

OPP PPG

24.5

21st

RUSH YDS/G

80.0

31st

PASS YDS/G

199.5

24th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
.250
Ravens Ravens
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
PIT PIT
@
LAC LAC
8:20 PM
Last Game
PIT Steelers

3 - 1 - 0

24

Final

21

MIN Vikings

2 - 2 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM