college football passing yards leaders 2025 as freshman

Drew Mestemaker had the most passing yards by a freshman in 2025, with 4,379 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	4,379	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	9.5	312.8	34	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
2	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	3,460	2025	CAL	13	316	492	64.2	7.0	266.2	18	9	131.7	3.7	1.8	30	232
3	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3,223	2025	TXST	13	251	352	71.3	9.2	247.9	21	7	163.9	6.0	2.0	27	146
4	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	3,106	2025	HAW	11	285	430	66.3	7.2	282.4	24	9	141.2	5.6	2.1	25	159
5	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	3,033	2025	BYU	14	251	387	64.9	7.8	216.6	15	7	139.9	3.9	1.8	16	97
6	Malik Washington M. Washington	2,963	2025	MD	12	273	473	57.7	6.3	246.9	17	9	118.4	3.6	1.9	8	72
7	CJ Carr	2,741	2025	ND	12	195	293	66.6	9.4	228.4	24	6	168.1	8.2	2.0	12	101
8	Bryce Underwood B. Underwood	2,428	2025	MICH	13	202	335	60.3	7.2	186.8	11	9	126.6	3.3	2.7	20	114
9	Drake Lindsey D. Lindsey	2,382	2025	MINN	13	246	389	63.2	6.1	183.2	18	6	126.9	4.6	1.5	21	127
10	Mason Heintschel M. Heintschel	2,354	2025	PITT	10	201	316	63.6	7.4	235.4	16	8	137.8	5.1	2.5	34	260
11	Cutter Boley C. Boley	2,160	2025	UK	11	198	301	65.8	7.2	196.4	15	12	134.5	5.0	4.0	26	167
12	Baylor Hayes B. Hayes	2,158	2025	TLSA	10	186	316	58.9	6.8	215.8	12	6	125.0	3.8	1.9	23	147
13	Zane Flores Z. Flores	1,490	2025	OKST	9	159	266	59.8	5.6	165.6	3	7	105.3	1.1	2.6	18	96
14	Rodney Tisdale Jr. R. Tisdale Jr.	1,432	2025	WKU	10	139	212	65.6	6.8	143.2	9	7	129.7	4.2	3.3	12	77
15	Ethan Grunkemeyer E. Grunkemeyer	1,339	2025	PSU	11	123	178	69.1	7.5	121.7	8	4	142.6	4.5	2.2	13	101
16	Scotty Fox Jr. S. Fox Jr.	1,276	2025	WVU	10	101	170	59.4	7.5	127.6	7	6	129.0	4.1	3.5	15	90
17	Alessio Milivojevic A. Milivojevic	1,267	2025	MSU	9	111	173	64.2	7.3	140.8	10	3	141.3	5.8	1.7	16	118
18	Carter Jones C. Jones	1,019	2025	NEV	10	110	171	64.3	6.0	101.9	6	8	116.6	3.5	4.7	8	59
19	Roman Gagliano R. Gagliano	1,005	2025	MTSU	5	78	135	57.8	7.4	201.0	7	0	137.4	5.2	0.0	9	82
20	AJ Hairston	957	2025	MASS	10	107	216	49.5	4.4	95.7	4	4	89.2	1.9	1.9	17	143
21	TJ Lateef	904	2025	NEB	7	74	123	60.2	7.3	129.1	5	1	133.7	4.1	0.8	6	33
22	Elijah Brown E. Brown	829	2025	STAN	6	74	127	58.3	6.5	138.2	4	2	120.3	3.1	1.6	14	110
23	Landyn Locke L. Locke	765	2025	SHSU	6	71	141	50.4	5.4	127.5	4	4	99.6	2.8	2.8	8	49
24	Darius Curry D. Curry	740	2025	CSU	5	70	107	65.4	6.9	148.0	5	7	125.9	4.7	6.5	5	40
25	Will Hammond W. Hammond	680	2025	TTU	9	69	109	63.3	6.2	75.6	7	3	131.4	6.4	2.8	3	17

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,173

Jackson

RUSH

861

White

REC

662

Stevenson

Team Rankings

PPG

43.1

2nd

OPP PPG

30.6

126th

RUSH YDS/G

184.7

48th

PASS YDS/G

341.0

2nd

2026 AAC Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/29	FAU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
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

North Texas

5 - 2

Final

Navy

2 - 5

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

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	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
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	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286