who has the best first season 5+ passing yards for a qb

Carl Brumbaugh had 71 passing yards in his first season.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Carl Brumbaugh
C. Brumbaugh
71
1932
CHB CHB
13
3
7
42.9
10.1
5.5
0
0
80.1
0.0
0.0
2 Keith Molesworth
K. Molesworth
346
1932
CHB CHB
14
25
64
39.1
5.4
24.7
3
4
46.7
4.7
6.3
3 Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
39
1934
CHB CHB
9
3
3
100.0
13.0
4.3
1
0
158.3
33.3
0.0
4 George Corbett
G. Corbett
9
1935
CHB CHB
4
1
7
14.3
1.3
2.3
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
5 Bob Dunlap
B. Dunlap
121
1935
CHB CHB
12
11
37
29.7
3.3
10.1
1
2
27.2
2.7
5.4
6 Irv Kupcinet
I. Kupcinet
6
1935
PHI PHI
2
1
5
20.0
1.2
3.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
7 Bill Shepherd
B. Shepherd
417
1935
TOT
12
28
64
43.8
6.5
34.8
2
14
36.5
3.1
21.9
8 Izzy Weinstock
I. Weinstock
12
1935
PHI PHI
11
1
5
20.0
2.4
1.1
0
1
0.0
0.0
20.0
9 Ted Wright
T. Wright
51
1935
TOT
9
4
18
22.2
2.8
5.7
0
1
16.4
0.0
5.6
10 Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
814
1937
NYG NYG
11
66
134
49.3
6.1
74.0
8
5
72.8
6.0
3.7
11 Mickey Kobrosky
M. Kobrosky
18
1937
NYG NYG
7
2
13
15.4
1.4
2.6
0
2
0.0
0.0
15.4
12 Gene Ronzani
G. Ronzani
84
1937
CHB CHB
11
4
13
30.8
6.5
7.6
0
1
22.6
0.0
7.7
13 Tony Sarausky
T. Sarausky
31
1937
NYG NYG
4
3
10
30.0
3.1
7.8
0
0
40.0
0.0
0.0
14 Ray Buivid
R. Buivid
295
1938
CHB CHB
11
17
48
35.4
6.1
26.8
5
2
74.6
10.4
4.2
15 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
198
1939
NYG NYG
10
12
26
46.2
7.6
19.8
0
2
40.2
0.0
7.7
16 Eddie Miller
E. Miller
195
1939
NYG NYG
8
13
23
56.5
8.5
24.4
2
2
77.3
8.7
8.7
17 Solly Sherman
S. Sherman
43
1939
CHB CHB
7
2
4
50.0
10.8
6.1
0
0
88.5
0.0
0.0
18 Grenny Lansdell
G. Lansdell
23
1940
NYG NYG
2
2
3
66.7
7.7
11.5
0
0
89.6
0.0
0.0
19 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
941
1940
CHB CHB
11
48
105
45.7
9.0
85.5
4
9
54.5
3.8
8.6
20 Davey O'Brien
D. O'Brien
1,290
1940
PHI PHI
11
124
277
44.8
4.7
117.3
5
17
39.2
1.8
6.1
21 Bob Snyder
B. Snyder
145
1940
CHB CHB
11
5
22
22.7
6.6
13.2
1
1
50.8
4.5
4.5
22 Foster Watkins
F. Watkins
565
1940
PHI PHI
9
28
85
32.9
6.6
62.8
1
3
46.4
1.2
3.5
23 Len Barnum
L. Barnum
260
1941
PHI PHI
11
19
55
34.5
4.7
23.6
0
10
11.0
0.0
18.2
24 Young Bussey
Y. Bussey
353
1941
CHB CHB
10
13
40
32.5
8.8
35.3
5
3
74.3
12.5
7.5
25 Marion Pugh
M. Pugh
161
1941
NYG NYG
5
12
24
50.0
6.7
32.2
1
0
85.6
4.2
0.0
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