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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Deuce Bailey | MOST | QB | 335 | 278 | - | - | - | 57 | 278 |
| 202 | Cam Fancher |  | QB | 333 | 222 | 333 | - | - | 111 | 222 |
| 203 | Zach Gibson | FAU | QB | 323 | 116 | 237 | 274 | - | 192 | 131 |
| 203 | Jacob Conover | USU | QB | 323 | 89 | 245 | 323 | - | 167 | 156 |
| 205 | MJ Morris | CCU | QB | 304 | 39 | 304 | - | - | 102 | 202 |
| 206 | Byrd Ficklin |  | QB | 301 | 0 | 163 | 248 | - | 225 | 76 |
| 207 | Zach Wilcke | CLT | QB | 296 | 3 | 54 | 146 | - | 96 | 200 |
| 208 | Mabrey Mettauer | SHSU | QB | 293 | 43 | 94 | 207 | - | 124 | 169 |
| 209 | Gaston Moore | USF | QB | 290 | 6 | 7 | 36 | - | 272 | 18 |
| 210 | Alberto Mendoza |  | QB | 286 | 76 | 102 | 251 | - | 190 | 96 |
| 211 | Ken Seals |  | QB | 282 | 24 | 282 | - | - | 282 | 0 |
| 212 | Dewayne Coleman | ARMY | QB | 273 | 0 | 43 | 273 | - | 230 | 43 |
| 213 | Deuce Knight |  | QB | 259 | 239 | - | - | - | 259 | - |
| 214 | Gevani McCoy | TEM | QB | 256 | 46 | 133 | 168 | - | 147 | 109 |
| 215 | Lucian Anderson III | BGSU | QB | 245 | 153 | - | - | - | 245 | - |
| 216 | Evan Bullock | LT | QB | 243 | 36 | 243 | - | - | - | 243 |
| 217 | Zach Calzada |  | QB | 238 | 4 | 238 | - | - | 234 | 4 |
| 218 | Luke Duncan |  | QB | 235 | 81 | - | - | - | 81 | 154 |
| 219 | Gunnar Gray |  | QB | 228 | 54 | 228 | - | - | 174 | 54 |
| 219 | Austin Mack |  | QB | 228 | 45 | 125 | - | - | 125 | 103 |
| 221 | Joseph Filardi |  | QB | 226 | 65 | 187 | - | - | 104 | 122 |
| 222 | AJ Hill | MEM | QB | 223 | 175 | - | - | - | - | 223 |
| 223 | Brendan Sullivan | TULN | QB | 222 | 21 | 84 | 109 | - | 61 | 161 |
| 224 | Chaston Ditta | ECU | QB | 215 | 2 | 38 | - | - | 213 | 2 |
| 225 | Tama Amisone | SJSU | QB | 205 | 12 | 175 | 205 | - | 12 | 193 |
| 226 | Carter Smith |  | QB | 201 | 20 | 193 | - | - | 83 | 118 |
| 227 | Brandon Tennison |  | QB | 199 | 109 | 150 | 199 | - | 10 | 189 |
| 228 | Kenny Minchey |  | QB | 196 | 48 | 101 | 196 | - | 111 | 85 |
| 229 | Angel H Flores | CMU | QB | 195 | 75 | 78 | 102 | - | 99 | 96 |
| 230 | Kevin Sperry |  | QB | 194 | 69 | 194 | - | - | 125 | 69 |
| 231 | Tramell Jones Jr. |  | QB | 191 | 60 | - | - | - | 131 | 60 |
| 232 | AJ Bianco | NEV | QB | 188 | 43 | 86 | 160 | - | 121 | 67 |
| 233 | Mason Drube |  | QB | 187 | 179 | 187 | - | - | -5 | 192 |
| 234 | Khalil Wilkins | WVU | QB | 185 | 9 | 122 | - | - | 72 | 113 |
| 234 | Landon Graves | ULM | QB | 185 | 11 | 121 | 157 | - | 46 | 139 |
| 236 | Quinn Henicle | ODU | QB | 184 | 35 | 37 | 184 | - | 22 | 162 |
| 237 | Noah Gillon | APP | QB | 175 | 2 | 111 | - | - | 64 | 111 |
| 238 | Jake Merklinger |  | QB | 173 | -2 | 173 | - | - | 173 | - |
| 239 | Kyle Crum |  | QB | 169 | 169 | - | - | - | 169 | - |
| 240 | Michael Hawkins Jr. |  | QB | 167 | 162 | - | - | - | 162 | 5 |
| 241 | Ryan Puglisi |  | QB | 161 | 49 | 98 | 102 | - | 161 | 0 |
| 242 | Emory Williams |  | QB | 156 | 32 | 79 | - | - | 156 | - |
| 243 | Walker Howard | UL | QB | 155 | 44 | 44 | 155 | - | 155 | 0 |
| 244 | John Alan Richter |  | QB | 153 | 14 | 153 | - | - | 153 | - |
| 245 | Keelon Russell | | QB | 143 | 78 | - | - | - | 143 | - |
| 246 | Baron May | BGSU | QB | 142 | 142 | - | - | - | - | 142 |
| 247 | Shaker Reisig |  | QB | 141 | 52 | 141 | - | - | 71 | 70 |
| 248 | CJ Montes | KENT | QB | 140 | 49 | - | - | - | 91 | 49 |
| 249 | Lincoln Kienholz |  | QB | 139 | 19 | 68 | - | - | 139 | - |
