most single season passing yards by ball state players

Keith Wenning has the most passing yards by a Ball State player in a season, with 4,148 yards in 2013.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Keith Wenning K. Wenning	4,148	2013	BALL	13	319	498	64.1	8.3	319.1	35	7	154.4	7.0	1.4	4	28
2	Nate Davis N. Davis	3,667	2007	BALL	13	270	479	56.4	7.7	282.1	30	6	138.8	6.3	1.3
3	Nate Davis N. Davis	3,591	2008	BALL	14	258	401	64.3	9.0	256.5	26	8	157.0	6.5	2.0
4	Keith Wenning K. Wenning	3,095	2012	BALL	12	301	460	65.4	6.7	257.9	24	10	134.8	5.2	2.2
5	Drew Plitt D. Plitt	2,918	2019	BALL	12	238	370	64.3	7.9	243.2	24	7	148.2	6.5	1.9	29	169
6	Kadin Semonza K. Semonza	2,904	2024	BALL	12	275	427	64.4	6.8	242.0	25	10	136.2	5.9	2.3	33	233
7	Keith Wenning K. Wenning	2,786	2011	BALL	12	287	449	63.9	6.2	232.2	19	11	125.1	4.2	2.4
8	John Paddock J. Paddock	2,719	2022	BALL	12	286	480	59.6	5.7	226.6	18	14	113.7	3.8	2.9	13	102
9	Drew Plitt D. Plitt	2,541	2021	BALL	13	248	411	60.3	6.2	195.5	18	6	123.8	4.4	1.5	24	188
10	Riley Neal R. Neal	2,541	2016	BALL	11	242	394	61.4	6.4	231.0	13	12	120.4	3.3	3.0	19	114
11	Neil Britt N. Britt	2,377	1983	BALL	11	206	348	59.2	6.8	216.1	13	25	114.5	3.7	7.2
12	Riley Neal R. Neal	2,276	2015	BALL	11	228	391	58.3	5.8	206.9	16	6	117.6	4.1	1.5	10	67
13	Drew Plitt D. Plitt	2,164	2020	BALL	8	164	250	65.6	8.7	270.5	17	6	156.0	6.8	2.4	28	177
14	Mike Neu M. Neu	2,148	1993	BALL	11	186	283	65.7	7.6	195.3	17	8	143.7	6.0	2.8
15	Joey Lynch J. Lynch	1,982	2005	BALL	11	198	314	63.1	6.3	180.2	18	7	130.5	5.7	2.2
16	Nate Davis N. Davis	1,975	2006	BALL	12	150	244	61.5	8.1	164.6	18	8	147.3	7.4	3.3
17	Talmadge Hill T. Hill	1,953	2001	BALL	11	159	301	52.8	6.5	177.5	13	15	111.6	4.3	5.0
18	David Riley D. Riley	1,929	1989	BALL	11	149	256	58.2	7.5	175.4	13	7	132.8	5.1	2.7
19	Mark O'Connell M. O'Connell	1,921	1980	BALL	11	175	295	59.3	6.5	174.6	13	10	121.8	4.4	3.4
20	Riley Neal R. Neal	1,917	2018	BALL	9	194	335	57.9	5.7	213.0	11	4	114.4	3.3	1.2	14	95
21	David Riley D. Riley	1,886	1988	BALL	11	168	263	63.9	7.2	171.5	9	9	128.6	3.4	3.4
22	Brent Baldwin B. Baldwin	1,703	1996	BALL	11	121	205	59.0	8.3	154.8	14	5	146.5	6.8	2.4
23	Talmadge Hill T. Hill	1,691	2003	BALL	12	154	253	60.9	6.7	140.9	13	6	129.2	5.1	2.4
24	Mike Neu M. Neu	1,628	1992	BALL	11	162	282	57.4	5.8	148.0	10	14	107.7	3.5	5.0
25	Wade Kosakowski W. Kosakowski	1,614	1985	BALL	11	140	242	57.9	6.7	146.7	8	11	115.7	3.3	4.5

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,583

Kelly

RUSH

600

Kelly

REC

320

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Team Rankings

PPG

15.8

158th

OPP PPG

29.8

113th

RUSH YDS/G

131.8

115th

PASS YDS/G

139.9

180th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Kent State	4-4	5-7
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	12:30 PM
Sat 9/12	STON	@	BALL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/19	BALL	@	LIB	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	BALL	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	TOL	@	BALL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

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Final

Miami (OH)

7 - 5

Sat 29 Nov 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