most passing yards by alabama freshman qb in a season

Jalen Hurts has the most passing yards for Alabama by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 2,780 yards in 2016.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	2,780	2016	ALA	15	240	382	62.8	7.3	185.3	23	9	139.1	6.0	2.4	19	114
2	Andrew Zow A. Zow	1,969	1998	ALA	11	143	256	55.9	7.7	179.0	11	7	129.2	4.3	2.7
3	Tua Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	636	2017	ALA	8	49	77	63.6	8.3	79.5	11	2	175.0	14.3	2.6	3	28
4	Jay Barker J. Barker	554	1991	ALA	9	33	66	50.0	8.4	61.6	1	3	116.4	1.5	4.5
5	Tyler Watts T. Watts	498	1999	ALA	9	47	83	56.6	6.0	55.3	2	5	102.9	2.4	6.0
6	Jeff Dunn J. Dunn	484	1987	ALA	8	36	87	41.4	5.6	60.5	3	6	85.7	3.4	6.9
7	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	297	2022	ALA	8	31	53	58.5	5.6	37.1	5	3	125.4	9.4	5.7	4	25
8	Blake Barnett B. Barnett	219	2016	ALA	3	11	19	57.9	11.5	73.0	2	0	189.5	10.5	0.0	4	19
9	Ty Simpson T. Simpson	179	2023	ALA	6	11	20	55.0	9.0	29.8	0	0	130.2	0.0	0.0	5	32
10	Brian Burgdorf B. Burgdorf	160	1992	ALA	5	12	23	52.2	7.0	32.0	0	1	101.9	0.0	4.3
11	Bryce Young B. Young	156	2020	ALA	9	13	22	59.1	7.1	17.3	1	0	133.7	4.5	0.0	6	42
12	Keelon Russell K. Russell	143	2025	ALA	2	11	15	73.3	9.5	71.5	2	0	197.4	13.3	0.0	0	0
13	Mac Jones M. Jones	123	2018	ALA	6	5	13	38.5	9.5	20.5	1	0	143.3	7.7	0.0	1	7
14	Walter Lewis W. Lewis	118	1980	ALA	11	10	18	55.6	6.6	10.7	0	0	110.6	0.0	0.0
15	Taulia Tagovailoa T. Tagovailoa	100	2019	ALA	3	9	12	75.0	8.3	33.3	1	0	172.5	8.3	0.0	0	0
16	Jeff Rutledge J. Rutledge	87	1975	ALA	11	8	16	50.0	5.4	7.9	1	0	116.3	6.3	0.0
17	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	41	2021	ALA	5	3	7	42.9	5.9	8.2	1	0	139.2	14.3	0.0	2	9
18	Billy Ray B. Ray	40	1987	ALA	3	7	13	53.8	3.1	13.3	0	1	64.3	0.0	7.7
19	Austin Mack A. Mack	39	2024	ALA	1	2	3	66.7	13.0	39.0	1	0	285.9	33.3	0.0	0	0
20	Ty Simpson T. Simpson	35	2022	ALA	4	4	5	80.0	7.0	8.8	0	0	138.8	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	Dylan Lonergan D. Lonergan	23	2024	ALA	2	5	6	83.3	3.8	11.5	0	0	115.5	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Michael Landrum M. Landrum	13	1979	ALA	11	1	2	50.0	6.5	1.2	0	0	104.6	0.0	0.0
23	Dylan Lonergan D. Lonergan	12	2023	ALA	1	2	2	100.0	6.0	12.0	0	0	150.4	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Lance Tucker L. Tucker	12	1994	ALA	2	1	1	100.0	12.0	6.0	0	0	200.8	0.0	0.0

StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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More Alabama Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,129

Russell

RUSH

225

Hill

REC

333

Coleman-Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

48.0

4th

OPP PPG

20.3

50th

RUSH YDS/G

188.3

46th

PASS YDS/G

283.3

28th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Alabama	2-0	4-0
2	Florida	2-0	4-0
3	Georgia	2-0	4-0
4	Mississippi State	2-0	4-0
5	Texas	1-0	4-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UGA	@	ALA	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ALA	@	TENN	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	TXAM	@	ALA	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

South Carolina

2 - 2

Final

Alabama

4 - 0

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	2	.600
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	3	1	.750
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	4	1	.800
4	Delaware	2	3	.400
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250