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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Brady Hart |  | QB | 62 | 62 | - | - | - | 62 | - |
| 301 | Michael Johnson Jr. | AKR | QB | 62 | 23 | 54 | 62 | - | 26 | 36 |
| 303 | Arrington Maiden | MEM | QB | 59 | 8 | 59 | - | - | 51 | 8 |
| 304 | Luke Moga |  | QB | 58 | 5 | - | - | - | 53 | 5 |
| 304 | AJ Surace |  | QB | 58 | 0 | - | - | - | 58 | - |
| 306 | Ui Ale | TROY | QB | 54 | 54 | - | - | - | - | 54 |
| 307 | Davi Belfort |  | QB | 53 | 18 | 53 | - | - | 35 | 18 |
| 308 | Jaylen Henderson | WVU | QB | 50 | 22 | 50 | 50 | - | 34 | 16 |
| 308 | Billy Wiles | APP | QB | 50 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| 310 | Devin Brown |  | QB | 48 | 5 | 21 | - | - | 32 | 16 |
| 311 | Tucker McDonald |  | QB | 45 | 0 | - | - | - | 45 | 0 |
| 312 | Deante Ruffin | KENT | QB | 44 | 44 | - | - | - | - | 44 |
| 313 | DJ Bailey | SHSU | QB | 42 | 42 | - | - | - | 42 | - |
| 314 | Lucas Scheerhorn | RICE | QB | 40 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| 314 | Austin Novosad | | QB | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| 314 | Whit Muschamp |  | QB | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| 317 | Julian Dugger | WSU | QB | 39 | 0 | 39 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 318 | Nolan Good | KENT | QB | 38 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 34 |
| 318 | Landon Sims |  | QB | 38 | 3 | 15 | - | - | 29 | 9 |
| 320 | Chris Jimerson Jr. | UNT | QB | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | 37 | - |
| 320 | Alex Orji | UNLV | QB | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | 37 | - |
| 322 | Reese Poffenbarger | UNT | QB | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | 36 | - |
| 323 | Marcus Beamon | CMU | QB | 35 | 2 | 35 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 323 | Trent Pearman |  | QB | 35 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 31 |
| 325 | Nate Bennett |  | QB | 34 | 34 | - | - | - | 34 | - |
| 326 | McCae Hillstead |  | QB | 33 | 33 | - | - | - | 33 | - |
| 327 | JacQai Long | MRSH | QB | 31 | 3 | 12 | - | - | 12 | 19 |
| 328 | Charlie Fiser |  | QB | 30 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 26 |
| 329 | Isaiah Marshall |  | QB | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | - |
| 329 | Alex Manske |  | QB | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | - |
| 329 | Cole Feuerbacher | MOST | QB | 28 | 16 | - | - | - | 16 | 12 |
| 329 | Drew Dickey | | QB | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | 28 | - |
| 333 | Jacob Zeno | | QB | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | 27 | - |
| 333 | Ethan Hampton |  | QB | 27 | 13 | - | - | - | 14 | 13 |
| 335 | Brennen Ward |  | QB | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | 25 | - |
| 335 | Clayton Dees | FIU | QB | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| 337 | Au'Tori Newkirk |  | QB | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | 0 | 23 |
| 338 | Luke Carney |  | QB | 22 | 12 | - | - | - | 10 | 12 |
| 338 | Henry Belin IV |  | QB | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | - |
| 338 | Charlie Mirer |  | QB | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | - |
| 338 | Chris Denson | | QB | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | - |
| 338 | Mason Bray |  | QB | 22 | 22 | - | - | - | 22 | - |
| 343 | Zach Marker | DEL | QB | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | 21 | - |
| 344 | Robert McDaniel | SJSU | QB | 19 | 8 | 19 | - | - | 8 | 11 |
| 344 | Nick Poulos | OHIO | QB | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| 344 | AJ Maddox |  | QB | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | 19 | - |
| 347 | Jayden Bradford | LIB | QB | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| 347 | Stephen Kittleman | TLSA | QB | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| 347 | Lex Thomas |  | QB | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| 350 | Ryan Boe |  | QB | 17 | 0 | 17 | - | - | 17 | - |
| 350 | Ethan Houck | LIB | QB | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| 352 | Jalyn Gramstad |  | QB | 16 | 14 | - | - | - | 16 | - |
| 352 | Will Wilson | | QB | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | 16 | - |
| 354 | Michael Grant |  | QB | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| 354 | Shay Smith | UTEP | QB | 14 | 6 | 14 | - | - | 5 | 9 |
| 354 | Ju'Juan Johnson |  | QB | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| 354 | Keldric Luster | TXST | QB | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| 358 | Josh Flowers | ARST | QB | 13 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 7 |
| 358 | Mike Wright | ECU | QB | 13 | 0 | 13 | - | - | 13 | 0 |
| 358 | Air Noland |  | QB | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | 13 | - |
| 361 | Ryan Montgomery |  | QB | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 362 | Brock Hansel | | QB | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 362 | Stanley Anderson-Lofton | MTSU | QB | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 362 | Sean Ashenfelder | | QB | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 365 | Ethan Lane | CMU | QB | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 365 | Dermaricus Davis | HAW | QB | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 365 | Sam Huard |  | QB | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| 368 | Ty Hawkins | | QB | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 368 | Tommy Ulatowski | KENN | QB | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| 370 | Jeremy Hecklinski |  | QB | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| 370 | Treyson Bourguet | | QB | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 370 | Jackson Proctor | NIU | QB | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 370 | Cole Geer |  | QB | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 370 | Holden Phillips |  | QB | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 375 | Karle Lacey Jr. |  | QB | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| 375 | Dylan Wittke |  | QB | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| 375 | Max Brown | WVU | QB | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| 378 | Whitt Newbauer |  | QB | 6 | -2 | - | - | - | 8 | -2 |
| 379 | Grant Wilson |  | QB | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 380 | Colton Allen | COLO | QB | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| 380 | Banks Bowen | OKST | QB | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 382 | Cade Cunningham | JXST | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Aidan Leffler | BALL | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 382 | Isaac Wilson |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Tahj Bullock | CSU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 382 | Tavien St. Clair |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Jadyn Davis |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 382 | Michael Valentino | FAU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Luke Nickel |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | JC Evans | JMU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 382 | Nate Rogers | UAB | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 382 | Carson Cruver | FAU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Brett Brown |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Holden Geriner | TXST | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Mark Konecny |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Steele Pizzella |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 382 | Trever Jackson |  | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Tucker Parks | WKU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| 382 | Ryan Huff | ODU | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| 382 | Connor Moberly | | QB | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - |