David Carr had the most passing yards in 2001, with 4,299 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	David Carr D. Carr	4,299	2001	FRES	13	308	476	64.7	9.0	330.7	42	7	166.7	8.8	1.5
2	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	4,132	2001	MRSH	12	315	470	67.0	8.8	344.3	38	7	164.6	8.1	1.5
3	Rex Grossman R. Grossman	3,896	2001	FLA	11	259	395	65.6	9.9	354.2	34	12	170.8	8.6	3.0
4	Brandon Doman B. Doman	3,542	2001	BYU	13	261	408	64.0	8.7	272.5	33	8	159.7	8.1	2.0
5	Kliff Kingsbury K. Kingsbury	3,502	2001	TTU	11	364	528	68.9	6.6	318.4	25	9	136.9	4.7	1.7
6	Nick Rolovich N. Rolovich	3,361	2001	HAW	10	233	405	57.5	8.3	336.1	34	9	150.5	8.4	2.2
7	Rohan Davey R. Davey	3,347	2001	LSU	12	217	367	59.1	9.1	278.9	18	10	146.5	4.9	2.7
8	Luke McCown L. McCown	3,337	2001	LT	11	277	470	58.9	7.1	303.4	28	14	132.3	6.0	3.0
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,105	2001	M-OH	12	241	381	63.3	8.1	258.8	25	13	146.5	6.6	3.4
10	Jose Fuentes J. Fuentes	3,100	2001	USU	11	260	437	59.5	7.1	281.8	24	18	129.0	5.5	4.1
11	George Godsey G. Godsey	3,085	2001	GT	12	249	384	64.8	8.0	257.1	18	11	142.1	4.7	2.9
12	Casey Bramlet C. Bramlet	3,069	2001	WYO	11	225	432	52.1	7.1	279.0	9	20	109.4	2.1	4.6
13	Dave Ragone D. Ragone	3,056	2001	LOU	12	231	383	60.3	8.0	254.7	23	7	143.5	6.0	1.8
14	Ryan Dinwiddie R. Dinwiddie	3,043	2001	BSU	11	201	322	62.4	9.5	276.6	29	11	164.7	9.0	3.4
15	Kurt Kittner K. Kittner	2,994	2001	ILL	11	207	374	55.3	8.0	272.2	23	13	135.9	6.1	3.5
16	Casey Clausen C. Clausen	2,969	2001	TENN	12	227	354	64.1	8.4	247.4	22	9	150.0	6.2	2.5
17	Eli Manning E. Manning	2,948	2001	MISS	11	259	408	63.5	7.2	268.0	31	9	144.8	7.6	2.2
18	Patrick Ramsey P. Ramsey	2,935	2001	TULN	11	256	449	57.0	6.5	266.8	22	13	122.3	4.9	2.9
19	Ryan Schneider R. Schneider	2,923	2001	UCF	11	204	357	57.1	8.2	265.7	17	9	136.6	4.8	2.5
20	Marquel Blackwell M. Blackwell	2,882	2001	USF	11	258	456	56.6	6.3	262.0	20	11	119.3	4.4	2.4
21	David Greene D. Greene	2,789	2001	UGA	11	192	324	59.3	8.6	253.5	17	9	143.3	5.2	2.8
22	Chris Rix C. Rix	2,734	2001	FSU	11	165	286	57.7	9.6	248.5	24	13	156.6	8.4	4.5
23	Jason Gesser J. Gesser	2,729	2001	WSU	11	184	335	54.9	8.1	248.1	25	10	142.0	7.5	3.0
24	Zak Kustok Z. Kustok	2,692	2001	NW	11	231	404	57.2	6.7	244.7	20	10	124.5	5.0	2.5
25	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	2,652	2001	MIA	11	184	318	57.9	8.3	241.1	23	9	146.1	7.2	2.8