most sacked qb in first 5 starting seasons

Clay Millen has been sacked the most by a quarterback as a starter in a season, with 53 sacks in 2022.

Interpreted as:

most passing sacked qb in first 5 starting seasons

	NAME	SCK	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCKY
1	Clay Millen C. Millen	53	2022	CSU	10	169	234	72.2	1,910	8.2	191.0	10	6	149.8	4.3	2.6	359
2	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	52	2023	COLO	11	298	430	69.3	3,230	7.5	293.6	27	3	151.7	6.3	0.7	458
3	Malik Willis M. Willis	51	2021	LIB	13	207	339	61.1	2,857	8.4	219.8	27	12	151.1	8.0	3.5	349
4	Kiael Kelly K. Kelly	49	2025	BALL	12	154	273	56.4	1,583	5.8	131.9	11	8	112.6	4.0	2.9	300
5	Jacob Clark J. Clark	48	2025	MOST	12	247	376	65.7	3,244	8.6	270.3	28	11	156.9	7.4	2.9	269
6	Grant Wilson G. Wilson	48	2023	ODU	10	153	267	57.3	1,773	6.6	177.3	16	8	126.9	6.0	3.0	279
7	Sam Howell S. Howell	47	2021	UNC	12	217	347	62.5	3,056	8.8	254.7	24	9	154.2	6.9	2.6	276
8	Cam Ward C. Ward	46	2022	WSU	13	320	497	64.4	3,231	6.5	248.5	23	9	130.6	4.6	1.8	307
9	Mike White M. White	45	2017	WKU	13	368	560	65.7	4,177	7.5	321.3	26	8	140.8	4.6	1.4	311
10	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	45	2016	LOU	13	230	409	56.2	3,543	8.7	272.5	30	9	148.8	7.3	2.2	316
11	John Wolford J. Wolford	45	2014	WAKE	12	214	367	58.3	2,037	5.6	169.8	12	14	108.1	3.3	3.8	315
12	Jalen Milroe J. Milroe	44	2023	ALA	13	187	284	65.8	2,834	10.0	218.0	23	6	172.2	8.1	2.1	328
13	Tommy Devito T. Devito	44	2019	SYR	11	211	334	63.2	2,333	7.0	212.1	19	5	137.6	5.7	1.5	264
14	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	44	2014	PSU	13	270	484	55.8	2,977	6.2	229.0	12	15	109.4	2.5	3.1	277
15	Pete Thomas P. Thomas	44	2014	ULM	12	301	501	60.1	3,181	6.3	265.1	14	6	120.2	2.8	1.2	234
16	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	43	2022	LSU	14	266	388	68.6	2,913	7.5	208.1	17	3	144.5	4.4	0.8	200
17	Kato Nelson K. Nelson	43	2019	AKR	10	151	280	53.9	1,825	6.5	182.5	11	6	117.4	3.9	2.1	215
18	Marcus Childers M. Childers	43	2018	NIU	14	234	397	58.9	2,175	5.5	155.4	15	10	112.4	3.8	2.5	313
19	Andrew Hendrix A. Hendrix	43	2014	M-OH	12	222	458	48.5	3,280	7.2	273.3	23	9	121.3	5.0	2.0	313
20	Tom Savage T. Savage	43	2013	PITT	13	238	389	61.2	2,958	7.6	227.5	21	9	138.2	5.4	2.3	368
21	LaNorris Sellers L. Sellers	42	2025	SC	12	178	293	60.8	2,437	8.3	203.1	13	8	139.8	4.4	2.7	340
22	Shedeur Sanders S. Sanders	42	2024	COLO	13	353	477	74.0	4,134	8.7	318.0	37	10	168.2	7.8	2.1	356
23	KJ Jefferson	42	2023	ARK	12	190	296	64.2	2,107	7.1	175.6	19	8	139.8	6.4	2.7	278
24	Chevan Cordeiro C. Cordeiro	42	2022	SJSU	12	259	427	60.7	3,251	7.6	270.9	23	6	139.6	5.4	1.4	292
25	DJ Irons	42	2022	AKR	10	253	379	66.8	2,605	6.9	260.5	10	7	129.5	2.6	1.8	275

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PASS

1,354

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RUSH

508

Dupree

REC

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PPG

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OPP PPG

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PASS YDS/G

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2025 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Air Force	3-5	4-8
9	Wyoming	2-6	4-8
10	Nevada	2-6	3-9
11	San José State	2-6	3-9
12	Colorado State	1-7	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WYO	@	CSU	6:00 PM
Sat 9/12	SUU	@	CSU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BYU	@	CSU	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	CSU	@	UTSA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ORST	@	CSU	6:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

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QB Rating Leaders

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Sack Leaders

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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