most total touchdowns by a freshman qb ever in a season

Drake Maye and J.T. Barrett are tied for the most touchdowns by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 45 combined passing, rushing, and receiving touchdowns.

	NAME	TOTALTD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drake Maye D. Maye	45	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	4,321	8.4	308.6	38	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
2	J.T. Barrett	45	2014	OSU	12	203	314	64.6	2,834	9.0	236.2	34	10	169.8	10.8	3.2	22	155
3	C.J. Stroud	44	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	44	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
4	Sam Howell S. Howell	40	2019	UNC	13	259	422	61.4	3,641	8.6	280.1	38	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
5	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	39	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	4,379	9.5	312.8	34	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
6	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	38	2025	TXST	13	251	352	71.3	3,223	9.2	247.9	21	7	163.9	6.0	2.0	27	146
7	Byrum Brown B. Brown	37	2023	USF	13	276	427	64.6	3,292	7.7	253.2	26	11	144.3	6.1	2.6	38	224
8	Spencer Rattler S. Rattler	34	2020	OKLA	11	214	317	67.5	3,031	9.6	275.5	28	7	172.6	8.8	2.2	22	132
9	Grayson McCall G. McCall	33	2020	CCAR	11	172	250	68.8	2,488	10.0	226.2	26	3	184.3	10.4	1.2	11	56
10	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	33	2016	USC	13	246	366	67.2	3,086	8.4	237.4	31	9	161.1	8.5	2.5	6	41
11	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	32	2015	MTSU	13	327	490	66.7	4,005	8.2	308.1	30	9	151.9	6.1	1.8	17	168
12	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	31	2018	CLEM	15	259	397	65.2	3,280	8.3	218.7	30	4	157.6	7.6	1.0	11	68
13	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	30	2019	USC	12	282	392	71.9	3,502	8.9	291.8	30	9	167.6	7.7	2.3	23	138
14	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	30	2014	ARIZ	14	313	540	58.0	3,793	7.0	270.9	28	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
15	Sam Leavitt S. Leavitt	29	2024	ASU	13	216	350	61.7	2,885	8.2	221.9	24	6	150.2	6.9	1.7	19	131
16	Michael Pratt M. Pratt	28	2020	TULN	10	140	254	55.1	1,806	7.1	180.6	20	8	134.5	7.9	3.1	33	206
17	Layne Hatcher L. Hatcher	28	2019	ARST	10	204	310	65.8	2,946	9.5	294.6	27	10	167.9	8.7	3.2	30	150
18	CJ Carr	27	2025	ND	12	195	293	66.6	2,741	9.4	228.4	24	6	168.1	8.2	2.0	12	101
19	Dequan Finn D. Finn	27	2021	TOL	13	144	250	57.6	2,074	8.3	159.5	18	2	149.4	7.2	0.8	24	168
20	Caleb Williams C. Williams	27	2021	OKLA	11	136	211	64.5	1,912	9.1	173.8	21	4	169.6	10.0	1.9	20	121
21	Jake Fromm J. Fromm	27	2017	UGA	15	181	291	62.2	2,615	9.0	174.3	24	7	160.1	8.2	2.4	20	140
22	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	26	2025	BYU	14	251	387	64.9	3,033	7.8	216.6	15	7	139.9	3.9	1.8	16	97
23	Kadin Semonza K. Semonza	26	2024	BALL	12	275	427	64.4	2,904	6.8	242.0	25	10	136.2	5.9	2.3	33	233
24	Rocco Becht R. Becht	26	2023	ISU	13	231	367	62.9	3,120	8.5	240.0	23	8	150.7	6.3	2.2	13	83
25	Michael Pratt M. Pratt	26	2021	TULN	11	189	328	57.6	2,381	7.3	216.5	21	8	134.8	6.4	2.4	27	161

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More North Carolina Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,259

Edwards

RUSH

283

Hall

REC

441

Shipp

Team Rankings

PPG

23.5

105th

OPP PPG

19.2

38th

RUSH YDS/G

116.2

143rd

PASS YDS/G

213.5

103rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	SMU	3-1	5-1
4	Clemson	2-1	4-2
5	North Carolina	2-1	4-2
6	Louisville	3-2	4-3
7	Pittsburgh	2-2	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	SYR	@	UNC	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	UNC	@	CONN	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	LOU	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UNC	@	UVA	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

4 - 2

Final

Duke

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

25.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500