college football freshman total yards leaders 2025

Drew Mestemaker accounted for the most yards by a freshman in 2025, with 4,468 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

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Data note: Total Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	TOTALYDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	4,468	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	4,379	9.5	312.8	34	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
2	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3,965	2025	TXST	13	251	352	71.3	3,223	9.2	247.9	21	7	163.9	6.0	2.0	27	146
3	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	3,563	2025	BYU	14	251	387	64.9	3,033	7.8	216.6	15	7	139.9	3.9	1.8	16	97
4	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	3,340	2025	CAL	13	316	492	64.2	3,460	7.0	266.2	18	9	131.7	3.7	1.8	30	232
5	Malik Washington M. Washington	3,266	2025	MD	12	273	473	57.7	2,963	6.3	246.9	17	9	118.4	3.6	1.9	8	72
6	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	3,211	2025	HAW	11	285	430	66.3	3,106	7.2	282.4	24	9	141.2	5.6	2.1	25	159
7	Bryce Underwood B. Underwood	2,820	2025	MICH	13	202	335	60.3	2,428	7.2	186.8	11	9	126.6	3.3	2.7	20	114
8	CJ Carr	2,774	2025	ND	12	195	293	66.6	2,741	9.4	228.4	24	6	168.1	8.2	2.0	12	101
9	Mason Heintschel M. Heintschel	2,442	2025	PITT	10	201	316	63.6	2,354	7.4	235.4	16	8	137.8	5.1	2.5	34	260
10	Baylor Hayes B. Hayes	2,346	2025	TLSA	10	186	316	58.9	2,158	6.8	215.8	12	6	125.0	3.8	1.9	23	147
11	Drake Lindsey D. Lindsey	2,263	2025	MINN	13	246	389	63.2	2,382	6.1	183.2	18	6	126.9	4.6	1.5	21	127
12	Cutter Boley C. Boley	2,245	2025	UK	11	198	301	65.8	2,160	7.2	196.4	15	12	134.5	5.0	4.0	26	167
13	Caleb Hawkins C. Hawkins	1,804	2025	UNT	13	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
14	Zane Flores Z. Flores	1,604	2025	OKST	9	159	266	59.8	1,490	5.6	165.6	3	7	105.3	1.1	2.6	18	96
15	Rodney Tisdale Jr. R. Tisdale Jr.	1,545	2025	WKU	10	139	212	65.6	1,432	6.8	143.2	9	7	129.7	4.2	3.3	12	77
16	Scotty Fox Jr. S. Fox Jr.	1,477	2025	WVU	10	101	170	59.4	1,276	7.5	127.6	7	6	129.0	4.1	3.5	15	90
17	Nate Sheppard N. Sheppard	1,418	2025	DUKE	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
18	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,406	2025	MIA	16	4	7	57.1	82	11.7	5.1	2	0	249.8	28.6	0.0	0	0
19	Ethan Grunkemeyer E. Grunkemeyer	1,293	2025	PSU	11	123	178	69.1	1,339	7.5	121.7	8	4	142.6	4.5	2.2	13	101
20	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,290	2025	OSU	13	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
21	Alessio Milivojevic A. Milivojevic	1,208	2025	MSU	9	111	173	64.2	1,267	7.3	140.8	10	3	141.3	5.8	1.7	16	118
22	Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano	1,171	2025	MTSU	5	78	135	57.8	1,005	7.4	201.0	7	0	137.4	5.2	0.0	9	82
23	Kamario Taylor K. Taylor	1,087	2025	MSST	11	43	77	55.8	629	8.2	57.2	5	1	143.3	6.5	1.3	9	41
24	King Miller K. Miller	1,083	2025	USC	13	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
25	Carter Jones C. Jones	1,060	2025	NEV	10	110	171	64.3	1,019	6.0	101.9	6	8	116.6	3.5	4.7	8	59

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More North Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,577

Jackson

RUSH

1,054

White

REC

781

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

43.8

2nd

OPP PPG

31.9

135th

RUSH YDS/G

191.6

37th

PASS YDS/G

348.9

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	UTSA	4-0	7-1
2	North Texas	4-0	6-2
3	Army	4-1	5-2
4	Memphis	3-1	6-2
5	UAB	2-2	4-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	RICE	@	UNT	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UNT	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNT	@	TULN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UAB	@	UNT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Florida Atlantic

5 - 3

Final

North Texas

6 - 2

Thu 29 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

982

Gutierrez

972

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.1

Jennings

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.8

42.7

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

540.5

529.1

527.0

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

341.0

295.8

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

348.9

341.0

340.7

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	5	.375
7	Utah State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	8	1	.889
4	Northwestern	6	2	.750
5	Minnesota	5	3	.625
6	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	5	.375
9	Illinois	5	3	.625
10	Oregon	5	3	.625
11	Iowa	6	2	.750
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	5	3	.625
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	6	.250
16	Penn State	4	4	.500
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	3	.625
5	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	2	.750
3	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	5	3	.625
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	6	2	.750
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	4	4	.500
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	4	4	.500

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
9	Kent State	3	6	.333
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	4	.500
6	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
7	Tulane	4	4	.500
8	Temple	2	6	.250
9	South Florida	6	2	.750
10	East Carolina	4	4	.500
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Charlotte	1	7	.125
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Arizona	6	2	.750
4	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	5	3	.625
8	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
9	Arizona State	4	4	.500
10	West Virginia	5	3	.625
11	UCF	4	4	.500
12	Kansas State	4	4	.500
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	5	.375
15	TCU	4	4	.500
16	Colorado	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
2	Liberty	7	1	.875
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125