which college football quarterbacks played the most games as true freshmen

Dillon Gabriel has the most games by a quarterback, with 64 games.

	NAME	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	64	1,376	2,111	65.2	18,722	8.9	292.5	155	32	160.9	7.3	1.5	111	676
2	Bo Nix B. Nix	61	1,286	1,936	66.4	15,352	7.9	251.7	113	26	149.6	5.8	1.3	60	388
3	Chase Brice C. Brice	61	736	1,227	60.0	9,451	7.7	154.9	73	36	138.5	5.9	2.9	72	419
4	Chevan Cordeiro C. Cordeiro	61	971	1,624	59.8	12,191	7.5	199.9	88	32	136.8	5.4	2.0	134	846
5	Sam Hartman S. Hartman	60	1,136	1,898	59.9	15,656	8.2	260.9	134	49	147.3	7.1	2.6	129	804
6	Garrett Gabriel G. Gabriel	60	357	663	53.8	5,638	8.5	94.0	47	32	139.0	7.1	4.8
7	Connor Bazelak C. Bazelak	58	1,151	1,828	63.0	12,349	6.8	212.9	66	39	127.4	3.6	2.1	102	756
8	Dequan Finn D. Finn	57	686	1,154	59.4	9,105	7.9	159.7	76	32	141.9	6.6	2.8	69	511
9	Emory Jones E. Jones	57	601	953	63.1	7,099	7.4	124.5	51	28	137.4	5.4	2.9	60	356
10	Levi Lewis L. Lewis	57	721	1,177	61.3	9,203	7.8	161.5	74	18	144.6	6.3	1.5	55	396
11	Case Keenum C. Keenum	57	1,546	2,229	69.4	19,217	8.6	337.1	155	46	160.6	7.0	2.1
12	Nate Mason N. Mason	57	16	44	36.4	239	5.4	4.2	3	3	90.9	6.8	6.8
13	Micale Cunningham M. Cunningham	56	692	1,105	62.6	9,663	8.7	172.6	70	29	151.7	6.3	2.6	99	528
14	Jalen Hurts J. Hurts	56	682	1,047	65.1	9,477	9.1	169.2	80	20	162.6	7.6	1.9	68	396
15	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	56	302	573	52.7	4,368	7.6	78.0	22	28	119.6	3.8	4.9
16	Kevin Sweeney K. Sweeney	56	731	1,336	54.7	10,623	8.0	189.7	66	48	130.6	4.9	3.6
17	Chuck Long C. Long	56	692	1,072	64.6	9,210	8.6	164.5	64	46	147.8	6.0	4.3
18	Carson Beck C. Beck	55	966	1,390	69.5	11,725	8.4	213.2	88	32	156.6	6.3	2.3	47	332
19	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	55	953	1,438	66.3	12,749	8.9	231.8	89	20	158.4	6.2	1.4	129	682
20	Johnny Langan J. Langan	55	98	184	53.3	1,043	5.7	19.0	8	10	104.4	4.3	5.4	22	121
21	Holton Ahlers H. Ahlers	55	1,127	1,857	60.7	13,936	7.5	253.4	97	37	137.0	5.2	2.0	104	707
22	Dakereon Joyner D. Joyner	55	29	42	69.0	430	10.2	7.8	2	0	170.8	4.8	0.0	3	19
23	Tim Tebow T. Tebow	55	661	995	66.4	9,285	9.3	168.8	88	16	170.8	8.8	1.6
24	Ramon Flanigan R. Flanigan	55	438	829	52.8	5,640	6.8	102.5	30	32	114.2	3.6	3.9
25	Neil Dougherty N. Dougherty	55	365	678	53.8	4,074	6.0	74.1	27	21	111.3	4.0	3.1

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More UCF Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

344

Barnett

RUSH

354

Watson

REC

119

Derry

Team Rankings

PPG

36.3

41st

OPP PPG

15.3

30th

RUSH YDS/G

197.5

41st

PASS YDS/G

158.0

159th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Oklahoma State	0-0	2-1
12	TCU	0-1	2-2
13	UCF	1-0	3-1
14	Arizona	0-1	2-1
15	Houston	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	UCF	@	HOU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UCF	@	OKST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BYU	@	UCF	1:00 PM
Fri 10/30	BAY	@	UCF	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	UCF	@	KU	1:00 PM

Last Game

TCU

2 - 2

Final

UCF

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,222

Chambliss

1,213

Craig

1,206

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.6

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.7

9.8

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

537.0

532.8

528.0

526.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	2	1	.667
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250