purdue qb most passing yards career

Curtis Painter has the most career passing yards by a Purdue quarterback, with 11,163 yards.

NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Curtis Painter
C. Painter
11,163
46
987
1,648
59.9
6.8
242.7
67
46
124.6
4.1
2.8
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,909
41
942
1,525
61.8
7.2
266.1
81
41
134.0
5.3
2.7
3David Blough
D. Blough
9,734
45
871
1,429
61.0
6.8
216.3
69
43
128.1
4.8
3.0
89
564
4Aidan O'Connell
A. O'Connell
9,585
35
858
1,285
66.8
7.5
273.9
65
32
141.1
5.1
2.5
60
464
5Mark Herrmann
M. Herrmann
9,354
44
729
1,242
58.7
7.5
212.6
64
75
126.9
5.2
6.0
6Kyle Orton
K. Orton
8,918
42
748
1,262
59.3
7.1
212.3
61
24
130.8
4.8
1.9
7Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
7,636
44
609
1,060
57.5
7.2
173.5
45
41
124.2
4.2
3.9
8Jim Everett
J. Everett
7,158
55
550
923
59.6
7.8
130.1
40
30
132.5
4.3
3.3
9Eric Hunter
E. Hunter
5,598
44
422
818
51.6
6.8
127.2
33
32
114.6
4.0
3.9
10Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
5,423
28
375
733
51.2
7.4
193.7
37
34
120.7
5.0
4.6
11Rick Trefzger
R. Trefzger
5,063
44
383
663
57.8
7.6
115.1
24
28
125.4
3.6
4.2
12Bob Griese
B. Griese
4,402
29
348
609
57.1
7.2
151.8
28
29
123.5
4.6
4.8
13Hudson Card
H. Card
4,028
21
359
613
58.6
6.6
191.8
24
15
121.8
3.9
2.4
42
317
14Billy Dicken
B. Dicken
3,922
33
290
536
54.1
7.3
118.8
23
20
122.3
4.3
3.7
15Brandon Kirsch
B. Kirsch
3,532
25
292
489
59.7
7.2
141.3
23
16
129.4
4.7
3.3
16Elijah Sindelar
E. Sindelar
3,525
22
298
516
57.8
6.8
160.2
29
16
127.5
5.6
3.1
23
156
17Jack Plummer
J. Plummer
3,405
19
319
492
64.8
6.9
179.2
26
10
136.3
5.3
2.0
33
236
18Joey Elliott
J. Elliott
3,326
22
294
482
61.0
6.9
151.2
24
15
129.2
5.0
3.1
19Caleb Terbush
C. Terbush
3,077
22
283
476
59.5
6.5
139.9
25
14
125.2
5.3
2.9
20Robert Marve
R. Marve
2,879
24
294
461
63.8
6.2
120.0
22
14
125.9
4.8
3.0
21Austin Appleby
A. Appleby
2,777
16
268
485
55.3
5.7
173.6
19
19
108.4
3.9
3.9
23
149
22Gary Danielson
G. Danielson
2,748
31
178
390
45.6
7.0
88.6
14
30
101.3
3.6
7.7
23Ron DiGravio
R. DiGravio
2,598
27
174
353
49.3
7.4
96.2
21
12
123.9
5.9
3.4
24Danny Etling
D. Etling
2,490
13
238
429
55.5
5.8
191.5
16
12
110.9
3.7
2.8
42
312
25Ryan Browne
R. Browne
2,325
17
199
334
59.6
7.0
136.8
12
11
123.3
3.6
3.3
23
149
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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