most total td by freshman qb in ncaa single game

6 players are tied for the most touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a game, with 6 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns. The first three are Deuce Knight on November 22, Evan Bullock on October 10, 2024 and Jaylen Raynor on September 30, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most passing total td by freshman qb in ncaa single game

	NAME	TOTALTD	DATE	TM		OPP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Deuce Knight D. Knight	6	11/22/2025	AUB	vs	MER	15	20	75.0	239	12.0	2	0	208.4	10.0	0.0	1	8
2	Evan Bullock E. Bullock	6	10/10/2024	LT	vs	MTSU	18	25	72.0	290	11.6	5	0	235.4	20.0	0.0	3	17
3	Jaylen Raynor J. Raynor	6	9/30/2023	ARST	@	MASS	20	25	80.0	383	15.3	6	0	287.9	24.0	0.0	1	4
4	C.J. Stroud	6	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	37	46	80.4	573	12.5	6	1	223.8	13.0	2.2	0	0
5	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	6	10/21/2016	ORE	@	CAL	22	40	55.0	258	6.5	6	1	153.7	15.0	2.5	1	10
6	Nick Mullens N. Mullens	6	11/30/2013	USM	@	UAB	24	39	61.5	370	9.5	5	1	178.4	12.8	2.6
7	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	5	11/29/2025	TXST	vs	USA	20	26	76.9	281	10.8	2	0	193.1	7.7	0.0	0	0
8	Cutter Boley C. Boley	5	10/25/2025	UK	vs	TENN	26	35	74.3	330	9.4	5	1	194.9	14.3	2.9	1	3
9	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	5	10/18/2025	UNT	vs	UTSA	22	35	62.9	277	7.9	4	0	167.1	11.4	0.0	1	9
10	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	5	8/30/2025	BYU	vs	PRST	7	11	63.6	97	8.8	3	0	227.7	27.3	0.0	0	0
11	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	5	12/31/2024	WASH	vs	LOU	26	32	81.3	374	11.7	4	1	214.4	12.5	3.1	5	23
12	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	5	11/30/2024	HAW	vs	UNM	37	57	64.9	469	8.2	5	0	163.0	8.8	0.0	0	0
13	LaNorris Sellers L. Sellers	5	11/16/2024	SC	vs	MIZ	21	30	70.0	353	11.8	5	1	217.2	16.7	3.3	1	5
14	Colton Joseph C. Joseph	5	10/24/2024	ODU	vs	GASO	20	26	76.9	304	11.7	4	0	225.9	15.4	0.0	1	4
15	Eli Holstein E. Holstein	5	9/21/2024	PITT	vs	YSU	16	24	66.7	247	10.3	3	0	194.4	12.5	0.0	1	17
16	Arch Manning A. Manning	5	9/14/2024	TEX	vs	UTSA	9	12	75.0	223	18.6	4	0	341.1	33.3	0.0	1	10
17	Kadin Semonza K. Semonza	5	9/7/2024	BALL	vs	MOST	28	39	71.8	262	6.7	4	1	156.9	10.3	2.6	3	13
18	Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp	5	12/18/2023	WKU	@	ODU	40	52	76.9	383	7.4	5	1	166.7	9.6	1.9	3	23
19	Brendan Sorsby B. Sorsby	5	11/11/2023	IND	@	ILL	22	33	66.7	289	8.8	3	1	164.2	9.1	3.0	4	27
20	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	5	10/7/2023	ARIZ	@	USC	25	35	71.4	303	8.7	5	1	185.6	14.3	2.9	3	18
21	Jaylen Raynor J. Raynor	5	9/23/2023	ARST	vs	USM	11	21	52.4	233	11.1	3	1	183.2	14.3	4.8	4	34
22	Jordan Travis J. Travis	5	11/12/2022	FSU	@	SYR	21	23	91.3	155	6.7	3	0	191.0	13.0	0.0	2	11
23	Drake Maye D. Maye	5	10/1/2022	UNC	vs	VT	26	36	72.2	363	10.1	3	0	184.4	8.3	0.0	0	0
24	Drake Maye D. Maye	5	9/3/2022	UNC	@	APP	24	36	66.7	352	9.8	4	0	185.5	11.1	0.0	3	9
25	Levi Williams L. Williams	5	12/21/2021	WYO	vs	KENT	9	11	81.8	127	11.5	1	0	208.8	9.1	0.0	3	23

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2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
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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
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11	Rice	5	8	.385
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12	Kansas	5	7	.417
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15	Colorado	3	9	.250
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2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

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10	Ball State	4	8	.333
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12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
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2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
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