most touchdown passes college football 2021

Bailey Zappe had the most passing touchdowns in 2021, with 62 touchdowns.

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most touchdown passes by a player college football 2021

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Bailey Zappe B. Zappe	62	2021	WKU	14	475	686	69.2	5,967	8.7	426.2	11	168.9	9.0	1.6	16	114
2	Bryce Young B. Young	47	2021	ALA	15	366	547	66.9	4,872	8.9	324.8	7	167.5	8.6	1.3	39	277
3	Kenny Pickett K. Pickett	44	2021	PITT	14	354	530	66.8	4,572	8.6	326.6	7	164.0	8.3	1.3	32	256
4	C.J. Stroud	44	2021	OSU	12	317	441	71.9	4,435	10.1	369.6	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
5	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	39	2021	WAKE	14	300	508	59.1	4,228	8.3	302.0	14	148.8	7.7	2.8	34	184
6	Tanner Mordecai T. Mordecai	39	2021	SMU	12	308	454	67.8	3,628	8.0	302.3	12	158.0	8.6	2.6	16	112
7	Logan Bonner L. Bonner	36	2021	USU	14	263	430	61.2	3,628	8.4	259.1	12	154.1	8.4	2.8	22	133
8	Carson Strong C. Strong	36	2021	NEV	12	367	524	70.0	4,186	8.0	348.8	8	156.8	6.9	1.5	35	232
9	Will Rogers W. Rogers	36	2021	MSST	13	505	683	73.9	4,739	6.9	364.5	9	147.0	5.3	1.3	34	210
10	Devin Leary D. Leary	35	2021	NCST	12	283	431	65.7	3,433	8.0	286.1	5	157.0	8.1	1.2	25	175
11	Jake Haener J. Haener	33	2021	FRES	13	329	490	67.1	4,096	8.4	315.1	9	155.9	6.7	1.8	23	168
12	Brennan Armstrong B. Armstrong	31	2021	UVA	11	326	500	65.2	4,449	8.9	404.5	10	156.4	6.2	2.0	30	195
13	Hendon Hooker H. Hooker	31	2021	TENN	13	206	303	68.0	2,945	9.7	226.5	3	181.4	10.2	1.0	36	183
14	Desmond Ridder D. Ridder	30	2021	CIN	14	251	387	64.9	3,334	8.6	238.1	8	158.7	7.8	2.1	25	169
15	Clayton Tune C. Tune	30	2021	HOU	14	287	421	68.2	3,546	8.4	253.3	10	157.7	7.1	2.4	35	255
16	Stetson Bennett S. Bennett	29	2021	UGA	14	185	287	64.5	2,862	10.0	204.4	7	176.7	10.1	2.4	14	106
17	Aidan O'Connell A. O'Connell	28	2021	PUR	12	315	439	71.8	3,712	8.5	309.3	11	158.8	6.4	2.5	19	155
18	Chase Brice C. Brice	27	2021	APP	14	242	390	62.1	3,337	8.6	238.4	11	151.1	6.9	2.8	17	112
19	Frank Harris F. Harris	27	2021	UTSA	14	263	399	65.9	3,177	8.0	226.9	6	152.1	6.8	1.5	15	109
20	Grayson McCall G. McCall	27	2021	CCAR	11	176	241	73.0	2,873	11.9	261.2	3	207.6	11.2	1.2	16	66
21	Malik Willis M. Willis	27	2021	LIB	13	207	339	61.1	2,857	8.4	219.8	12	151.1	8.0	3.5	51	349
22	Max Johnson M. Johnson	27	2021	LSU	12	225	373	60.3	2,814	7.5	234.5	6	144.4	7.2	1.6	33	198
23	Payton Thorne P. Thorne	27	2021	MSU	13	234	388	60.3	3,233	8.3	248.7	10	148.1	7.0	2.6	21	151
24	Brett Gabbert B. Gabbert	26	2021	M-OH	10	178	299	59.5	2,646	8.8	264.6	6	158.5	8.7	2.0	15	77
25	Chris Reynolds C. Reynolds	26	2021	CHAR	11	216	338	63.9	2,680	7.9	243.6	9	150.6	7.7	2.7	19	121

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,062

McIvor

RUSH

576

Parrish

REC

888

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

54th

OPP PPG

23.4

64th

RUSH YDS/G

132.8

110th

PASS YDS/G

272.6

29th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kennesaw State	7-1	10-4
2	Jacksonville State	7-1	9-5
3	Western Kentucky	6-2	9-4
4	Louisiana Tech	5-3	8-5
5	Missouri State	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WKU	@	NEV	10:30 PM
Sat 9/12	WKU	@	UGA	12:45 PM
Sat 9/19	WKU	@	IND	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MHU	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 0

Final

Southern Miss

0 - 1

Tue 23 Dec 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

246.7

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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	12:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	3:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	3:30 PM
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	5:30 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	6:30 PM

Bailey Zappe had the most passing touchdowns in 2021, with 62 touchdowns.

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170.4

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