Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dennis Shaw had the most passing yards by a rookie AFC quarterback, with 2,507 yards in 1970.
| NAME | YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | AVG | YDS/G | TD | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 | | J. Plunkett | 2,158 | 1971 |  NE | 14 | 158 | 328 | 48.2 | 6.6 | 154.1 | 19 | 16 | 68.6 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 36 | 319 |
| 3 | | S. Grogan | 1,976 | 1975 | NE | 13 | 139 | 274 | 50.7 | 7.2 | 152.0 | 11 | 18 | 60.4 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 22 | 207 |
| 4 | | D. Pastorini | 1,702 | 1971 |  HOU | 14 | 127 | 270 | 47.0 | 6.3 | 121.6 | 7 | 21 | 43.8 | 2.6 | 7.8 | 20 | 152 |
| 5 | | S. Fuller | 1,484 | 1979 |  KC | 16 | 146 | 270 | 54.1 | 5.5 | 92.8 | 6 | 14 | 55.8 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 37 | 244 |
| 6 |  | T. Bradshaw | 1,410 | 1970 |  PIT | 13 | 83 | 218 | 38.1 | 6.5 | 108.5 | 6 | 24 | 30.4 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 25 | 242 |
| 7 |  | D. Fouts | 1,126 | 1973 |  SD | 10 | 87 | 194 | 44.8 | 5.8 | 112.6 | 6 | 13 | 46.0 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 14 | 129 |
| 8 | | J. Ferguson | 939 | 1973 | BUF | 14 | 73 | 164 | 44.5 | 5.7 | 67.1 | 4 | 10 | 45.8 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 20 | 164 |
| 9 | | R. Todd | 870 | 1976 |  NYJ | 13 | 65 | 162 | 40.1 | 5.4 | 66.9 | 3 | 12 | 33.2 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 29 | 233 |
| 10 | | K. Anderson | 777 | 1971 |  CIN | 11 | 72 | 131 | 55.0 | 5.9 | 70.6 | 5 | 4 | 72.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 23 | 159 |
| 11 | | M. Kruczek | 758 | 1976 | PIT | 10 | 51 | 85 | 60.0 | 8.9 | 75.8 | 0 | 3 | 74.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 11 | 105 |
| 12 | | S. Myer | 729 | 1977 |  SEA | 7 | 70 | 130 | 53.8 | 5.6 | 104.1 | 6 | 12 | 47.2 | 4.6 | 9.2 | 9 | 80 |
| 13 | | J. Freitas | 719 | 1974 | SD | 5 | 49 | 109 | 45.0 | 6.6 | 143.8 | 3 | 8 | 45.6 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 11 | 76 |
| 14 | | B. Sipe | 603 | 1974 |  CLE | 10 | 59 | 108 | 54.6 | 5.6 | 60.3 | 1 | 7 | 47.0 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 15 | 122 |
| 15 | | B. Jones | 539 | 1973 |  BAL | 8 | 43 | 108 | 39.8 | 5.0 | 67.4 | 4 | 12 | 28.8 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 14 | 126 |
| 16 | | M. Phipps | 529 | 1970 | CLE | 14 | 29 | 60 | 48.3 | 8.8 | 37.8 | 1 | 5 | 49.9 | 1.7 | 8.3 | 7 | 86 |
| 17 | | J. Thompson | 481 | 1979 | CIN | 9 | 39 | 87 | 44.8 | 5.5 | 53.4 | 1 | 5 | 42.4 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 16 | 178 |
| 18 | | T. Adams | 445 | 1975 | KC | 6 | 36 | 77 | 46.8 | 5.8 | 74.2 | 2 | 4 | 52.1 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 11 | 85 |
| 19 | | M. Rae | 417 | 1976 |  OAK | 7 | 35 | 65 | 53.8 | 6.4 | 59.6 | 6 | 1 | 98.0 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 8 | 71 |
| 20 | | B. Dowling | 383 | 1972 | NE | 14 | 29 | 54 | 53.7 | 7.1 | 27.4 | 2 | 1 | 81.0 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4 | 63 |
| 21 | | T. Luck | 316 | 1977 | CLE | 4 | 25 | 50 | 50.0 | 6.3 | 79.0 | 1 | 7 | 37.2 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | | L. Dickey | 315 | 1971 | HOU | 7 | 19 | 57 | 33.3 | 5.5 | 45.0 | 0 | 9 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 3 | 21 |
| 23 | | N. Weese | 314 | 1976 |  DEN | 14 | 24 | 47 | 51.1 | 6.7 | 22.4 | 1 | 6 | 40.0 | 2.1 | 12.8 | 9 | 45 |
| 24 | | M. Robinson | 310 | 1977 | NYJ | 4 | 20 | 54 | 37.0 | 5.7 | 77.5 | 2 | 8 | 29.6 | 3.7 | 14.8 | 7 | 57 |
| 25 | | C. Penrose | 265 | 1976 | DEN | 4 | 16 | 36 | 44.4 | 7.4 | 66.3 | 3 | 3 | 62.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
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