most yards per completion by a sophomore qb ncaa season minimum 300 attempts

Rick Venturi has the most passing yards per completion by a sophomore quarterback in a season, with 80 in 1965.

Interpreted as:
most passing yards per completion by a sophomore qb ncaa season minimum 300 passing attempts
NAMEYDS/CMPATTYDSCMPSEASONTMGPPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Rick Venturi
R. Venturi
80
1
80
1
1965
NW NW
10
100.0
80.0
8.0
1
0
1,102.0
100.0
0.0
2Dennis McLaughlin
D. McLaughlin
70
5
70
1
1959
UTAH UTAH
10
20.0
14.0
7.0
1
0
203.6
20.0
0.0
3Bob Hering
B. Hering
66
2
66
1
1976
RUTG RUTG
11
50.0
33.0
6.0
1
0
492.2
50.0
0.0
4Talbot George
T. George
65
8
65
1
1956
WASH WASH
10
12.5
8.1
6.5
1
1
97.0
12.5
12.5
5Jack Koniszewski
J. Koniszewski
64
1
64
1
1971
PSU PSU
11
100.0
64.0
5.8
1
0
967.6
100.0
0.0
6Ron Holliday
R. Holliday
63
16
63
1
1960
OKST OKST
10
6.3
3.9
6.3
1
1
47.5
6.3
6.3
7Davy Sawyer
D. Sawyer
56
1
56
1
1978
UGA UGA
1
100.0
56.0
56.0
0
0
570.4
0.0
0.0
8Bill Kynes
B. Kynes
55
3
55
1
1975
FLA FLA
11
33.3
18.3
5.0
0
2
54.0
0.0
66.7
9Carson Baker
C. Baker
54
1
54
1
2021
WKU WKU
1
100.0
54.0
54.0
1
0
883.6
100.0
0.0
0
0
10Dennis Morrison
D. Morrison
52
4
52
1
1970
KSU KSU
11
25.0
13.0
4.7
1
1
166.7
25.0
25.0
11Chris Melson
C. Melson
51
7
51
1
1989
OKLA OKLA
11
14.3
7.3
4.6
1
0
122.6
14.3
0.0
12George Koval
G. Koval
50.67
14
152
3
1958
PENN
9
21.4
10.9
16.9
3
2
154.8
21.4
14.3
13Scott Smith
S. Smith
50
2
50
1
1977
NCST NCST
5
50.0
25.0
10.0
0
0
260.0
0.0
0.0
14Yusef Washington
Y. Washington
49
6
49
1
1988
PITT PITT
10
16.7
8.2
4.9
0
1
51.9
0.0
16.7
15Martin Lemond
M. Lemond
47
1
47
1
1976
ARK ARK
11
100.0
47.0
4.3
0
0
494.8
0.0
0.0
16James Moffat
J. Moffat
47
4
47
1
1956
TEX TEX
10
25.0
11.8
4.7
0
0
123.7
0.0
0.0
17Brett DeVault
B. DeVault
46
1
46
1
1977
IND IND
11
100.0
46.0
4.2
0
0
486.4
0.0
0.0
18Dave Austin
D. Austin
46
1
46
1
1957
WASH WASH
10
100.0
46.0
4.6
0
0
486.4
0.0
0.0
19Tucker McDonald
T. McDonald
45
3
45
1
2025
CONN CONN
2
33.3
15.0
22.5
0
0
159.3
0.0
0.0
0
0
20Colt Garrett
C. Garrett
44
1
44
1
2018
TTU TTU
1
100.0
44.0
44.0
1
0
799.6
100.0
0.0
0
0
21Jacob Zeno
J. Zeno
41
3
41
1
2021
BAY BAY
2
33.3
13.7
20.5
0
0
148.1
0.0
0.0
1
8
22Bill Carter
B. Carter
41
6
41
1
1970
CIN CIN
11
16.7
6.8
3.7
0
2
7.4
0.0
33.3
23Austin Novosad
A. Novosad
40
2
40
1
2025
ORE ORE
1
50.0
20.0
40.0
0
0
218.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
24Alan Hood
A. Hood
39
7
78
2
1983
ISU ISU
11
28.6
11.1
7.1
1
1
140.7
14.3
14.3
25Mark Richt
M. Richt
39
10
117
3
1980
MIA MIA
11
30.0
11.7
10.6
1
1
141.3
10.0
10.0
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