passing yard leaders current college football quarterback this year

Drew Mestemaker had the most passing yards by an active quarterback in 2025, with 4,379 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	4,379	2025	UNT	14	319	463	68.9	9.5	312.8	34	9	168.7	7.3	1.9	18	135
2	Darian Mensah D. Mensah	3,973	2025	DUKE	14	334	500	66.8	7.9	283.8	34	6	153.6	6.8	1.2	27	188
3	Trinidad Chambliss T. Chambliss	3,937	2025	MISS	15	294	445	66.1	8.8	262.5	22	3	155.4	4.9	0.7	14	73
4	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	3,711	2025	USC	13	265	403	65.8	9.2	285.5	24	10	157.8	6.0	2.5	14	101
5	Nick Minicucci N. Minicucci	3,683	2025	DEL	13	322	512	62.9	7.2	283.3	23	7	135.4	4.5	1.4	27	147
6	Caden Veltkamp C. Veltkamp	3,641	2025	FAU	12	345	515	67.0	7.1	303.4	24	17	135.2	4.7	3.3	22	156
7	Kevin Jennings K. Jennings	3,641	2025	SMU	13	300	454	66.1	8.0	280.1	26	13	146.6	5.7	2.9	19	185
8	Julian Sayin J. Sayin	3,610	2025	OSU	14	301	391	77.0	9.2	257.9	32	8	177.5	8.2	2.0	16	110
9	Dante Moore D. Moore	3,565	2025	ORE	15	296	412	71.8	8.7	237.7	30	10	163.7	7.3	2.4	17	128
10	Josh Hoover J. Hoover	3,472	2025	TCU	12	272	413	65.9	8.4	289.3	29	13	153.4	7.0	3.1	18	132
11	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	3,460	2025	CAL	13	316	492	64.2	7.0	266.2	18	9	131.7	3.7	1.8	30	232
12	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	3,459	2025	UNLV	14	275	417	65.9	8.3	247.1	23	9	149.5	5.5	2.2	26	185
13	Jaylen Raynor J. Raynor	3,361	2025	ARST	13	333	501	66.5	6.7	258.5	19	11	130.9	3.8	2.2	29	185
14	Katin Houser K. Houser	3,300	2025	ECU	12	269	408	65.9	8.1	275.0	19	6	146.3	4.7	1.5	13	89
15	Jacob Clark J. Clark	3,244	2025	MOST	12	247	376	65.7	8.6	270.3	28	11	156.9	7.4	2.9	48	269
16	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	3,228	2025	ARIZ	13	275	429	64.1	7.5	248.3	29	6	146.8	6.8	1.4	28	208
17	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3,223	2025	TXST	13	251	352	71.3	9.2	247.9	21	7	163.9	6.0	2.0	27	146
18	Marcel Reed M. Reed	3,169	2025	TAMU	13	234	377	62.1	8.4	243.8	25	12	148.2	6.6	3.2	17	100
19	Arch Manning A. Manning	3,163	2025	TEX	13	248	404	61.4	7.8	243.3	26	7	144.9	6.4	1.7	23	138
20	Byrum Brown B. Brown	3,158	2025	USF	12	226	341	66.3	9.3	263.2	28	7	167.1	8.2	2.1	16	113
21	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	3,106	2025	HAW	11	285	430	66.3	7.2	282.4	24	9	141.2	5.6	2.1	25	149
22	CJ Bailey	3,105	2025	NCST	13	273	397	68.8	7.8	238.8	25	9	150.7	6.3	2.3	23	162
23	Demond Williams Jr. D. Williams Jr.	3,065	2025	WASH	13	246	354	69.5	8.7	235.8	25	8	161.0	7.1	2.3	31	207
24	Walker Eget W. Eget	3,054	2025	SJSU	11	232	393	59.0	7.8	277.6	17	9	134.0	4.3	2.3	6	44
25	Braylon Braxton B. Braxton	3,053	2025	USM	12	254	400	63.5	7.6	254.4	24	8	143.4	6.0	2.0	20	149

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More North Texas Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,379

Mestemaker

RUSH

1,434

Hawkins

REC

1,264

Young

Team Rankings

PPG

44.8

1st

OPP PPG

24.9

78th

RUSH YDS/G

181.1

46th

PASS YDS/G

323.2

5th

2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	North Texas	7-1	12-2
2	Tulane	7-1	11-3
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	UNT	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	UNLV	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNT	@	TXST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	HCU	@	UNT	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Texas

1 - 0

Final

San Diego State

0 - 1

Sat 27 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167