Alabama’s football program came within 3 yards of having three 3,000-yard passers in the NFL during the 2022 season.

Former Crimson Tide teammates Jalen Hurts, Mac Jones and Tua Tagovailoa each completed his second full season as a starting NFL quarterback in 2022, although they all missed time with injuries.

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Hurts passed for 3,701 yards for the Philadelphia Eagles during the regular season as he finished second in the voting for The Associated Press NFL MVP Award. Tagovailoa threw for 3,548 yards despite missing four Miami Dolphins games because of concussions. Jones wound up with 2,997 passing yards in a trying season for the New England Patriots offense.

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After the 2022 campaign, Tagovailoa, Hurts and Jones rank fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, in NFL career passing yards among Alabama alumni as they moved past Scott Hunter, the No. 5 passer before this season.

It’ll be a few seasons before any of them crack the top four. Tagovailoa has 8,015 career passing yards. At No. 4 on the Alabama list is Richard Todd with 20,610.

Three other Alabama alumni threw passes during the 2022 season. Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry went 2-of-2 with a touchdown, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris had a 4-yard completion on his only throw and Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper threw an interception on his pass.

The top 10 NFL passers among Alabama alumni (as measured by passing yards):

1. Ken Stabler: 27,938 passing yards

Oakland Raiders 1970-79, Houston Oilers 1980-81, New Orleans Saints 1982-84: The former Foley High School standout completed 2,270-of-3,793 passes with 194 touchdowns and 222 interceptions for a 75.3 passer rating. The Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the 1976 season, Stabler was the 1974 NFL MVP and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

2. Joe Namath: 27,663 passing yards

New York Jets 1965-76, Los Angeles Rams 1977: Namath completed 1,886-of-3,762 passes with 173 touchdowns and 220 interceptions for a 65.5 passer rating. Namath was the AFL Player of the Year in 1968 and 1969 and the MVP of the Jets’ Super Bowl III victory. He joined the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

3. Bart Starr: 24,718 passing yards

Green Bay Packers 1956-71: The former Sidney Lanier High School standout completed 1,808-of-3,149 passes with 152 touchdowns and 138 interceptions for an 80.5 passer rating. Starr played quarterback for five NFL championship teams, including the winners of the first two Super Bowls, and he won the MVP honor in both those games. The NFL MVP for the 1966 season, Starr entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 in his first year of eligibility.

4. Richard Todd: 20,610 passing yards

New York Jets 1976-83, New Orleans Saints 1984-85: The former Davidson High School standout completed 1,610-of-2,967 passes with 124 touchdowns and 161 interceptions for a 67.6 passer rating. In addition to being Stabler’s teammate in the Snake’s final NFL season, Todd was a teammate of Namath’s in Broadway Joe’s final season with the Jets, and he followed Namath’s run as New York’s starting QB with eight seasons of his own under center.

5. Tua Tagovailoa: 8,015 passing yards

Miami Dolphins 2020-22: The fifth player picked in the 2020 NFL Draft has completed 708-of-1,078 passes with 52 touchdowns and 23vinterceptions for an 95.0 passer rating.

6. Jalen Hurts: 7,906 passing yards

Philadelphia Eagles 2020-22: Hurts has completed 648-of-1,040 passes with 44 touchdowns and 19 interceptions for a 92.2 passer rating. Hurts became the first Alabama quarterback since Stabler to start in the Super Bowl earlier this month.

7. Mac Jones: 6,798 passing yards

New England Patriots 2021-22: The 15th player picked in the 2021 NFL Draft has completed 640-of-963 passes with 36 touchdowns and 24 interceptions for an 89.0 passer rating.

8. 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 standout completed 335-of-748 passes with 23 touchdowns and 38 interceptions for a 55.0 passer rating. Hunter’s rookie NFL season in Green Bay was Starr’s final one as quarterback of the Packers.

9. Harry Gilmer: 3,786 passing yards

Washington Redskins 1948-54, Detroit Lions 1955-56: The former Woodlawn High School standout completed 263-of-579 passes with 23 touchdowns and 45 interceptions for a 48.0 passer rating. Gilmer was the first player picked in the 1948 NFL Draft.

10. Jeff Rutledge: 3,628 passing yards

Los Angeles Rams 1979-81, New York Giants 1983-89, Washington Redskins 1990-92: The former Banks High School standout completed 274-of-526 passes with 16 touchdowns and 29 interceptions for a 61.4 passer rating. Rutledge spent 14 seasons as the backup QB on some of the NFL’s best teams. He finished off two Super Bowl victories — with the Giants to cap the 1986 season and with the Redskins in the final game of the 1991 season.

Stabler has held the top spot on the Alabama passing list since he completed a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Eugene Goodlow on Sept. 16, 1984, for the Saints in an NFC West game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The Saints’ starting quarterback in the game was Todd. But Todd threw three interceptions in his first seven passes, and with New Orleans trailing 17-0 in the second quarter, Stabler took the field.

On his first pass of the second half, Stabler passed Namath for Alabama’s NFL record. Stabler played in only two more NFL games.

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