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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PASS

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Weigman

RUSH

314

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REC

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RUSH YDS/G

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
5	Oklahoma State	1-0	3-1
6	Arizona	1-1	4-1
7	Houston	1-1	4-1
8	Cincinnati	1-1	4-1
9	UCF	1-1	3-2

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM

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Atkinson

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Maiava

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Riley

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Flora

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Rec Yards Leaders

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554.8

548.3

547.8

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531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

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334.4

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22.0

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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	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	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	UCF	3	2	.600
10	Arizona State	2	2	.500
11	Iowa State	3	3	.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

	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

	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	Iowa	5	1	.833
9	USC	5	1	.833
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Illinois	2	3	.400
15	Maryland	2	3	.400
16	Michigan State	2	3	.400
17	Rutgers	1	4	.200
18	Washington	3	3	.500

	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

	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	Virginia	3	2	.600
8	NC State	3	2	.600
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Florida State	3	3	.500
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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	2	2	.500
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana	4	1	.800
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	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

	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	Wyoming	3	3	.500
5	Air Force	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200