What Are Passing Yards?
Passing yards count yards gained on completed forward passes. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Passing Yards Leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Broc Lowry |  | QB | 1803 | 111 | 243 | 519 | 1439 | 1167 | 636 |
| 102 | Maalik Murphy | ORST | QB | 1802 | 56 | 152 | 640 | 1802 | 1042 | 760 |
| 103 | Giovanni Lopez |  | QB | 1747 | 118 | 523 | 942 | 1678 | 803 | 944 |
| 104 | Keyone Jenkins | FIU | QB | 1742 | 291 | 734 | 992 | 1742 | 870 | 872 |
| 105 | Mark Gronowski |  | QB | 1741 | 166 | 445 | 718 | 1402 | 855 | 886 |
| 106 | Sam Leavitt |  | QB | 1628 | 270 | 880 | 1289 | - | 1325 | 303 |
| 107 | Aidan Armenta | ULM | QB | 1619 | 311 | 559 | 880 | 1524 | 673 | 946 |
| 108 | Blake Horvath |  | QB | 1580 | 82 | 329 | 492 | 1406 | 1057 | 523 |
| 109 | Kiael Kelly | BALL | QB | 1560 | 177 | 405 | 714 | 1402 | 646 | 914 |
| 110 | D'Wayne' Winfield | UL | QB | 1555 | 82 | 421 | 840 | 1324 | 511 | 1044 |
| 111 | Tucker Kilcrease | TROY | QB | 1537 | 7 | 187 | 590 | 1537 | 614 | 923 |
| 112 | Caden Creel | JXST | QB | 1514 | 96 | 498 | 816 | 1323 | 740 | 774 |
| 113 | AJ Swann | APP | QB | 1494 | 64 | 552 | 833 | - | 641 | 853 |
| 114 | J.J. Kohl | APP | QB | 1465 | 271 | 486 | 902 | - | 901 | 564 |
| 115 | Zane Flores | OKST | QB | 1454 | 166 | 523 | 805 | - | 981 | 473 |
| 116 | Dequan Finn | M-OH | QB | 1451 | 194 | 613 | 986 | - | 550 | 901 |
| 117 | Rodney Tisdale Jr. | WKU | QB | 1432 | 180 | 679 | 1207 | - | 832 | 600 |
| 118 | Skyler Locklear | UTEP | QB | 1418 | 338 | 614 | 1018 | - | 559 | 859 |
| 119 | Grayson Loftis | CLT | QB | 1415 | 140 | 370 | 944 | 1415 | 799 | 616 |
| 120 | Kaidon Salter | COLO | QB | 1414 | 172 | 258 | 730 | - | 988 | 426 |
| 121 | Aidan Chiles |  | QB | 1392 | 130 | 439 | 736 | - | 852 | 540 |
| 122 | Jackson Brousseau | CSU | QB | 1354 | 323 | 514 | 789 | - | 1062 | 292 |
| 123 | Ethan Grunkemeyer |  | QB | 1339 | 209 | 517 | 881 | - | 505 | 834 |
| 124 | Will Crowder | TROY | QB | 1327 | 196 | 842 | 947 | - | 512 | 815 |
| 125 | Steven Angeli |  | QB | 1317 | 244 | 1043 | - | - | 799 | 518 |
| 126 | Jackson Arnold |  | QB | 1309 | 31 | 119 | 463 | 1309 | 783 | 526 |
| 127 | Liam Szarka | AF | QB | 1294 | 34 | 236 | 444 | 1294 | 765 | 529 |
| 128 | Scotty Fox Jr. | WVU | QB | 1276 | 98 | 653 | 1111 | - | 665 | 611 |
| 129 | Alessio Milivojevic | | QB | 1267 | 292 | 675 | 1046 | - | 580 | 687 |
| 130 | Jeff Sims | | QB | 1261 | 114 | 527 | 762 | - | 379 | 882 |
| 131 | Cameran Brown |  | QB | 1259 | 57 | 414 | 906 | 1259 | 707 | 552 |
