most total yards by a freshman qb ever in a season

Drake Maye has accounted for the most yards by a freshman quarterback in a season, with 5,019 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards in 2022.

Interpreted as:

most passing total yards by a freshman qb ever in a season

	NAME	TOTALYDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drake Maye D. Maye	5,019	2022	UNC	14	342	517	66.2	4,321	8.4	308.6	38	7	157.9	7.4	1.4	40	204
2	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	4,468	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	4,379	9.5	312.8	34	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
3	C.J. Stroud	4,415	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	44	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
4	Byrum Brown B. Brown	4,137	2023	USF	13	276	427	64.6	3,292	7.7	253.2	26	11	144.3	6.1	2.6	38	224
5	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	4,105	2014	ARIZ	14	313	540	58.0	3,793	7.0	270.9	28	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
6	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	4,042	2015	MTSU	13	327	490	66.7	4,005	8.2	308.1	30	9	151.9	6.1	1.8	17	168
7	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3,965	2025	TXST	13	251	352	71.3	3,223	9.2	247.9	21	7	163.9	6.0	2.0	27	146
8	J.T. Barrett	3,772	2014	OSU	12	203	314	64.6	2,834	9.0	236.2	34	10	169.8	10.8	3.2	22	155
9	Sam Howell S. Howell	3,699	2019	UNC	13	259	422	61.4	3,641	8.6	280.1	38	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
10	Grant Wells G. Wells	3,591	2021	MRSH	13	295	444	66.4	3,535	8.0	271.9	16	13	139.4	3.6	2.9	15	98
11	Bear Bachmeier B. Bachmeier	3,563	2025	BYU	14	251	387	64.9	3,033	7.8	216.6	15	7	139.9	3.9	1.8	16	97
12	Seth Henigan S. Henigan	3,477	2021	MEM	11	235	393	59.8	3,322	8.5	302.0	25	8	147.7	6.4	2.0	23	118
13	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,455	2013	CAL	12	320	531	60.3	3,508	6.6	292.3	18	10	123.2	3.4	1.9	30	183
14	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	3,445	2019	USC	12	282	392	71.9	3,502	8.9	291.8	30	9	167.6	7.7	2.3	23	138
15	Trevor Lawrence T. Lawrence	3,445	2018	CLEM	15	259	397	65.2	3,280	8.3	218.7	30	4	157.6	7.6	1.0	11	68
16	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi B. Fowler-Nicolosi	3,429	2023	CSU	12	292	470	62.1	3,460	7.4	288.3	22	16	132.6	4.7	3.4	12	75
17	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	3,360	2023	UNLV	14	225	354	63.6	3,083	8.7	220.2	17	10	146.9	4.8	2.8	11	64
18	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	3,340	2025	CAL	13	316	492	64.2	3,460	7.0	266.2	18	9	131.7	3.7	1.8	30	232
19	Sam Darnold S. Darnold	3,336	2016	USC	13	246	366	67.2	3,086	8.4	237.4	31	9	161.1	8.5	2.5	6	41
20	Sam Leavitt S. Leavitt	3,328	2024	ASU	13	216	350	61.7	2,885	8.2	221.9	24	6	150.2	6.9	1.7	19	131
21	Daniel Jones D. Jones	3,322	2016	DUKE	12	270	430	62.8	2,836	6.6	236.3	16	9	126.3	3.7	2.1	29	151
22	Tanner Mangum T. Mangum	3,296	2015	BYU	13	267	446	59.9	3,377	7.6	259.8	23	10	136.0	5.2	2.2	30	190
23	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	3,277	2015	BSU	11	272	428	63.6	3,350	7.8	304.5	20	8	141.0	4.7	1.9	19	124
24	Malik Washington M. Washington	3,266	2025	MD	12	273	473	57.7	2,963	6.3	246.9	17	9	118.4	3.6	1.9	8	72
25	Adrian Martinez A. Martinez	3,235	2018	NEB	11	224	347	64.6	2,617	7.5	237.9	17	8	139.5	4.9	2.3	23	157

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,747

Lopez

RUSH

464

June

REC

671

Shipp

Team Rankings

PPG

19.3

134th

OPP PPG

24.5

75th

RUSH YDS/G

105.2

156th

PASS YDS/G

183.9

136th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Stanford	3-5	4-8
13	Florida State	2-6	5-7
14	North Carolina	2-6	4-8
15	Virginia Tech	2-6	3-9
16	Boston College	1-7	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNC	@	CLEM	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

4 - 8

Final

NC State

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

1,276

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

246.7

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