Kliff Kingsbury had the most passing yards in 2002, with 5,017 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Kliff Kingsbury K. Kingsbury	5,017	2002	TTU	14	479	712	67.3	7.0	358.4	45	13	143.7	6.3	1.8
2	Timmy Chang T. Chang	4,474	2002	HAW	14	349	624	55.9	7.2	319.6	25	22	122.3	4.0	3.5
3	Cody Pickett C. Pickett	4,458	2002	WASH	13	365	612	59.6	7.3	342.9	28	14	131.4	4.6	2.3
4	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	4,268	2002	MRSH	12	331	491	67.4	8.7	355.7	30	10	156.5	6.1	2.0
5	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	3,942	2002	USC	13	309	489	63.2	8.1	303.2	33	10	149.1	6.7	2.0
6	Andrew Walter A. Walter	3,877	2002	ASU	14	274	483	56.7	8.0	276.9	28	15	137.1	5.8	3.1
7	Ryan Schneider R. Schneider	3,770	2002	UCF	12	265	430	61.6	8.8	314.2	31	16	151.6	7.2	3.7
8	Gino Guidugli G. Guidugli	3,543	2002	CIN	14	258	472	54.7	7.5	253.1	22	21	124.2	4.7	4.4
9	Luke McCown L. McCown	3,539	2002	LT	12	296	505	58.6	7.0	294.9	19	19	122.4	3.8	3.8
10	Brian Jones B. Jones	3,446	2002	TOL	14	297	423	70.2	8.1	246.1	23	9	152.3	5.4	2.1
11	Zack Threadgill Z. Threadgill	3,418	2002	NEV	12	275	451	61.0	7.6	284.8	26	17	136.1	5.8	3.8
12	Jason Gesser J. Gesser	3,408	2002	WSU	13	236	402	58.7	8.5	262.2	28	13	146.4	7.0	3.2
13	Rex Grossman R. Grossman	3,402	2002	FLA	13	287	503	57.1	6.8	261.7	22	17	121.5	4.4	3.4
14	Eli Manning E. Manning	3,401	2002	MISS	13	279	481	58.0	7.1	261.6	21	15	125.6	4.4	3.1
15	Ken Dorsey K. Dorsey	3,369	2002	MIA	13	222	393	56.5	8.6	259.2	28	12	145.9	7.1	3.1
16	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	3,353	2002	NCST	14	262	418	62.7	8.0	239.5	20	10	141.1	4.8	2.4
17	Jason Johnson J. Johnson	3,327	2002	ARIZ	12	239	410	58.3	8.1	277.3	16	13	133.0	3.9	3.2
18	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	3,313	2002	ORST	13	211	449	47.0	7.4	254.8	25	13	121.6	5.6	2.9
19	Casey Bramlet C. Bramlet	3,290	2002	WYO	12	277	464	59.7	7.1	274.2	24	18	128.6	5.2	3.9
20	Jose Fuentes J. Fuentes	3,268	2002	USU	11	246	454	54.2	7.2	297.1	20	15	122.6	4.4	3.3
21	Adam Hall A. Hall	3,253	2002	SDSU	11	272	452	60.2	7.2	295.7	17	9	129.1	3.8	2.0
22	Scott Rislov S. Rislov	3,251	2002	SJSU	13	275	449	61.2	7.2	250.1	22	14	132.0	4.9	3.1
23	Seneca Wallace S. Wallace	3,245	2002	ISU	14	244	443	55.1	7.3	231.8	15	18	119.7	3.4	4.1
24	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	3,238	2002	M-OH	12	271	428	63.3	7.6	269.8	22	11	138.7	5.1	2.6
25	Chris Simms C. Simms	3,207	2002	TEX	13	235	396	59.3	8.1	246.7	26	12	143.0	6.6	3.0