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

Rick Venturi has the most yards per attempt per completion by a sophomore quarterback in a season, with 80 in 1965.

Interpreted as:
highest average passing yards per completion by a sophomore qb ncaa season minimum 300 passing attempts
NAMEAVG/CMPATTAVGCMPSEASONTMGPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Rick Venturi
R. Venturi
80
1
80.0
1
1965
NW NW
10
100.0
80
8.0
1
0
1,102.0
100.0
0.0
2Jack Koniszewski
J. Koniszewski
64
1
64.0
1
1971
PSU PSU
11
100.0
64
5.8
1
0
967.6
100.0
0.0
3Davy Sawyer
D. Sawyer
56
1
56.0
1
1978
UGA UGA
1
100.0
56
56.0
0
0
570.4
0.0
0.0
4Carson Baker
C. Baker
54
1
54.0
1
2021
WKU WKU
1
100.0
54
54.0
1
0
883.6
100.0
0.0
0
0
5Martin Lemond
M. Lemond
47
1
47.0
1
1976
ARK ARK
11
100.0
47
4.3
0
0
494.8
0.0
0.0
6Brett DeVault
B. DeVault
46
1
46.0
1
1977
IND IND
11
100.0
46
4.2
0
0
486.4
0.0
0.0
7Dave Austin
D. Austin
46
1
46.0
1
1957
WASH WASH
10
100.0
46
4.6
0
0
486.4
0.0
0.0
8Colt Garrett
C. Garrett
44
1
44.0
1
2018
TTU TTU
1
100.0
44
44.0
1
0
799.6
100.0
0.0
0
0
9Kip Shenefelt
K. Shenefelt
37
1
37.0
1
1983
TEM TEM
11
100.0
37
3.4
0
0
410.8
0.0
0.0
10Bob Hering
B. Hering
33
2
33.0
1
1976
RUTG RUTG
11
50.0
66
6.0
1
0
492.2
50.0
0.0
11Rich Groth
R. Groth
29
1
29.0
1
1962
UTAH UTAH
10
100.0
29
2.9
0
0
343.6
0.0
0.0
12Jim Rossi
J. Rossi
29
1
29.0
1
1961
NCST NCST
10
100.0
29
2.9
0
0
343.6
0.0
0.0
13Logan Burnett
L. Burnett
25
1
25.0
1
2018
MSST MSST
1
100.0
25
25.0
0
0
310.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
14Scott Smith
S. Smith
25
2
25.0
1
1977
NCST NCST
5
50.0
50
10.0
0
0
260.0
0.0
0.0
15Wyatt Begeal
W. Begeal
24
1
24.0
1
2023
ARST ARST
1
100.0
24
24.0
0
0
301.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
16Giles Pooler
G. Pooler
24
1
24.0
1
2023
CSU CSU
1
100.0
24
24.0
1
0
631.6
100.0
0.0
0
0
17Donaven McCulley
D. McCulley
23
1
23.0
1
2022
IND IND
12
100.0
23
1.9
0
0
293.2
0.0
0.0
0
0
18Mike Michael
M. Michael
23
1
23.0
1
1978
APP APP
11
100.0
23
2.1
0
0
293.2
0.0
0.0
19Mike Strahine
M. Strahine
22
1
22.0
1
1977
OSU OSU
9
100.0
22
2.4
0
0
284.8
0.0
0.0
20Grady Brosterhous
G. Brosterhous
21
1
21.0
1
2023
UVA UVA
6
100.0
21
3.5
0
0
276.4
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Tyson Hinshaw
T. Hinshaw
21
1
21.0
1
1998
UCF UCF
8
100.0
21
2.6
0
0
276.4
0.0
0.0
22Austin Novosad
A. Novosad
20
2
20.0
1
2025
ORE ORE
1
50.0
40
40.0
0
0
218.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
23Trey Evans
T. Evans
19
1
19.0
1
1997
MD MD
11
100.0
19
1.7
0
0
259.6
0.0
0.0
24Jim Dodd
J. Dodd
19
1
19.0
1
1971
WSU WSU
11
100.0
19
1.7
0
0
259.6
0.0
0.0
25Bill Kynes
B. Kynes
18.33
3
18.3
1
1975
FLA FLA
11
33.3
55
5.0
0
2
54.0
0.0
66.7
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