| 132 | Tad Hudson | CCU | QB | 1253 | 148 | 495 | 621 | 1253 | 375 | 878 |
| 133 | Blake Baker | LT | QB | 1252 | 41 | 602 | 785 | - | 982 | 270 |
| 134 | TJ Finley | | QB | 1244 | 251 | 519 | 893 | - | 891 | 353 |
| 135 | Grayson James |  | QB | 1196 | 288 | 528 | 976 | - | 634 | 562 |
| 136 | Malachi Nelson | UTEP | QB | 1163 | 21 | 498 | 985 | - | 776 | 387 |
| 137 | Hunter Watson | SHSU | QB | 1108 | 193 | 490 | 798 | - | 398 | 710 |
| 138 | Drew Allar | | QB | 1100 | 137 | 474 | 883 | - | 900 | 200 |
| 139 | Eli Holstein |  | QB | 1081 | 23 | 31 | 562 | - | 778 | 303 |
| 140 | Max Cutforth |  | QB | 1059 | 341 | 684 | 790 | - | 347 | 712 |
| 141 | Rickie Collins | | QB | 1042 | 85 | 435 | 943 | - | 420 | 622 |
| 142 | Chase Jenkins | RICE | QB | 1025 | 39 | 181 | 472 | 930 | 707 | 318 |
| 143 | Joe Pesansky | FIU | QB | 1021 | 196 | 659 | 751 | - | 448 | 573 |
| 144 | Roman Gagliano | MTSU | QB | 1011 | 260 | 917 | 1011 | - | 362 | 649 |
| 145 | Michael Van Buren Jr. |  | QB | 1010 | 96 | 519 | 621 | - | 595 | 415 |
| 146 | Carter Jones | NEV | QB | 1001 | 105 | 358 | 501 | - | 621 | 380 |
| 147 | AJ Hairston | MASS | QB | 957 | 0 | 145 | 440 | 957 | 369 | 588 |
| 148 | TJ Lateef |  | QB | 904 | 69 | 461 | 594 | - | 330 | 574 |
| 149 | Drew Pyne | BGSU | QB | 882 | 52 | 353 | 773 | - | 307 | 575 |
| 150 | Elijah Brown |  | QB | 829 | 204 | 611 | 758 | - | 506 | 323 |
| 151 | Ashton Daniels | | QB | 797 | 259 | 720 | - | - | 367 | 430 |
| 152 | Dexter Williams II | KENN | QB | 787 | 114 | 261 | 639 | - | 446 | 341 |
| 153 | Landyn Locke | SHSU | QB | 765 | 121 | 615 | 697 | - | 374 | 391 |
| 154 | Austin Simmons |  | QB | 744 | 100 | 104 | 680 | - | 509 | 235 |
| 155 | Darius Curry | CSU | QB | 740 | 293 | 577 | 740 | - | 36 | 704 |
| 156 | Conner Harrell | CLT | QB | 737 | 73 | 595 | - | - | 737 | - |
| 157 | Gavin Wimsatt | JXST | QB | 731 | 0 | 138 | 174 | 731 | 319 | 412 |
| 158 | Nicco Marchiol | WVU | QB | 720 | 126 | 496 | - | - | 416 | 304 |
| 159 | Adam Damante | NMSU | QB | 711 | 311 | 711 | - | - | 311 | 400 |
| 160 | Ryder Burton | UAB | QB | 708 | 0 | 28 | 450 | - | 279 | 429 |
| 161 | Cale Hellums | ARMY | QB | 694 | 82 | 184 | 312 | 541 | 250 | 444 |
| 162 | Josh Holst | NIU | QB | 689 | 87 | 313 | 497 | - | 215 | 474 |
| 163 | Will Hammond |  | QB | 668 | 102 | 311 | 482 | - | 332 | 336 |
| 164 | Hunter Simmons |  | QB | 664 | 162 | 195 | 335 | - | 239 | 425 |
| 165 | Trey Kukuk | LT | QB | 644 | 87 | 229 | 306 | - | 406 | 238 |
