As a rookie with the Denver Broncos, former Pinson Valley quarterback Bo Nix had the sixth-most passing yards in the NFL as he completed 376-of-567 passes for 3,775 yards with 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions during the 2024 regular season.

That didn’t jump Nix into the top 10 for NFL career passing yards among players from Alabama high schools, but he’ll start the 2025 campaign fewer than 1,000 behind No. 10 Scott Hunter.

Two of the other three Alabama high school players who threw NFL passes in 2024 are among the top 10.

Jameis Winston of Hueytown started seven games for the Cleveland Browns after Deshaun Watson sustained a season-ending injury. Completing 181-of-296 passes for 2,121 yards with 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, Winston is 593 yards from No. 3 Bart Starr on the state list.

Nick Mullens of Spain Park threw only two passes as Sam Darnold’s backup with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024. Both were completed for a total of 38 yards as he remained at No. 9.

The other passer with Alabama prep roots in 2024 was Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Darnell Mooney from Gadsden City, whose trick pass went incomplete.

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All the passers have a long way to go to overtake the No. 1 quarterback on the list. Philip Rivers of Athens completed his NFL career with 63,440 passing yards, the sixth-most in NFL history.

The 10 players from Alabama high schools with the most NFL passing yards are:

1. Philip Rivers: 63,440 passing yards

San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers 2004-19, Indianapolis Colts 2020: The former Athens High School standout completed 5,277-of-8,134 passes with 421 touchdowns and 209 interceptions for a 95.2 passer rating during his career. Rivers received eight Pro Bowl invitations.

2. Ken Stabler: 27,938 passing yards

Oakland Raiders 1970-79, Houston Oilers 1980-81, New Orleans Saints 1982-84: The former Foley High School and Alabama standout completed 2,270-of-3,793 passes with 194 touchdowns and 222 interceptions for a 75.3 passer rating during his career. Stabler earned the NFL’s MVP Award for the 1974 season and led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI to cap the 1976 campaign.

3. Bart Starr: 24,718 passing yards

Green Bay Packers 1956-71: The former Sidney Lanier High School and Alabama standout completed 1,808-of-3,149 passes with 152 touchdowns and 138 interceptions for an 80.5 passer rating during his career. The quarterback for five NFL championship teams, Starr earned the MVP awards for the first two Super Bowls and was the league’s MVP in 1966.

4. Jameis Winston: 24,225 passing yards

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2015-19, New Orleans Saints 2020-23, Cleveland Browns 2024: The former Hueytown High School standout has completed 1,944-of-3,178 passes with 154 touchdowns and 111 interceptions for an 86.4 passer rating during his career. The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner at Florida State and the first player picked in the 2015 NFL Draft, Winston ranked 10th among the state’s players in NFL passing yards after his rookie season, sixth after his second season and fifth after his third campaign. He moved into fourth in 2021, his seventh season.

5. Richard Todd: 20,610 passing yards

New York Jets 1976-83, New Orleans Saints 1984-85: The former Davidson High School and Alabama standout completed 1,610-of-2,967 passes with 124 touchdowns and 161 interceptions for a passer rating of 67.6 during his career. After eight years as the Jets’ quarterback, Todd joined the Saints, where he was a teammate of Ken Stabler for a season.

6. Bobby Thomason: 9,480 passing yards

Los Angeles Rams 1949, Green Bay Packers 1951, Philadelphia Eagles 1952-57: The former Leeds High School standout completed 687-of-1,346 passes with 68 touchdowns and 90 interceptions for a passer rating of 62.9 during his career. Thomason led the NFL with 21 TD passes in 1953. His final two seasons, when he had eight touchdowns passes and 31 interceptions, skewed his stats.

7. Tarvaris Jackson: 7,263 passing yards

Minnesota Vikings 2006-10, Seattle Seahawks 2011, 2013-15, Buffalo Bills 2012: The former Sidney Lanier High School and Alabama State standout completed 657-of-1,102 passes with 39 touchdowns and 35 interceptions for a 78.5 passer rating during his career. Jackson spent two seasons as an NFL regular — with the Vikings in 2007 and the Seahawks in 2011 — and earned a Super Bowl ring as the backup QB for Seattle’s 2013 NFL championship team.

8. Dick Wood: 7,153 passing yards

Denver Broncos 1962, San Diego Chargers 1962, New York Jets 1963-64, Oakland Raiders 1965, Miami Dolphins 1966: The former Lanett High School and Auburn standout completed 522-of-1,194 passes with 51 touchdowns and 71 interceptions for a 52.9 passer rating during his career.

9. Nick Mullens: 6,429 passing yards

San Francisco 49ers 2018-20, Cleveland Browns 2021, Minnesota Vikings 2022-24: The former Spain Park High School standout has completed 530-of-805 passes with 34 touchdowns and 31 interceptions for an 88.3 passer rating. Mullens has started 20 games, with 5,662 passing yards in those contests. Only three players – Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert and Kurt Warner – in NFL history have had more passing yards in their first 20 starts than Mullens.

10. Scott Hunter: 4,756 passing yards

Green Bay Packers 1971-73, Buffalo Bills 1974, Atlanta Falcons 1976-77, Detroit Lions 1979: The former Vigor High School and Alabama standout completed 335-of-748 passes with 23 touchdowns and 38 interceptions for a 55.0 passer rating during his career. Hunter’s first season with the Packers was the final season of Bart Starr’s NFL career.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X @AMarkG1.