most passing yards in a season by an michigan player

John Navarre has the most passing yards by a Michigan player in a season, with 3,331 yards in 2003.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	John Navarre J. Navarre	3,331	2003	MICH	13	270	456	59.2	7.3	256.2	24	10	133.6	5.3	2.2
2	Shea Patterson S. Patterson	3,061	2019	MICH	13	214	381	56.2	8.0	235.5	23	8	139.4	6.0	2.1	25	200
3	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	3,017	2015	MICH	13	249	389	64.0	7.8	232.1	20	9	141.5	5.1	2.3	17	89
4	J.J. McCarthy	2,991	2023	MICH	15	240	332	72.3	9.0	199.4	22	4	167.4	6.6	1.2	19	153
5	Devin Gardner D. Gardner	2,960	2013	MICH	12	208	345	60.3	8.6	246.7	21	11	146.1	6.1	3.2	35	267
6	John Navarre J. Navarre	2,905	2002	MICH	13	248	448	55.4	6.5	223.5	21	7	122.2	4.7	1.6
7	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,743	2004	MICH	12	240	399	60.2	6.9	228.6	25	12	132.6	6.3	3.0
8	J.J. McCarthy	2,719	2022	MICH	14	208	322	64.6	8.4	194.2	22	5	155.0	6.8	1.6	12	107
9	Shea Patterson S. Patterson	2,600	2018	MICH	13	210	325	64.6	8.0	200.0	22	7	149.8	6.8	2.2	21	145
10	Cade McNamara C. McNamara	2,576	2021	MICH	14	210	327	64.2	7.9	184.0	15	6	141.9	4.6	1.8	11	81
11	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	2,570	2010	MICH	13	182	291	62.5	8.8	197.7	18	11	149.6	6.2	3.8
12	Jim Harbaugh J. Harbaugh	2,557	1986	MICH	12	167	254	65.7	10.1	213.1	10	8	157.0	3.9	3.1
13	Wilton Speight W. Speight	2,538	2016	MICH	12	204	331	61.6	7.7	211.5	18	7	139.8	5.4	2.1	20	136
14	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,526	2005	MICH	12	223	382	58.4	6.6	210.5	23	8	129.6	6.0	2.1
15	Chad Henne C. Henne	2,508	2006	MICH	13	203	328	61.9	7.6	192.9	22	8	143.4	6.7	2.4
16	Bryce Underwood B. Underwood	2,428	2025	MICH	13	202	335	60.3	7.2	186.8	11	9	126.6	3.3	2.7	20	114
17	Tom Brady T. Brady	2,427	1998	MICH	12	200	323	61.9	7.5	202.3	14	10	133.1	4.3	3.1
18	Todd Collins T. Collins	2,356	1994	MICH	11	172	264	65.2	8.9	214.2	11	7	148.6	4.2	2.7
19	Todd Collins T. Collins	2,320	1993	MICH	11	178	274	65.0	8.5	210.9	16	7	150.2	5.8	2.6
20	Tom Brady T. Brady	2,217	1999	MICH	11	180	295	61.0	7.5	201.5	16	6	138.0	5.4	2.0
21	John Navarre J. Navarre	2,195	2001	MICH	11	186	346	53.8	6.3	199.5	17	12	116.3	4.9	3.5
22	Denard Robinson D. Robinson	2,173	2011	MICH	13	142	258	55.0	8.4	167.2	20	15	139.7	7.8	5.8
23	Tate Forcier T. Forcier	2,050	2009	MICH	12	165	281	58.7	7.3	170.8	13	10	128.1	4.6	3.6
24	Brian Griese B. Griese	2,042	1997	MICH	11	175	277	63.2	7.4	185.6	14	5	138.2	5.1	1.8
25	Scott Dreisbach S. Dreisbach	2,025	1996	MICH	11	149	269	55.4	7.5	184.1	12	9	126.7	4.5	3.3

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,428

Underwood

RUSH

932

Marshall

REC

651

Marsh

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

77th

OPP PPG

18.7

16th

RUSH YDS/G

213.2

16th

PASS YDS/G

185.8

133rd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WMU	@	MICH	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Texas

1 - 0

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167