past ten heisman trophy winners and their passing yards

past ten heisman trophy in a season winners and their passing yards by a player

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	NAME	YDS	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	917	1	1956	ND	10	59	111	53.2	8.3	91.7	3	13	108.0	2.7	11.7
2	John David Crow J. David Crow	84	1	1957	TA&M	10	6	10	60.0	8.4	8.4	0	0	130.6	0.0	0.0
3	Pete Dawkins P. Dawkins	12	1	1958	ARMY	9	2	4	50.0	3.0	1.3	0	1	25.2	0.0	25.0
4	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	20	1	1959	LSU	10	2	6	33.3	3.3	2.0	0	2	-5.3	0.0	33.3
5	Joe Bellino J. Bellino	112	1	1960	NAVY	10	5	14	35.7	8.0	11.2	2	2	121.5	14.3	14.3
6	Ernie Davis E. Davis	74	1	1961	SYR	10	1	1	100.0	74.0	7.4	1	0	1,051.6	100.0	0.0
7	Terry Baker T. Baker	1,738	1	1962	ORST	10	112	203	55.2	8.6	173.8	15	5	146.5	7.4	2.5
8	Roger Staubach R. Staubach	1,474	1	1963	NAVY	10	107	161	66.5	9.2	147.4	7	6	150.3	4.3	3.7
9	John Huarte J. Huarte	2,062	1	1964	ND	10	114	205	55.6	10.1	206.2	16	11	155.1	7.8	5.4
10	Mike Garrett M. Garrett		1	1965	USC	10
11	Steve Spurrier S. Spurrier	2,012	1	1966	FLA	10	179	291	61.5	6.9	201.2	16	8	132.2	5.5	2.7
12	Gary Beban G. Beban	1,359	1	1967	UCLA	10	87	156	55.8	8.7	135.9	8	7	136.9	5.1	4.5
13	O.J. Simpson	15	1	1968	USC	10	1	3	33.3	5.0	1.5	0	0	75.3	0.0	0.0
14	Steve Owens S. Owens	25	1	1969	OKLA	10	2	3	66.7	8.3	2.5	0	0	136.7	0.0	0.0
15	Jim Plunkett J. Plunkett	2,715	1	1970	STAN	11	191	358	53.4	7.6	246.8	18	18	123.6	5.0	5.0
16	Pat Sullivan P. Sullivan	2,012	1	1971	AUB	10	162	281	57.7	7.2	201.2	20	11	133.5	7.1	3.9
17	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers		1	1972	NEB	11
18	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	17	1	1973	PSU	11	1	2	50.0	8.5	1.5	0	0	121.4	0.0	0.0
19	Archie Griffin A. Griffin		1	1974	OSU	11
20	Archie Griffin A. Griffin		1	1975	OSU	11
21	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett		1	1976	PITT	11
22	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	0	1	1977	TEX	11	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
23	Billy Sims B. Sims		1	1978	OKLA	11
24	Charles White C. White	0	1	1979	USC	11	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	George Rogers G. Rogers		1	1980	SC	11

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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

246.8

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