highest average yards by a sophomore qb ncaa season minimum 300 attempts

Tua Tagovailoa has the most passing yards per attempt by a sophomore quarterback with 300+ passing attempts in a season, with 11.2 yards in 2018.

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highest average passing yards by a sophomore qb ncaa season minimum 300 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
11.2
355
2018
ALA ALA
15
245
69.0
3,966
264.4
43
6
199.4
12.1
1.7
12
110
2Ty Detmer
T. Detmer
11.1
412
1989
BYU BYU
12
265
64.3
4,560
380.0
32
15
175.6
7.8
3.6
3Sam Howell
S. Howell
10.3
348
2020
UNC UNC
12
237
68.1
3,586
298.8
30
7
179.1
8.6
2.0
33
213
4Matt Corral
M. Corral
10.2
326
2020
MISS MISS
10
231
70.9
3,337
333.7
29
14
177.6
8.9
4.3
18
99
5Tanner Morgan
T. Morgan
10.2
318
2019
MINN MINN
13
210
66.0
3,253
250.2
30
7
178.7
9.4
2.2
30
183
6McKenzie Milton
M. Milton
10.2
395
2017
UCF UCF
13
265
67.1
4,037
310.5
37
9
179.3
9.4
2.3
11
56
7Johnny Manziel
J. Manziel
9.6
429
2013
TAMU TAMU
13
300
69.9
4,114
316.5
37
13
172.9
8.6
3.0
20
155
8Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
9.5
386
2013
ORE ORE
13
245
63.5
3,665
281.9
31
4
167.7
8.0
1.0
18
128
9Matt Johnson
M. Johnson
9.4
369
2013
BGSU BGSU
14
237
64.2
3,467
247.6
25
7
161.7
6.8
1.9
12
81
10John Walsh
J. Walsh
9.4
397
1993
BYU BYU
11
244
61.5
3,727
338.8
28
15
156.0
7.1
3.8
11Zach Terrell
Z. Terrell
9.4
368
2014
WMU WMU
13
250
67.9
3,443
264.8
26
10
164.4
7.1
2.7
22
131
12Trace McSorley
T. McSorley
9.3
387
2016
PSU PSU
14
224
57.9
3,614
258.1
29
8
156.9
7.5
2.1
23
160
13Preston Stone
P. Stone
9.3
344
2023
SMU SMU
12
206
59.9
3,197
266.4
28
6
161.3
8.1
1.7
12
74
14Brett Rypien
B. Rypien
9.3
394
2016
BSU BSU
13
244
61.9
3,646
280.5
24
8
155.7
6.1
2.0
19
116
15Justin Fields
J. Fields
9.2
354
2019
OSU OSU
14
238
67.2
3,273
233.8
41
3
181.4
11.6
0.8
31
205
16Dwayne Haskins
D. Haskins
9.1
533
2018
OSU OSU
14
373
70.0
4,875
348.2
50
8
174.8
9.4
1.5
20
107
17Caleb Williams
C. Williams
9.1
500
2022
USC USC
14
333
66.6
4,537
324.1
42
5
168.5
8.4
1.0
29
246
18Kaleb Eleby
K. Eleby
9.1
362
2021
WMU WMU
13
230
63.5
3,277
252.1
23
6
157.2
6.4
1.7
28
201
19John Mateer
J. Mateer
9.0
347
2024
WSU WSU
12
224
64.6
3,139
261.6
29
7
164.1
8.4
2.0
31
205
20Gavin Hardison
G. Hardison
9.0
357
2021
UTEP UTEP
13
198
55.5
3,218
247.5
18
13
140.5
5.0
3.6
19
156
21Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
9.0
407
2019
CLEM CLEM
15
268
65.8
3,665
244.3
36
8
166.7
8.8
2.0
17
131
22Jake Fromm
J. Fromm
9.0
306
2018
UGA UGA
14
206
67.3
2,749
196.4
30
6
171.2
9.8
2.0
16
103
23Bryce Young
B. Young
8.9
547
2021
ALA ALA
15
366
66.9
4,872
324.8
47
7
167.5
8.6
1.3
39
277
24Mason Rudolph
M. Rudolph
8.9
424
2015
OKST OKST
13
264
62.3
3,770
290.0
21
9
149.1
5.0
2.1
30
175
25Quinn Ewers
Q. Ewers
8.8
394
2023
TEX TEX
12
272
69.0
3,479
289.9
22
6
158.6
5.6
1.5
27
147
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