most ncaa passing yards in a season by a purdue freshman qb

Mark Herrmann has the most passing yards for Purdue by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 2,453 yards in 1977.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Mark Herrmann M. Herrmann	2,453	1977	PUR	11	175	319	54.9	7.7	223.0	18	27	121.1	5.6	8.5
2	Danny Etling D. Etling	1,690	2013	PUR	8	149	267	55.8	6.3	211.3	10	7	116.1	3.7	2.6	31	223
3	Jack Plummer J. Plummer	1,603	2019	PUR	7	144	241	59.8	6.7	229.0	11	8	124.0	4.6	3.3	21	162
4	David Blough D. Blough	1,574	2015	PUR	10	169	293	57.7	5.4	157.4	10	8	108.6	3.4	2.7	18	115
5	Eric Hunter E. Hunter	1,368	1989	PUR	11	91	178	51.1	7.7	124.4	11	7	128.2	6.2	3.9
6	Brian Fox B. Fox	1,250	1988	PUR	11	121	235	51.5	5.3	113.6	7	13	94.9	3.0	5.5
7	Jeff George J. George	1,217	1986	PUR	11	122	227	53.7	5.4	110.6	4	15	91.4	1.8	6.6
8	Jeff Lesniewicz J. Lesniewicz	546	1989	PUR	11	46	78	59.0	7.0	49.6	2	6	110.9	2.6	7.7
9	Ryan Browne R. Browne	532	2024	PUR	8	43	76	56.6	7.0	66.5	4	2	127.5	5.3	2.6	11	70
10	Matt Pike M. Pike	436	1991	PUR	11	29	61	47.5	7.1	39.6	3	5	107.4	4.9	8.2
11	Jim Everett J. Everett	433	1983	PUR	11	31	66	47.0	6.6	39.4	2	5	96.9	3.0	7.6
12	Scott Campbell S. Campbell	293	1980	PUR	11	23	35	65.7	8.4	26.6	1	0	145.5	2.9	0.0
13	Drew Brees D. Brees	232	1997	PUR	7	19	42	45.2	5.5	33.1	0	1	86.9	0.0	2.4
14	Mark Mascheck M. Mascheck	182	1987	PUR	11	14	30	46.7	6.1	16.5	1	2	95.3	3.3	6.7
15	Elijah Sindelar E. Sindelar	165	2016	PUR	5	14	32	43.8	5.2	33.0	0	3	68.3	0.0	9.4	1	2
16	Chuck Oliver C. Oliver	153	1978	PUR	11	14	34	41.2	4.5	13.9	2	0	98.4	5.9	0.0
17	Ryan Browne R. Browne	104	2023	PUR	1	12	16	75.0	6.5	104.0	0	2	104.6	0.0	12.5	1	10
18	Austin Appleby A. Appleby	68	2013	PUR	1	5	6	83.3	11.3	68.0	1	0	233.5	16.7	0.0	0	0
19	Larry Gates L. Gates	55	1979	PUR	11	6	16	37.5	3.4	5.0	1	1	74.5	6.3	6.3
20	Bennett Meredith B. Meredith	43	2023	PUR	3	7	11	63.6	3.9	14.3	0	0	96.5	0.0	0.0	2	8
21	Chris Gebert C. Gebert	37	1977	PUR	11	2	3	66.7	12.3	3.4	0	0	170.3	0.0	0.0
22	Mike Segard M. Segard	35	1999	PUR	2	1	4	25.0	8.8	17.5	0	0	98.5	0.0	0.0
23	Doug Downing D. Downing	16	1984	PUR	11	2	8	25.0	2.0	1.5	0	1	16.8	0.0	12.5
24	Brady Allen B. Allen	8	2022	PUR	1	1	3	33.3	2.7	8.0	0	0	55.7	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	Jim Everett J. Everett	7	1981	PUR	11	1	5	20.0	1.4	0.6	0	1	-8.2	0.0	20.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,549

Browne

RUSH

549

Ijeboi

REC

472

Waseem

Team Rankings

PPG

32.2

56th

OPP PPG

31.3

131st

RUSH YDS/G

133.5

120th

PASS YDS/G

282.0

21st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
5	USC	3-1	6-1
6	Purdue	2-1	3-3
7	Iowa	2-1	5-1
8	Nebraska	2-1	5-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/16	WASH	@	PUR	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MD	@	PUR	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	PUR	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	WIS	@	PUR	1:00 PM

Last Game

Minnesota

4 - 2

Final

Purdue

3 - 3

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333