most passing yards in a season by an northwestern player

C.J. Bacher has the most passing yards by a Northwestern player in a season, with 3,656 yards in 2007.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	C.J. Bacher	3,656	2007	NW	12	318	521	61.0	7.0	304.7	19	19	124.7	3.6	3.6
2	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	3,622	2005	NW	12	314	497	63.2	7.3	301.8	21	8	135.1	4.2	1.6
3	Mike Kafka M. Kafka	3,430	2009	NW	13	319	492	64.8	7.0	263.8	16	12	129.3	3.3	2.4
4	Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	3,183	2018	NW	14	299	489	61.1	6.5	227.4	17	15	121.2	3.5	3.1	35	258
5	Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	3,182	2016	NW	13	280	478	58.6	6.7	244.8	22	9	125.9	4.6	1.9	38	207
6	Clayton Thorson C. Thorson	2,844	2017	NW	13	262	434	60.4	6.6	218.8	15	12	121.3	3.5	2.8	30	209
7	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	2,838	2004	NW	12	247	460	53.7	6.2	236.5	12	9	110.2	2.6	2.0
8	Sandy Schwab S. Schwab	2,735	1982	NW	11	234	416	56.3	6.6	248.6	14	20	113.0	3.4	4.8
9	Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	2,692	2001	NW	11	231	404	57.2	6.7	244.7	20	10	124.5	5.0	2.5
10	Dan Persa D. Persa	2,581	2010	NW	10	222	302	73.5	8.5	258.1	15	4	159.0	5.0	1.3
11	C.J. Bacher	2,432	2008	NW	11	245	408	60.0	6.0	221.1	17	15	116.5	4.2	3.7
12	Steve Schnur S. Schnur	2,404	1996	NW	11	196	323	60.7	7.4	218.5	15	11	131.7	4.6	3.4
13	Dan Persa D. Persa	2,376	2011	NW	10	218	297	73.4	8.0	237.6	17	7	154.8	5.7	2.4
14	Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	2,251	2000	NW	11	191	328	58.2	6.9	204.6	18	7	129.7	5.5	2.1
15	Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	2,218	1989	NW	11	207	334	62.0	6.6	201.6	14	15	122.6	4.2	4.5
16	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	2,214	2014	NW	11	228	392	58.2	5.6	201.3	7	11	105.9	1.8	2.8	31	261
17	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	2,204	2002	NW	10	190	325	58.5	6.8	220.4	7	7	118.2	2.2	2.2
18	Gavin Hoffman G. Hoffman	2,199	1998	NW	12	176	323	54.5	6.8	183.3	13	14	116.3	4.0	4.3
19	Preston Stone P. Stone	2,174	2025	NW	12	203	339	59.9	6.4	181.2	14	12	120.3	4.1	3.5	15	110
20	Mike Greenfield M. Greenfield	2,152	1985	NW	11	199	335	59.4	6.4	195.6	5	12	111.1	1.5	3.6
21	Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	2,149	2013	NW	12	178	298	59.7	7.2	179.1	11	9	126.4	3.7	3.0	19	111
22	Len Williams L. Williams	2,110	1992	NW	11	181	286	63.3	7.4	191.8	11	9	131.7	3.8	3.1
23	Len Williams L. Williams	2,047	1993	NW	10	182	316	57.6	6.5	204.7	11	13	115.3	3.5	4.1
24	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	1,916	2003	NW	13	162	302	53.6	6.3	147.4	4	12	103.4	1.3	4.0
25	Tim Hughes T. Hughes	1,862	1997	NW	12	142	270	52.6	6.9	155.2	11	6	119.5	4.1	2.2