#1 Overall QBs with 4000 passing yards as a rookie

[wilwhite]

Passing for 4000 yards in a season didn't really become a thing until the 1980s.

Here are all twenty-four QBs drafted #1 overall since 1980. Only three of them passed for 4000 yards as a rookie. Without looking it up who do you think they were?

And will Caleb Williams join them?

2023 Bryce Young
2021 Trevor Lawrence
2020 Joe Burrow
2019 Kyler Murray
2018 Baker Mayfield
2016 Jared Goff
2015 Jameis Winston
2012 Andrew Luck
2011 Cam Newton
2010 Sam Bradford
2009 Matthew Stafford
2007 JaMarcus Russell
2005 Alex Smith
2004 Eli Manning
2003 Carson Palmer
2002 David Carr
2001 Michael Vick
1999 Tim Couch
1998 Peyton Manning
1993 Drew Bledsoe
1990 Jeff George
1989 Troy Airman
1987 Vinny Testaverde
1983 John Elway

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

He could make it close (not as much of an accomplishment with 17 games), but I doubt it.

 

[fastforward]

I was 2 for 3. The player I was most sure about I was wrong with. He only played 10 games as a rookie.

 

[Xeliou66]

I’m pretty sure Cam Newton and Jameis Winston got to 4,000 as rookies. Maybe Andrew Luck got there?

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

David Carr is one, isn't it?

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

I'll say Carr, Palmer and Stafford.

 

[broncosmitty]

No Chicago Bear has ever thrown for 4000.

So, no.

Justin Fields still sucks fwiw.

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Lol, I'm totally out to lunch. Oh well.

 

[broncosmitty]

I don’t believe there’s more than one #1 pick who has thrown for 4K.

Stroud got within striking distance of the rookie record last year. But he wasnt a #1.

 

[Xeliou66]

I don’t believe there’s more than one #1 pick who has thrown for 4K.

Stroud got within striking distance of the rookie record last year. But he was a #1.

Stroud was the #2 overall pick not #1.

 

[broncosmitty]

Stroud was the #2 overall pick not #1.

Right.

And he has the third most yards passing for any rookie. Guy who is #2, also not a #1.