most passing yards by a freshman quarterback in a single college football season

C.J. Stroud has the most passing yards by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 4,435 yards in 2021.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	C.J. Stroud	4,435	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	10.1	369.6	44	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
2	Drake Maye D. Maye	4,321	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	8.4	308.6	38	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
3	Jameis Winston J. Winston	4,057	2013	FSU	14	257	384	66.9	10.6	289.8	40	10	184.8	10.4	2.6	27	188
4	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	4,005	2015	MTSU	13	327	490	66.7	8.2	308.1	30	9	151.9	6.1	1.8	17	168
5	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	3,793	2014	ARIZ	14	313	540	58.0	7.0	270.9	28	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
6	Josh Rosen J. Rosen	3,668	2015	UCLA	13	292	487	60.0	7.5	282.2	23	11	134.3	4.7	2.3	15	118
7	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	3,653	2019	UCF	13	236	398	59.3	9.2	281.0	29	7	156.9	7.3	1.8	22	123
8	Sam Howell S. Howell	3,641	2019	UNC	13	259	422	61.4	8.6	280.1	38	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
9	Grant Wells G. Wells	3,535	2021	MRSH	13	295	444	66.4	8.0	271.9	16	13	139.4	3.6	2.9	15	98
10	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,508	2013	CAL	12	320	531	60.3	6.6	292.3	18	10	123.2	3.4	1.9	30	183
11	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	3,502	2019	USC	12	282	392	71.9	8.9	291.8	30	9	167.6	7.7	2.3	23	138
12	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi B. Fowler-Nicolosi	3,460	2023	CSU	12	292	470	62.1	7.4	288.3	22	16	132.6	4.7	3.4	12	75
13	Tanner Mangum T. Mangum	3,377	2015	BYU	13	267	446	59.9	7.6	259.8	23	10	136.0	5.2	2.2	30	190
14	Deondre Francois D. Francois	3,350	2016	FSU	13	235	400	58.8	8.4	257.7	20	7	142.1	5.0	1.8	34	289
15	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	3,350	2015	BSU	11	272	428	63.6	7.8	304.5	20	8	141.0	4.7	1.9	19	124
16	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	3,322	2021	MEM	11	235	393	59.8	8.5	302.0	25	8	147.7	6.4	2.0	23	118
17	Byrum Brown B. Brown	3,292	2023	USF	13	276	427	64.6	7.7	253.2	26	11	144.3	6.1	2.6	38	224
18	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	3,280	2018	CLEM	15	259	397	65.2	8.3	218.7	30	4	157.6	7.6	1.0	11	68
19	Brad Kaaya B. Kaaya	3,198	2014	MIA	13	221	378	58.5	8.5	246.0	26	12	145.9	6.9	3.2	20	143
20	Rocco Becht R. Becht	3,120	2023	ISU	13	231	367	62.9	8.5	240.0	23	8	150.7	6.3	2.2	13	83
21	John O'Korn J. O'Korn	3,117	2013	HOU	13	259	445	58.2	7.0	239.8	28	10	133.3	6.3	2.2	26	189
22	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	3,086	2016	USC	13	246	366	67.2	8.4	237.4	31	9	161.1	8.5	2.5	6	41
23	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	3,083	2023	UNLV	14	225	354	63.6	8.7	220.2	17	10	146.9	4.8	2.8	11	64
24	Spencer Rattler S. Rattler	3,031	2020	OKLA	11	214	317	67.5	9.6	275.5	28	7	172.6	8.8	2.2	22	132
25	E.J. Warner	3,028	2022	TEM	11	268	443	60.5	6.8	275.3	18	12	125.9	4.1	2.7	8	44