most qb air yards per attempt 2023 big ten minimum 50 attempts

J.J. McCarthy averaged the most passing yards per attempt by a Big 10 quarterback with 50+ passing attempts in 2023, with 9.2 yards.

Interpreted as:
most qb air passing yards per attempt 2023 big ten minimum 50 passing attempts
NAMEAVGATTSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy
9.2
287
2023
MICH MICH
13
213
74.2
2,630
202.3
19
4
170.3
6.6
1.4
18
149
2Kyle McCord
K. McCord
9.1
348
2023
OSU OSU
12
229
65.8
3,170
264.2
24
6
161.6
6.9
1.7
16
110
3John Paddock
J. Paddock
8.9
143
2023
ILL ILL
7
85
59.4
1,278
182.6
9
3
151.1
6.3
2.1
6
35
4Taulia Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
7.7
437
2023
MD MD
12
290
66.4
3,377
281.4
25
11
145.1
5.7
2.5
26
213
5Brendan Sullivan
B. Sullivan
7.2
99
2023
NW NW
8
63
63.6
714
89.3
6
2
140.2
6.1
2.0
24
121
6Tayven Jackson
T. Jackson
7.1
128
2023
IND IND
6
78
60.9
914
152.3
2
5
118.3
1.6
3.9
8
57
7Luke Altmyer
L. Altmyer
7.0
270
2023
ILL ILL
10
175
64.8
1,883
188.3
13
10
131.9
4.8
3.7
34
170
8Chubba Purdy
C. Purdy
6.8
56
2023
NEB NEB
6
31
55.4
382
63.7
2
3
113.7
3.6
5.4
5
14
9Noah Kim
N. Kim
6.8
160
2023
MSU MSU
5
91
56.9
1,090
218.0
6
6
119.0
3.8
3.8
5
51
10Brendan Sorsby
B. Sorsby
6.7
237
2023
IND IND
10
135
57.0
1,587
158.7
15
5
129.9
6.3
2.1
17
156
11Drew Allar
D. Allar
6.7
350
2023
PSU PSU
12
214
61.1
2,336
194.7
23
1
138.3
6.6
0.3
14
109
12Hudson Card
H. Card
6.5
365
2023
PUR PUR
11
215
58.9
2,387
217.0
15
8
123.0
4.1
2.2
21
160
13Ben Bryant
B. Bryant
6.5
243
2023
NW NW
8
150
61.7
1,585
198.1
11
6
126.5
4.5
2.5
23
156
14Athan Kaliakmanis
A. Kaliakmanis
6.3
294
2023
MINN MINN
12
156
53.1
1,838
153.2
14
9
115.2
4.8
3.1
21
126
15Tanner Mordecai
T. Mordecai
6.2
274
2023
WIS WIS
9
177
64.6
1,688
187.6
6
4
120.7
2.2
1.5
12
72
16Heinrich Haarberg
H. Haarberg
6.2
157
2023
NEB NEB
10
77
49.0
967
96.7
7
7
106.6
4.5
4.5
20
121
17Gavin Wimsatt
G. Wimsatt
6.0
274
2023
RUTG RUTG
12
131
47.8
1,651
137.6
9
8
103.4
3.3
2.9
14
86
18Katin Houser
K. Houser
5.9
191
2023
MSU MSU
11
112
58.6
1,130
102.7
6
5
113.5
3.1
2.6
15
106
19Cade McNamara
C. McNamara
5.6
90
2023
IOWA IOWA
5
46
51.1
505
101.0
4
3
106.2
4.4
3.3
8
69
20Braedyn Locke
B. Locke
5.1
152
2023
WIS WIS
5
76
50.0
777
155.4
5
1
102.5
3.3
0.7
6
47
21Deacon Hill
D. Hill
4.7
233
2023
IOWA IOWA
12
115
49.4
1,096
91.3
5
6
90.8
2.1
2.6
20
138
StatMuse has season-level data for passing attempts and yards per attempt going back to the 1956 season.

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