Graham Harrell had the most passing yards in 2008, with 5,111 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Graham Harrell G. Harrell	5,111	2008	TTU	13	442	626	70.6	8.2	393.2	45	9	160.0	7.2	1.4
2	Case Keenum C. Keenum	5,020	2008	HOU	13	397	589	67.4	8.5	386.2	44	11	159.9	7.5	1.9
3	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	4,720	2008	OKLA	14	328	483	67.9	9.8	337.1	50	8	180.8	10.4	1.7
4	Chase Daniel C. Daniel	4,335	2008	MIZ	14	385	528	72.9	8.2	309.6	39	18	159.4	7.4	3.4
5	Chase Clement C. Clement	4,119	2008	RICE	13	326	490	66.5	8.4	316.8	44	7	163.9	9.0	1.4
6	David Johnson D. Johnson	4,059	2008	TLSA	14	258	400	64.5	10.1	289.9	46	18	178.7	11.5	4.5
7	Max Hall M. Hall	3,957	2008	BYU	13	330	477	69.2	8.3	304.4	35	14	157.2	7.3	2.9
8	Todd Reesing T. Reesing	3,888	2008	KU	13	329	495	66.5	7.9	299.1	32	13	148.5	6.5	2.6
9	Colt McCoy C. McCoy	3,859	2008	TEX	13	332	433	76.7	8.9	296.8	34	8	173.8	7.9	1.8
10	Tim Hiller T. Hiller	3,725	2008	WMU	13	339	522	64.9	7.1	286.5	36	10	143.8	6.9	1.9
11	Nate Davis N. Davis	3,591	2008	BALL	14	258	401	64.3	9.0	256.5	26	8	157.0	6.5	2.0
12	Joe Ganz J. Ganz	3,568	2008	NEB	13	285	420	67.9	8.5	274.5	25	11	153.6	6.0	2.6
13	Kellen Moore K. Moore	3,486	2008	BSU	13	281	405	69.4	8.6	268.2	25	10	157.1	6.2	2.5
14	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,459	2008	UGA	13	235	383	61.4	9.0	266.1	25	10	153.5	6.5	2.6
15	Mike Teel M. Teel	3,418	2008	RUTG	13	243	396	61.4	8.6	262.9	25	13	148.1	6.3	3.3
16	Chase Holbrook C. Holbrook	3,361	2008	NMSU	12	309	456	67.8	7.4	280.1	25	14	141.6	5.5	3.1
17	Drew Willy D. Willy	3,304	2008	BUFF	14	304	468	65.0	7.1	236.0	25	6	139.3	5.3	1.3
18	Trevor Vittatoe T. Vittatoe	3,274	2008	UTEP	12	246	418	58.9	7.8	272.8	33	9	146.4	7.9	2.2
19	Rusty Smith R. Smith	3,224	2008	FAU	13	234	435	53.8	7.4	248.0	24	14	127.8	5.5	3.2
20	Mark Sanchez M. Sanchez	3,207	2008	USC	13	241	366	65.8	8.8	246.7	34	10	164.6	9.3	2.7
21	Juice Williams J. Williams	3,173	2008	ILL	12	219	381	57.5	8.3	264.4	22	16	138.1	5.8	4.2
22	Jimmy Clausen J. Clausen	3,172	2008	ND	13	268	440	60.9	7.2	244.0	25	17	132.5	5.7	3.9
23	Austin Davis A. Davis	3,128	2008	USM	13	261	454	57.5	6.9	240.6	23	8	128.6	5.1	1.8
24	Willie Tuitama W. Tuitama	3,088	2008	ARIZ	13	259	399	64.9	7.7	237.5	23	8	144.9	5.8	2.0
25	Zac Robinson Z. Robinson	3,064	2008	OKST	13	204	314	65.0	9.8	235.7	25	10	166.8	8.0	3.2