FROM ESPN:
No Jets rookie started the first game of a season since Dick Jamieson started the first game in franchise history in 1960 when the Jets were known as the New York Titans.
The last Jets rookie QB to start a game was Matt Robinson on Nov. 27, 1977 at home against Pittsburgh.
So when Sanchez starts in Week 1, he'll do something even Joe Namath didn't do. Namath made his first start as a rookie in the Jets' third game of the 1965 season.
Rookie pass attempts by Jets QBs drafted in first round:
Year Quarterback Attempts
2009 Mark Sanchez ?
2000 Chad Pennington 5
1983 Ken O'Brien 0
1976 Richard Todd 162
1965 Joe Namath 340
1962 Sandy Stephens 0
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