most passing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in college season

C.J. Stroud has the most passing touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 44 touchdowns in 2021.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	C.J. Stroud	44	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
2	Jameis Winston J. Winston	40	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	4,057	10.6	289.8	10	184.8	10.4	2.6	27	188
3	Drake Maye D. Maye	38	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	4,321	8.4	308.6	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
4	Sam Howell S. Howell	38	2019	UNC	13	259	422	61.4	3,641	8.6	280.1	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
5	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	34	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	4,379	9.5	312.8	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
6	J.T. Barrett	34	2014	OSU	12	203	314	64.6	2,834	9.0	236.2	10	169.8	10.8	3.2	22	155
7	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	31	2016	USC	13	246	366	67.2	3,086	8.4	237.4	9	161.1	8.5	2.5	6	41
8	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	30	2019	USC	12	282	392	71.9	3,502	8.9	291.8	9	167.6	7.7	2.3	23	138
9	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	30	2018	CLEM	15	259	397	65.2	3,280	8.3	218.7	4	157.6	7.6	1.0	11	68
10	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	30	2015	MTSU	13	327	490	66.7	4,005	8.2	308.1	9	151.9	6.1	1.8	17	168
11	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	29	2019	UCF	13	236	398	59.3	3,653	9.2	281.0	7	156.9	7.3	1.8	22	123
12	Spencer Rattler S. Rattler	28	2020	OKLA	11	214	317	67.5	3,031	9.6	275.5	7	172.6	8.8	2.2	22	132
13	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	28	2014	ARIZ	14	313	540	58.0	3,793	7.0	270.9	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
14	John O'Korn J. O'Korn	28	2013	HOU	13	259	445	58.2	3,117	7.0	239.8	10	133.3	6.3	2.2	26	189
15	Layne Hatcher L. Hatcher	27	2019	ARST	10	204	310	65.8	2,946	9.5	294.6	10	167.9	8.7	3.2	30	150
16	Byrum Brown B. Brown	26	2023	USF	13	276	427	64.6	3,292	7.7	253.2	11	144.3	6.1	2.6	38	224
17	Grayson McCall G. McCall	26	2020	CCAR	11	172	250	68.8	2,488	10.0	226.2	3	184.3	10.4	1.2	11	56
18	Brad Kaaya B. Kaaya	26	2014	MIA	13	221	378	58.5	3,198	8.5	246.0	12	145.9	6.9	3.2	20	143
19	Kadin Semonza K. Semonza	25	2024	BALL	12	275	427	64.4	2,904	6.8	242.0	10	136.2	5.9	2.3	33	233
20	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	25	2023	ARIZ	12	241	333	72.4	2,869	8.6	239.1	6	165.9	7.5	1.8	19	128
21	Tyler Van Dyke T. Van Dyke	25	2021	MIA	10	202	324	62.3	2,931	9.0	293.1	6	160.1	7.7	1.9	20	123
22	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	25	2021	MEM	11	235	393	59.8	3,322	8.5	302.0	8	147.7	6.4	2.0	23	118
23	CJ Carr	24	2025	ND	12	195	293	66.6	2,741	9.4	228.4	6	168.1	8.2	2.0	12	101
24	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	24	2025	HAW	11	285	430	66.3	3,106	7.2	282.4	9	141.2	5.6	2.1	25	159
25	Sam Leavitt S. Leavitt	24	2024	ASU	13	216	350	61.7	2,885	8.2	221.9	6	150.2	6.9	1.7	19	131

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12	Illinois	0-0	1-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	1-1
15	Oregon	0-0	1-1
16	Purdue	0-0	1-1

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM
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Stokes

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
2	Miami	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Virginia	2	0	1.000
5	California	1	1	.500
6	Duke	2	0	1.000
7	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333