Josh Wallwork had the most passing yards in 1996, with 4,090 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Josh Wallwork J. Wallwork	4,090	1996	WYO	12	286	458	62.4	8.9	340.8	33	15	154.7	7.2	3.3
2	Steve Sarkisian S. Sarkisian	4,027	1996	BYU	14	278	404	68.8	10.0	287.6	33	12	173.6	8.2	3.0
3	Ryan Fien R. Fien	3,674	1996	IDHO	11	267	455	58.7	8.1	334.0	27	21	136.9	5.9	4.6
4	Danny Wuerffel D. Wuerffel	3,625	1996	FLA	12	207	360	57.5	10.1	302.1	39	13	170.6	10.8	3.6
5	Jon Denton J. Denton	3,591	1996	UNLV	12	277	506	54.7	7.1	299.3	25	16	124.3	4.9	3.2
6	Pat Barnes P. Barnes	3,499	1996	CAL	11	250	420	59.5	8.3	318.1	31	8	150.1	7.4	1.9
7	Jason Martin J. Martin	3,360	1996	LT	11	247	415	59.5	8.1	305.5	32	16	145.3	7.7	3.9
8	Peyton Manning P. Manning	3,287	1996	TENN	11	243	380	63.9	8.7	298.8	20	12	147.7	5.3	3.2
9	Billy Blanton B. Blanton	3,221	1996	SDSU	11	227	344	66.0	9.4	292.8	29	5	169.6	8.4	1.5
10	Koy Detmer K. Detmer	3,156	1996	COLO	11	208	363	57.3	8.7	286.9	22	12	143.7	6.1	3.3
11	Moses Moreno M. Moreno	2,921	1996	CSU	12	193	335	57.6	8.7	243.4	18	12	141.4	5.4	3.6
12	Chad Darnell C. Darnell	2,921	1996	CMU	11	189	348	54.3	8.4	265.5	22	11	139.4	6.3	3.2
13	Jake Delhomme J. Delhomme	2,901	1996	ULL	11	201	377	53.3	7.7	263.7	20	17	126.4	5.3	4.5
14	Ryan Leaf R. Leaf	2,811	1996	WSU	11	194	373	52.0	7.5	255.5	21	12	127.5	5.6	3.2
15	John Dutton J. Dutton	2,750	1996	NEV	11	222	334	66.5	8.2	250.0	22	6	153.8	6.6	1.8
16	Brad Otton B. Otton	2,649	1996	USC	12	196	370	53.0	7.2	220.8	20	10	125.5	5.4	2.7
17	Cory Sauter C. Sauter	2,578	1996	MINN	11	200	352	56.8	7.3	234.4	14	11	125.2	4.0	3.1
18	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	2,575	1996	ASU	11	179	313	57.2	8.2	234.1	23	9	144.8	7.3	2.9
19	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	2,565	1996	UCF	11	187	314	59.6	8.2	233.2	19	15	138.6	6.1	4.8
20	Brian Kuklick B. Kuklick	2,526	1996	WAKE	11	205	396	51.8	6.4	229.6	11	13	108.0	2.8	3.3
21	Matt Sauk M. Sauk	2,489	1996	USU	10	154	286	53.8	8.7	248.9	8	14	126.4	2.8	4.9
22	Jim Arellanes J. Arellanes	2,487	1996	FRES	11	173	281	61.6	8.9	226.1	13	14	141.2	4.6	5.0
23	Tony Hilde T. Hilde	2,473	1996	BSU	12	170	338	50.3	7.3	206.1	21	17	122.2	6.2	5.0
24	James Brown J. Brown	2,468	1996	TEX	12	170	299	56.9	8.3	205.7	17	12	136.9	5.7	4.0
25	Carl Dean C. Dean	2,449	1996	SJSU	12	191	369	51.8	6.6	204.1	10	12	110.0	2.7	3.3