most passing yards in a season by a qb for kansas state

Jake Waters has the most passing yards by a Kansas State quarterback in a season, with 3,501 yards in 2014.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Jake Waters
J. Waters
3,501
2014
KSU KSU
13
262
397
66.0
8.8
269.3
22
7
154.8
5.5
1.8
31
178
2Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
3,353
2007
KSU KSU
12
316
499
63.3
6.7
279.4
18
11
127.3
3.6
2.2
3Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
2,945
2008
KSU KSU
12
224
382
58.6
7.7
245.4
20
8
136.5
5.2
2.1
4Michael Bishop
M. Bishop
2,844
1998
KSU KSU
12
164
295
55.6
9.6
237.0
23
5
158.9
7.8
1.7
5Avery Johnson
A. Johnson
2,712
2024
KSU KSU
13
217
372
58.3
7.3
208.6
25
10
136.4
6.7
2.7
13
108
6Chad May
C. May
2,682
1993
KSU KSU
11
185
351
52.7
7.6
243.8
16
10
126.2
4.6
2.8
7Will Howard
W. Howard
2,643
2023
KSU KSU
12
219
357
61.3
7.4
220.3
24
10
140.1
6.7
2.8
16
104
8Collin Klein
C. Klein
2,641
2012
KSU KSU
13
197
304
64.8
8.7
203.2
16
9
149.2
5.3
3.0
9Jonathan Beasley
J. Beasley
2,636
2000
KSU KSU
13
156
313
49.8
8.4
202.8
17
10
132.1
5.4
3.2
10Chad May
C. May
2,571
1994
KSU KSU
11
200
337
59.3
7.6
233.7
18
6
137.5
5.3
1.8
11Ell Roberson
E. Roberson
2,545
2003
KSU KSU
13
152
294
51.7
8.7
195.8
24
12
143.2
8.2
4.1
12Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
2,476
1969
KSU KSU
10
196
372
52.7
6.7
247.6
14
19
110.8
3.8
5.1
13Jake Waters
J. Waters
2,469
2013
KSU KSU
13
159
260
61.2
9.5
189.9
18
9
156.8
6.9
3.5
23
127
14Skylar Thompson
S. Thompson
2,315
2019
KSU KSU
13
177
297
59.6
7.8
178.1
12
5
135.0
4.0
1.7
24
122
15Paul Watson
P. Watson
2,312
1991
KSU KSU
11
172
304
56.6
7.6
210.2
10
10
124.7
3.3
3.3
16Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
2,163
1970
KSU KSU
11
180
364
49.5
5.9
196.6
7
26
91.4
1.9
7.1
17Carl Straw
C. Straw
2,156
1990
KSU KSU
11
153
277
55.2
7.8
196.0
7
10
121.7
2.5
3.6
18Skylar Thompson
S. Thompson
2,113
2021
KSU KSU
10
162
233
69.5
9.1
211.3
12
4
159.3
5.2
1.7
20
145
19Carson Coffman
C. Coffman
2,060
2010
KSU KSU
12
171
263
65.0
7.8
171.7
14
7
143.1
5.3
2.7
20Matt Miller
M. Miller
2,059
1995
KSU KSU
11
154
240
64.2
8.6
187.2
22
11
157.3
9.2
4.6
21Carl Straw
C. Straw
1,947
1988
KSU KSU
10
191
358
53.4
5.4
194.7
9
17
97.8
2.5
4.7
22Collin Klein
C. Klein
1,918
2011
KSU KSU
13
161
281
57.3
6.8
147.5
13
6
125.6
4.6
2.1
23Brian Kavanagh
B. Kavanagh
1,893
1996
KSU KSU
11
167
284
58.8
6.7
172.1
20
6
133.8
7.0
2.1
24Joe Hubener
J. Hubener
1,837
2015
KSU KSU
13
131
275
47.6
6.7
141.3
9
10
107.3
3.3
3.6
21
157
25Dan Manucci
D. Manucci
1,808
1978
KSU KSU
11
122
237
51.5
7.6
164.4
9
18
112.9
3.8
7.6
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

More Kansas State Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

56th

OPP PPG

25.8

90th

RUSH YDS/G

143.1

96th

PASS YDS/G

224.0

93rd

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
5
Utah Utah
3-2
6-2
6
Arizona State Arizona State
3-2
5-3
7
Kansas State Kansas State
3-2
4-4
8
TCU TCU
3-2
6-2
9
Iowa State Iowa State
2-3
5-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
TTU TTU
@
KSU KSU
3:30 PM
Sat
11/15
KSU KSU
@
OKST OKST
1:00 PM
Sat
11/22
KSU KSU
@
UTAH UTAH
1:00 PM
Sat
11/29
COLO COLO
@
KSU KSU
1:00 PM
Last Game

42

Final

17

KU Kansas

4 - 4

Sat 25 Oct 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
2
.750
2
San Diego State San Diego State
6
1
.857
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
8
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
7
1
.875
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
7
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
8
0
1.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
2
Central Michigan Central Michigan
5
3
.625
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
2
.714
2
UConn UConn
5
3
.625
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
0
1.000
2
Memphis Memphis
8
1
.889
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
4
4
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
1
7
.125
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
7
1
.875
2
Southern Miss Southern Miss
6
2
.750
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
6
2
.750
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
3
.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/3
ILL ILL
@
PUR PUR
43-27
Fri
10/3
KSU KSU
@
BAY BAY
34-35
Fri
10/3
ISU ISU
@
CIN CIN
30-38
Fri
10/3
UK UK
@
UGA UGA
14-35
Fri
10/3
WAKE WAKE
@
VT VT
30-23

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/1
BUFF BUFF
@
BGSU BGSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
PSU PSU
@
OSU OSU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
UCF UCF
@
BAY BAY
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
WVU WVU
@
HOU HOU
12:00 PM
Sat
11/1
UAB UAB
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CONN CONN
12:00 PM