Nick Florence had the most passing yards in 2012, with 4,309 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Nick Florence N. Florence	4,309	2012	BAY	13	286	464	61.6	9.3	331.5	33	13	157.5	7.1	2.8
2	Landry Jones L. Jones	4,267	2012	OKLA	13	367	555	66.1	7.7	328.2	30	11	144.6	5.4	2.0
3	Seth Doege S. Doege	4,205	2012	TTU	13	380	541	70.2	7.8	323.5	39	16	153.4	7.2	3.0
4	Geno Smith G. Smith	4,205	2012	WVU	13	369	518	71.2	8.1	323.5	42	6	163.9	8.1	1.2
5	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	4,201	2012	MRSH	12	406	584	69.5	7.2	350.1	37	11	147.1	6.3	1.9
6	David Fales D. Fales	4,193	2012	SJSU	13	327	451	72.5	9.3	322.5	33	9	170.8	7.3	2.0
7	Colby Cameron C. Cameron	4,147	2012	LT	12	359	522	68.8	7.9	345.6	31	5	153.2	5.9	1.0
8	Derek Carr D. Carr	4,104	2012	FRES	13	344	511	67.3	8.0	315.7	37	7	155.9	7.2	1.4
9	Mike Glennon M. Glennon	4,031	2012	NCST	13	330	564	58.5	7.1	310.1	31	17	130.7	5.5	3.0
10	Tajh Boyd T. Boyd	3,896	2012	CLEM	13	287	427	67.2	9.1	299.7	36	13	165.6	8.4	3.0
11	Aaron Murray A. Murray	3,893	2012	UGA	14	249	386	64.5	10.1	278.1	36	10	174.8	9.3	2.6
12	Ryan Nassib R. Nassib	3,749	2012	SYR	13	294	471	62.4	8.0	288.4	26	10	143.3	5.5	2.1
13	Brett Hundley B. Hundley	3,740	2012	UCLA	14	318	478	66.5	7.8	267.1	29	11	147.7	6.1	2.3
14	Teddy Bridgewater T. Bridgewater	3,718	2012	LOU	13	287	419	68.5	8.9	286.0	27	8	160.5	6.4	1.9
15	Johnny Manziel J. Manziel	3,706	2012	TAMU	13	295	434	68.0	8.5	285.1	26	9	155.3	6.0	2.1
16	Matt Scott M. Scott	3,620	2012	ARIZ	12	301	499	60.3	7.3	301.7	27	14	133.5	5.4	2.8
17	Tyler Bray T. Bray	3,612	2012	TENN	12	268	451	59.4	8.0	301.0	34	12	146.3	7.5	2.7
18	Zac Dysert Z. Dysert	3,483	2012	M-OH	12	302	480	62.9	7.3	290.3	25	12	136.1	5.2	2.5
19	EJ Manuel	3,397	2012	FSU	14	263	387	68.0	8.8	242.6	23	10	156.1	5.9	2.6
20	Dalton Williams D. Williams	3,387	2012	AKR	12	326	522	62.5	6.5	282.3	25	16	126.6	4.8	3.1
21	Tyler Wilson T. Wilson	3,387	2012	ARK	11	249	401	62.1	8.4	307.9	21	13	143.8	5.2	3.2
22	Chuckie Keeton C. Keeton	3,373	2012	USU	13	275	407	67.6	8.3	259.5	27	9	154.7	6.6	2.2
23	Bryn Renner B. Renner	3,356	2012	UNC	12	276	422	65.4	8.0	279.7	28	7	150.8	6.6	1.7
24	Stephen Morris S. Morris	3,345	2012	MIA	12	245	421	58.2	7.9	278.8	21	7	138.1	5.0	1.7
25	Ryan Aplin R. Aplin	3,342	2012	ARST	13	276	406	68.0	8.2	257.1	24	4	154.7	5.9	1.0