Colt Brennan had the most passing yards in 2005, with 4,301 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Colt Brennan C. Brennan	4,301	2005	HAW	12	350	515	68.0	8.4	358.4	35	13	155.5	6.8	2.5
2	Cody Hodges C. Hodges	4,238	2005	TTU	12	353	531	66.5	8.0	353.2	31	12	148.3	5.8	2.3
3	Brady Quinn B. Quinn	3,919	2005	ND	12	292	450	64.9	8.7	326.6	32	7	158.4	7.1	1.6
4	Matt Leinart M. Leinart	3,815	2005	USC	13	283	431	65.7	8.9	293.5	28	8	157.7	6.5	1.9
5	John Beck J. Beck	3,709	2005	BYU	12	331	513	64.5	7.2	309.1	27	13	137.6	5.3	2.5
6	Brett Basanez B. Basanez	3,622	2005	NW	12	314	497	63.2	7.3	301.8	21	8	135.1	4.2	1.6
7	Jordan Palmer J. Palmer	3,503	2005	UTEP	12	258	434	59.4	8.1	291.9	29	19	140.5	6.7	4.4
8	Luke Getsy L. Getsy	3,455	2005	AKR	13	278	525	53.0	6.6	265.8	23	12	118.1	4.4	2.3
9	Paul Pinegar P. Pinegar	3,335	2005	FRES	13	265	416	63.7	8.0	256.5	30	15	147.6	7.2	3.6
10	Kevin Kolb K. Kolb	3,258	2005	HOU	12	254	420	60.5	7.8	271.5	19	15	133.4	4.5	3.6
11	Drew Weatherford D. Weatherford	3,208	2005	FSU	13	276	469	58.8	6.8	246.8	18	18	121.3	3.8	3.8
12	Drew Olson D. Olson	3,198	2005	UCLA	12	242	378	64.0	8.5	266.5	34	6	161.6	9.0	1.6
13	Justin Holland J. Holland	3,185	2005	CSU	12	235	369	63.7	8.6	265.4	23	15	148.6	6.2	4.1
14	Darrell Hackney D. Hackney	3,180	2005	UAB	11	242	386	62.7	8.2	289.1	22	12	144.5	5.7	3.1
15	Josh Betts J. Betts	3,178	2005	M-OH	11	248	434	57.1	7.3	288.9	27	13	133.2	6.2	3.0
16	Drew Stanton D. Stanton	3,077	2005	MSU	11	236	354	66.7	8.7	279.7	22	12	153.4	6.2	3.4
17	Jay Cutler J. Cutler	3,073	2005	VAN	11	273	462	59.1	6.7	279.4	21	9	126.1	4.5	1.9
18	Vince Young V. Young	3,036	2005	TEX	13	212	325	65.2	9.3	233.5	26	10	163.9	8.0	3.1
19	Steven Moffett S. Moffett	2,925	2005	UCF	13	223	375	59.5	7.8	225.0	22	9	139.5	5.9	2.4
20	Jeff Rowe J. Rowe	2,925	2005	NEV	12	241	389	62.0	7.5	243.8	21	10	137.8	5.4	2.6
21	John Stocco J. Stocco	2,920	2005	WIS	13	197	328	60.1	8.9	224.6	21	9	150.5	6.4	2.7
22	Brian Johnson B. Johnson	2,892	2005	UTAH	10	210	330	63.6	8.8	289.2	18	7	151.0	5.5	2.1
23	Alex Brink A. Brink	2,891	2005	WSU	11	205	358	57.3	8.1	262.8	24	13	140.0	6.7	3.6
24	Brian Brohm B. Brohm	2,883	2005	LOU	10	207	301	68.8	9.6	288.3	19	5	166.7	6.3	1.7
25	Bret Meyer B. Meyer	2,876	2005	ISU	12	227	368	61.7	7.8	239.7	19	10	138.9	5.2	2.7