College Football Pass Attempts Leaders

Pass attempts count official forward passes thrown by a quarterback. Last updated

What Are Pass Attempts?

Pass attempts count official forward passes thrown by a quarterback. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.

Who leads college football in pass attempts in 2026?

Through games played October 29, 2026, Micah Alejado of Hawai'i leads all college football players in pass attempts with 337. Caden Veltkamp of Florida Atlantic is second with 315, Noah Kim of Eastern Michigan third with 285, Jayden Maiava of USC fourth with 274 & Braden Atkinson of Oregon State fifth with 272. Alejado's total puts him 22 attempts clear of second place & 113 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.

Only 77 attempts separate first from tenth. Davis Warren of Stanford is sixth with 271, Tayven Jackson of North Texas seventh with 268, Trinidad Chambliss of Ole Miss & Ethan Grunkemeyer of Virginia Tech are tied for eighth with 262 & Malik Washington of Maryland is tenth with 260.

Thirteen attempts separate 13th from 14th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. John Alan Richter of Toledo ranks 11th with 259, Roman Gagliano of Middle Tennessee 12th with 258, Sam Leavitt of LSU 13th with 256, Owen McCown of UTSA 14th with 243, Jaden Craig of TCU 15th with 240, Drew Mestemaker of Oklahoma State 16th with 239, Camden Coleman of James Madison 17th with 238 & Landyn Locke of Sam Houston 18th with 236.

All 8 players are within 8 attempts of each other. Trey Owens of Arkansas State & Conner Weigman of Houston are tied 19th with 233, Max Johnson of Georgia Southern & Kenny Minchey of Kentucky tied 21st with 232, Rickie Collins of Kennesaw State is 23rd with 229, JJ Kohl of Florida International 24th with 227 & Noah Fifita of Arizona 25th with 224. Three ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.

How this ranking is measured

The ranking above covers the top 25 of 366 college football players with at least one recorded passing attempt in the 2026 regular season. No minimum attempt threshold is applied. Pass attempts count official forward passes thrown by a quarterback. Figures are as of October 29, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.