| 250 | Brady Jones |  | QB | 136 | 1 | 27 | 136 | - | 26 | 110 |
| 251 | Brady Lichtenberg |  | QB | 134 | 56 | - | - | - | 134 | - |
| 252 | Blaze Berlowitz |  | QB | 131 | 55 | 91 | 126 | - | 96 | 35 |
| 253 | Brock Thomas |  | QB | 130 | 25 | 116 | 130 | - | 71 | 59 |
| 254 | Matthew Wilson | APP | QB | 128 | 128 | - | - | - | 128 | - |
| 255 | Drew Devillier | RICE | QB | 123 | 65 | 84 | 122 | - | 28 | 95 |
| 256 | Miles O'Neill |  | QB | 120 | 19 | 120 | - | - | 120 | - |
| 257 | Cole Gonzales |  | QB | 118 | 31 | 118 | - | - | 118 | 0 |
| 258 | Xavier Ward | SJSU | QB | 116 | 94 | 116 | - | - | 101 | 15 |
| 259 | Billy Edwards | | QB | 113 | 45 | - | - | - | 113 | - |
| 260 | Deuce Adams |  | QB | 112 | 94 | 112 | - | - | 18 | 94 |
| 261 | Hunter Herring | ULM | QB | 111 | 0 | 50 | 111 | - | 50 | 61 |
| 262 | Braxton Woodson |  | QB | 110 | 39 | 84 | - | - | 88 | 22 |
| 263 | Cole Ballard |  | QB | 108 | 37 | 62 | 108 | - | 54 | 54 |
| 263 | Zeon Chriss |  | QB | 108 | 9 | 115 | - | - | 95 | 13 |
| 265 | Hank Brown |  | QB | 107 | 48 | 107 | - | - | 107 | - |
| 266 | Nick Evers |  | QB | 105 | 22 | - | - | - | 105 | - |
| 266 | Khristian Martin |  | QB | 105 | 66 | 95 | 105 | - | 105 | - |
| 266 | Jalen Macon | NIU | QB | 105 | 27 | 105 | - | - | 32 | 73 |
| 269 | Husan Longstreet |  | QB | 103 | 34 | - | - | - | 103 | - |
| 270 | Jared Hollins | USA | QB | 101 | 61 | 93 | - | - | 43 | 58 |
| 271 | Matthew Sluka | JMU | QB | 100 | 32 | 85 | - | - | 33 | 67 |
| 272 | Braden Streeter | DEL | QB | 98 | 93 | - | - | - | 5 | 93 |
| 272 | Kai Horton |  | QB | 98 | 1 | 88 | - | - | 97 | 1 |
| 274 | Jacurri Brown | | QB | 97 | 82 | - | - | - | 15 | 82 |
| 275 | James Laubstein | UNM | QB | 96 | 29 | - | - | - | - | 96 |
| 275 | Hauss Hejny | OKST | QB | 96 | 96 | - | - | - | 96 | - |
| 277 | Brayden Roggow | AKR | QB | 91 | 10 | 91 | - | - | 40 | 51 |
| 278 | Locklan Hewlett | USF | QB | 90 | 45 | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| 279 | Matthew Caldwell |  | QB | 85 | 10 | 63 | - | - | 49 | 36 |
| 280 | Ksaan Farrar | | QB | 84 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 84 |
| 280 | Weston Bryan | GASO | QB | 84 | 42 | 50 | 52 | - | 10 | 74 |
| 280 | Graham Knowles |  | QB | 84 | 84 | - | - | - | 84 | - |
| 283 | Max Shikenjanski |  | QB | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | 80 | - |
| 284 | Anthony Garcia | USU | QB | 79 | 0 | 31 | 76 | - | 5 | 74 |
| 285 | Jadyn Glasser | CMU | QB | 78 | 78 | - | - | - | - | 78 |
| 286 | William Watson III |  | QB | 77 | 77 | - | - | - | 77 | - |
| 287 | Brady Allen | | QB | 75 | 6 | - | - | - | 69 | 6 |
| 288 | Lloyd Jones III |  | QB | 74 | 74 | - | - | - | - | 74 |
| 288 | Bert Emanuel Jr. | | QB | 74 | 0 | 3 | 37 | - | 69 | 5 |
| 288 | Turner Helton | GASO | QB | 74 | 49 | 74 | - | - | 50 | 24 |
| 288 | Devin Kargman | KENT | QB | 74 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 74 |
| 292 | Luke Kromenhoek |  | QB | 73 | 13 | 73 | - | - | 66 | 7 |
| 292 | Patrick Crayton Jr. | RICE | QB | 73 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 73 |
| 294 | Samaj Jones | | QB | 72 | 53 | - | - | - | 72 | - |
| 294 | Noah Walters | OKST | QB | 72 | 39 | - | - | - | 33 | 39 |
| 296 | George MacIntyre | | QB | 69 | 17 | - | - | - | 69 | - |
| 296 | Cutter Woods |  | QB | 69 | 23 | - | - | - | 69 | - |
| 296 | Brock Glenn | | QB | 69 | 5 | 13 | - | - | 69 | - |
| 299 | Braedyn Locke |  | QB | 68 | 0 | 68 | - | - | 68 | 0 |
| 300 | Jordan Magwood | FAU | QB | 63 | 45 | - | - | - | 18 | 45 |