most passing touchdowns in freshman season

C.J. Stroud has the most passing touchdowns by a freshman 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	149
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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1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
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	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

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1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

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1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

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1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

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1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

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1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

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

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