| 166 | Danny O'Neil | | QB | 635 | 0 | 115 | 515 | - | 518 | 117 |
| 167 | Kamario Taylor |  | QB | 629 | 178 | 301 | 342 | - | 553 | 76 |
| 168 | Luke Weaver | HAW | QB | 628 | 240 | 562 | 628 | - | 562 | 66 |
| 169 | Deshawn Purdie |  | QB | 618 | 22 | 109 | 562 | - | 261 | 357 |
| 170 | Jaxon Potter | WSU | QB | 604 | 139 | 604 | - | - | 465 | 139 |
| 171 | Henry Hesson | M-OH | QB | 596 | 107 | 254 | 596 | - | 489 | 107 |
| 172 | Grant Jordan | MASS | QB | 595 | 223 | 317 | 384 | - | 434 | 161 |
| 173 | Julian Lewis | COLO | QB | 589 | 161 | 581 | - | - | 290 | 299 |
| 174 | Chubba Purdy | NEV | QB | 577 | 0 | 83 | 248 | - | 235 | 342 |
| 175 | Thomas Gotkowski | M-OH | QB | 575 | 92 | 503 | - | - | 226 | 349 |
| 176 | Christian Veilleux | | QB | 513 | 154 | 513 | - | - | - | 513 |
| 177 | Matt Zollers |  | QB | 503 | 112 | 327 | 344 | - | 365 | 138 |
| 178 | Gabarri Johnson | ORST | QB | 501 | 44 | 363 | 487 | - | 447 | 54 |
| 179 | Kirk Francis | TLSA | QB | 493 | 175 | 493 | - | - | 218 | 275 |
| 180 | Samari Collier | CCU | QB | 489 | 18 | 334 | 489 | - | 353 | 136 |
| 181 | Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | CSU | QB | 488 | 176 | 488 | - | - | 308 | 180 |
| 182 | Hunter Najm | BGSU | QB | 473 | 128 | 395 | 473 | - | 186 | 287 |
| 183 | KJ Jackson |  | QB | 441 | 126 | 335 | 441 | - | 235 | 206 |
| 184 | Malachi Singleton |  | QB | 439 | 150 | 173 | 371 | - | 58 | 381 |
| 185 | Max Johnson | | QB | 437 | 54 | 334 | - | - | 316 | 121 |
| 186 | Kalieb Osborne |  | QB | 427 | 108 | 108 | 230 | - | 152 | 275 |
| 187 | Ryan Staub | COLO | QB | 426 | 0 | 269 | - | - | 157 | 269 |
| 188 | Brandon Rose | MASS | QB | 424 | 34 | 135 | 231 | - | 390 | 34 |
| 189 | Zion Turner | MRSH | QB | 409 | 172 | 309 | - | - | 255 | 154 |
| 190 | Christopher Vizzina |  | QB | 406 | 52 | 367 | - | - | 369 | 37 |
| 190 | Landy Lyddy | USM | QB | 406 | 267 | 395 | - | - | 278 | 128 |
| 192 | Daniel Beale | UL | QB | 385 | 72 | 299 | 385 | - | 158 | 227 |
| 192 | Tristan Ti'a | ORST | QB | 385 | 240 | 385 | - | - | 4 | 381 |
| 194 | Brady Davidson | NIU | QB | 384 | 73 | 169 | 263 | - | 187 | 197 |
| 195 | Josh Johnson | AF | QB | 374 | 104 | 150 | 374 | - | 158 | 216 |
| 196 | Aaron Philo |  | QB | 373 | 373 | - | - | - | 373 | - |
| 197 | Mitch Griffis | | QB | 357 | 0 | 317 | 357 | - | 357 | 0 |
| 198 | Carson Conklin | FRES | QB | 354 | 95 | 312 | - | - | 319 | 35 |
| 199 | Michael Merdinger | LIB | QB | 350 | 212 | 329 | 350 | - | 273 | 77 |
| 200 | Daniel Kaelin |  | QB | 339 | 145 | 313 | - | - | 339 | - |