most yards thrown all-time number 12 pick

Joe Namath has the most career passing yards by a #12 overall pick, with 27,663 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
27,663
140
1,886
3,762
50.1
7.4
197.6
173
220
65.5
4.6
5.8
109
1,052
2Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
17,904
73
1,527
2,305
66.2
7.8
245.3
123
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
3Bo Nix
B. Nix
7,706
34
764
1,179
64.8
6.5
226.6
54
23
90.5
4.6
2.0
46
317
4Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
6,658
38
632
1,057
59.8
6.3
175.2
38
36
75.9
3.6
3.4
95
501
5Chuck Long
C. Long
3,747
27
331
607
54.5
6.2
138.8
19
28
64.5
3.1
4.6
43
330
6Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
3,268
55
244
552
44.2
5.9
59.4
27
49
42.9
4.9
8.9
7Cade McNown
C. McNown
3,111
25
281
515
54.6
6.0
124.4
16
19
67.7
3.1
3.7
45
263
8Len Barnum
L. Barnum
602
52
38
120
31.7
5.0
11.6
6
15
26.5
5.0
12.5
9Dick Riffle
D. Riffle
332
53
21
82
25.6
4.0
6.3
3
15
16.6
3.7
18.3
10Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
144
119
4
6
66.7
24.0
1.2
2
0
149.3
33.3
0.0
1
6
11Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
114
77
8
28
28.6
4.1
1.5
1
3
16.4
3.6
10.7
12Alvin Harper
A. Harper
46
102
1
1
100.0
46.0
0.5
0
0
118.8
0.0
0.0
0
0
13Phil King
P. King
9
103
1
1
100.0
9.0
0.1
0
0
104.2
0.0
0.0
14Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
8
149
1
3
33.3
2.7
0.1
1
0
81.9
33.3
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets
3
14
0
.176
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35

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176