most passing yards in a career in college football history

Case Keenum has the most career passing yards, with 19,217 yards.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Case Keenum C. Keenum	19,217	57	1,546	2,229	69.4	8.6	337.1	155	46	160.6	7.0	2.1
2	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	18,722	64	1,376	2,111	65.2	8.9	292.5	155	32	160.9	7.3	1.5	111	676
3	Timmy Chang T. Chang	17,072	53	1,388	2,436	57.0	7.0	322.1	117	80	125.1	4.8	3.3
4	Landry Jones L. Jones	16,646	52	1,388	2,183	63.6	7.6	320.1	123	52	141.5	5.6	2.4
5	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	15,793	45	1,403	2,010	69.8	7.9	351.0	134	34	154.4	6.7	1.7
6	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	15,656	60	1,136	1,898	59.9	8.2	260.9	134	49	147.3	7.1	2.6	129	804
7	Bo Nix B. Nix	15,352	61	1,286	1,936	66.4	7.9	251.7	113	26	149.6	5.8	1.3	60	388
8	Ty Detmer T. Detmer	15,031	48	958	1,530	62.6	9.8	313.1	121	65	162.7	7.9	4.2
9	Will Rogers W. Rogers	14,773	54	1,521	2,187	69.5	6.8	273.6	108	35	139.4	4.9	1.6	110	779
10	Kellen Moore K. Moore	14,667	53	1,157	1,658	69.8	8.8	276.7	142	28	169.0	8.6	1.7
11	Baker Mayfield B. Mayfield	14,607	48	1,026	1,497	68.5	9.8	304.3	131	30	175.4	8.8	2.0	108	664
12	Luke Falk L. Falk	14,481	43	1,403	2,054	68.3	7.1	336.8	119	39	142.8	5.8	1.9	124	859
13	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	14,278	50	1,148	1,792	64.1	8.0	285.6	104	31	146.7	5.8	1.7	96	542
14	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	14,193	38	1,115	1,584	70.4	9.0	373.5	131	42	167.6	8.3	2.7
15	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	14,079	53	1,153	1,838	62.7	7.7	265.6	131	44	145.8	7.1	2.4
16	Holton Ahlers H. Ahlers	13,936	55	1,127	1,857	60.7	7.5	253.4	97	37	137.0	5.2	2.0	104	707
17	Michael Penix Jr. M. Penix Jr.	13,741	48	1,067	1,685	63.3	8.2	286.3	96	34	146.6	5.7	2.0	32	223
18	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	13,703	51	1,050	1,648	63.7	8.3	268.7	91	29	148.3	5.5	1.8	92	564
19	Mason Rudolph M. Rudolph	13,618	42	915	1,447	63.2	9.4	324.2	92	26	159.7	6.4	1.8	92	539
20	Sean Mannion S. Mannion	13,600	47	1,187	1,838	64.6	7.4	289.4	83	54	135.8	4.5	2.9
21	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	13,484	49	1,087	1,711	63.5	7.9	275.2	95	34	144.1	5.6	2.0
22	Corey Robinson C. Robinson	13,472	48	1,179	1,823	64.7	7.4	280.7	81	48	136.1	4.4	2.6
23	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	13,253	53	1,157	1,645	70.3	8.1	250.1	112	45	155.0	6.8	2.7
24	Aaron Murray A. Murray	13,166	52	921	1,478	62.3	8.9	253.2	121	41	158.6	8.2	2.8
25	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	12,964	50	964	1,565	61.6	8.3	259.3	85	31	145.1	5.4	2.0

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More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,053

Weigman

RUSH

516

Hughes

REC

620

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

36.0

20th

OPP PPG

21.0

44th

RUSH YDS/G

203.5

24th

PASS YDS/G

267.0

30th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	BYU	4-1	7-1
3	Texas Tech	4-1	7-1
4	Houston	3-2	6-2
5	Arizona	3-2	6-2
6	Baylor	3-2	5-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	CIN	@	HOU	3:30 PM
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	HOU	@	WVU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	BAY	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

6 - 2

Final

Utah

7 - 0

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375