most passing touchdowns in junior season

David Klingler has the most passing touchdowns by a junior in a season, with 54 touchdowns in 1990.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	David Klingler D. Klingler	54	1990	HOU	11	374	643	58.2	5,140	8.0	467.3	20	146.8	8.4	3.1
2	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	47	1980	BYU	12	284	445	63.8	4,571	10.3	380.9	18	176.9	10.6	4.0
3	Andre Ware A. Ware	46	1989	HOU	11	365	578	63.1	4,699	8.1	427.2	15	152.5	8.0	2.6
4	Logan Woodside L. Woodside	45	2016	TOL	13	289	418	69.1	4,129	9.9	317.6	9	183.3	10.8	2.2	14	89
5	Drew Lock D. Lock	44	2017	MIZ	13	242	419	57.8	3,964	9.5	304.9	13	165.7	10.5	3.1	11	71
6	Jared Goff J. Goff	43	2015	CAL	13	341	529	64.5	4,719	8.9	363.0	13	161.3	8.1	2.5	26	210
7	Kyler Murray K. Murray	42	2018	OKLA	14	260	377	69.0	4,361	11.6	311.5	7	199.2	11.1	1.9	18	109
8	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	42	2014	ORE	15	304	445	68.3	4,454	10.0	296.9	4	181.7	9.4	0.9	31	175
9	Fernando Mendoza F. Mendoza	41	2025	IND	16	273	379	72.0	3,535	9.3	220.9	6	182.9	10.8	1.6	25	164
10	C.J. Stroud	41	2022	OSU	13	258	389	66.3	3,688	9.5	283.7	6	177.7	10.5	1.5	13	98
11	Mac Jones M. Jones	41	2020	ALA	13	311	402	77.4	4,500	11.2	346.2	4	203.1	10.2	1.0	13	74
12	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	41	2016	TTU	12	388	591	65.7	5,052	8.5	421.0	10	157.0	6.9	1.7	27	242
13	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	41	2016	CLEM	15	388	579	67.0	4,593	7.9	306.2	17	151.1	7.1	2.9	17	93
14	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	41	1990	BYU	12	361	562	64.2	5,188	9.2	432.3	28	155.9	7.3	5.0
15	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	40	2016	OKLA	13	254	358	70.9	3,965	11.1	305.0	8	196.4	11.2	2.2	18	123
16	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	39	2021	SMU	12	308	454	67.8	3,628	8.0	302.3	12	158.0	8.6	2.6	16	112
17	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	39	2014	USC	13	315	452	69.7	3,826	8.5	294.3	5	167.1	8.6	1.1	32	228
18	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	39	2013	MRSH	14	298	499	59.7	3,916	7.8	279.7	9	147.8	7.8	1.8	5	35
19	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	38	2022	WAKE	12	270	428	63.1	3,701	8.6	308.4	12	159.4	8.9	2.8	34	195
20	Luke Falk L. Falk	38	2016	WSU	13	443	633	70.0	4,468	7.1	343.7	11	145.6	6.0	1.7	30	198
21	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	38	2015	USM	14	331	521	63.5	4,476	8.6	319.7	12	155.2	7.3	2.3	24	195
22	Justice Hansen J. Hansen	37	2017	ARST	12	305	487	62.6	3,967	8.1	330.6	16	149.6	7.6	3.3	31	195
23	Mike White M. White	37	2016	WKU	14	280	416	67.3	4,363	10.5	311.6	7	181.4	8.9	1.7	18	111
24	Sean Mannion S. Mannion	37	2013	ORST	13	400	603	66.3	4,662	7.7	358.6	15	146.6	6.1	2.5	24	204
25	Cade Klubnik C. Klubnik	36	2024	CLEM	14	308	486	63.4	3,639	7.5	259.9	6	148.2	7.4	1.2	23	157

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3	Utah	7-2	11-2
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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

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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

David Klingler has the most passing touchdowns by a junior in a season, with 54 touchdowns in 1990.

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