most passing yards in college football career

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

Interpreted as:

most passing yards by a player in college football career

	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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Team Leaders

PASS

425

Weigman

RUSH

142

Hughes

REC

162

Thomas

Team Rankings

PPG

55.0

5th

OPP PPG

13.0

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

308.0

7th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

58th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Cincinnati	0-0	2-0
3	Colorado	0-0	2-0
4	Houston	0-0	2-0
5	Kansas State	0-0	2-0
6	Texas Tech	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HOU	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	OKST	@	HOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Southern University

0 - 1

Final

Houston

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333