most career passing yards byu player history

Ty Detmer has the most career passing yards for BYU, with 15,031 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	15,031	48	958	1,530	62.6	9.8	313.1	121	65	162.7	7.9	4.2
2	Max Hall M. Hall	11,365	39	903	1,382	65.3	8.2	291.4	94	40	151.1	6.8	2.9
3	John Beck J. Beck	11,021	43	885	1,418	62.4	7.8	256.3	79	34	141.3	5.6	2.4
4	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	9,536	47	653	1,060	61.6	9.0	202.9	84	34	156.9	7.9	3.2
5	Robbie Bosco R. Bosco	8,400	36	638	997	64.0	8.4	233.3	66	36	149.4	6.6	3.6
6	John Walsh J. Walsh	8,390	32	588	976	60.2	8.6	262.2	66	35	147.6	6.8	3.6
7	Kevin Feterik K. Feterik	8,065	38	609	1,004	60.7	8.0	212.2	53	27	140.2	5.3	2.7
8	Steve Young S. Young	7,733	34	592	908	65.2	8.5	227.4	56	33	149.8	6.2	3.6
9	Zach Wilson Z. Wilson	7,652	30	566	837	67.6	9.1	255.1	56	15	162.9	6.7	1.8	53	389
10	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	7,637	34	535	937	57.1	8.2	224.6	61	46	137.2	6.5	4.9
11	Steve Sarkisian S. Sarkisian	7,464	25	528	789	66.9	9.5	298.6	53	26	162.0	6.7	3.3
12	Taysom Hill T. Hill	6,935	37	610	1,049	58.2	6.6	187.4	43	31	121.3	4.1	3.0
13	Tanner Mangum T. Mangum	6,262	34	550	922	59.7	6.8	184.2	39	24	125.5	4.2	2.6	53	364
14	Jaren Hall J. Hall	6,174	29	468	718	65.2	8.6	212.9	52	11	158.2	7.2	1.5	30	189
15	Gifford Nielsen G. Nielsen	5,830	33	415	708	58.6	8.2	176.7	55	29	145.2	7.8	4.1
16	Virgil Carter V. Carter	5,125	30	327	736	44.4	7.0	170.8	50	43	113.7	6.8	5.8
17	Gary Sheide G. Sheide	4,524	22	358	594	60.3	7.6	205.6	45	31	138.8	7.6	5.2
18	Sean Covey S. Covey	4,467	36	320	557	57.5	8.0	124.1	22	19	131.0	3.9	3.4
19	Brandon Doman B. Doman	4,354	32	313	504	62.1	8.6	136.1	35	14	152.0	6.9	2.8
20	Riley Nelson R. Nelson	4,032	31	324	560	57.9	7.2	130.1	35	21	131.5	6.3	3.8
21	Jake Heaps J. Heaps	3,768	22	363	635	57.2	5.9	171.3	24	17	114.1	3.8	2.7
22	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	3,737	18	306	473	64.7	7.9	207.6	21	8	142.3	4.4	1.7	19	116
23	Jake Retzlaff J. Retzlaff	3,595	17	276	493	56.0	7.3	211.5	23	15	126.5	4.7	3.0	25	143
24	Marc Lyons M. Lyons	3,345	30	251	543	46.2	6.2	111.5	20	28	99.8	3.7	5.2
25	Matt Berry M. Berry	2,994	22	273	449	60.8	6.7	136.1	15	24	117.1	3.3	5.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

704

Bachmeier

RUSH

344

Martin

REC

279

Glasker

Team Rankings

PPG

37.3

31st

OPP PPG

14.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

235.5

18th

PASS YDS/G

179.8

138th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Texas Tech	2-0	5-0
2	BYU	2-0	4-0
3	Baylor	2-0	4-1
4	Utah	1-0	4-0
5	Oklahoma State	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/9	ISU	@	BYU	10:15 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	BYU	@	UCF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ASU	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM

Last Game

BYU

4 - 0

Final

TCU

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200