Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi had the most passing yards by a freshman in 2023, with 3,460 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi B. Fowler-Nicolosi	3,460	2023	CSU	12	292	470	62.1	7.4	288.3	22	16	132.6	4.7	3.4	12	75
2	Byrum Brown B. Brown	3,292	2023	USF	13	276	427	64.6	7.7	253.2	26	11	144.3	6.1	2.6	38	224
3	Rocco Becht R. Becht	3,120	2023	ISU	13	231	367	62.9	8.5	240.0	23	8	150.7	6.3	2.2	13	83
4	Jayden Maiava J. Maiava	3,083	2023	UNLV	14	225	354	63.6	8.7	220.2	17	10	146.9	4.8	2.8	11	64
5	Noah Fifita N. Fifita	2,869	2023	ARIZ	12	241	333	72.4	8.6	239.1	25	6	165.9	7.5	1.8	19	128
6	Jaylen Raynor J. Raynor	2,550	2023	ARST	11	166	285	58.2	8.9	231.8	17	7	148.2	6.0	2.5	23	149
7	Keyone Jenkins K. Jenkins	2,414	2023	FIU	11	194	332	58.4	7.3	219.5	11	11	123.8	3.3	3.3	36	240
8	Josh Hoover J. Hoover	2,206	2023	TCU	10	185	298	62.1	7.4	220.6	15	9	134.8	5.0	3.0	8	55
9	Anthony Colandrea A. Colandrea	1,958	2023	UVA	8	154	246	62.6	8.0	244.8	13	9	139.6	5.3	3.7	20	132
10	Fernando Mendoza F. Mendoza	1,728	2023	CAL	9	153	243	63.0	7.1	192.0	14	10	133.5	5.8	4.1	16	124
11	Dante Moore D. Moore	1,610	2023	UCLA	9	114	213	53.5	7.6	178.9	11	9	125.6	5.2	4.2	25	161
12	Brendan Sorsby B. Sorsby	1,587	2023	IND	10	135	237	57.0	6.7	158.7	15	5	129.9	6.3	2.1	17	156
13	Zeon Chriss-Gremillion Z. Chriss-Gremillion	1,222	2023	UL	8	102	153	66.7	8.0	152.8	11	5	150.9	7.2	3.3	8	56
14	Maddux Madsen M. Madsen	1,191	2023	BSU	9	81	132	61.4	9.0	132.3	9	3	155.1	6.8	2.3	6	39
15	Cardell Williams C. Williams	1,149	2023	TLSA	9	79	132	59.8	8.7	127.7	10	7	147.4	7.6	5.3	16	103
16	Katin Houser K. Houser	1,130	2023	MSU	11	112	191	58.6	5.9	102.7	6	5	113.5	3.1	2.6	15	106
17	McCae Hillstead M. Hillstead	1,062	2023	USU	8	94	158	59.5	6.7	132.8	11	8	128.8	7.0	5.1	18	101
18	Grayson Loftis G. Loftis	1,006	2023	DUKE	8	91	163	55.8	6.2	125.8	8	4	119.0	4.9	2.5	7	32
19	Kirk Francis K. Francis	967	2023	TLSA	4	68	121	56.2	8.0	241.8	6	3	134.7	5.0	2.5	5	37
20	Tayven Jackson T. Jackson	914	2023	IND	6	78	128	60.9	7.1	152.3	2	5	118.3	1.6	3.9	8	57
21	Ethan Vasko E. Vasko	779	2023	CCAR	8	76	122	62.3	6.4	97.4	7	1	133.2	5.7	0.8	5	25
22	Braedyn Locke B. Locke	777	2023	WIS	5	76	152	50.0	5.1	155.4	5	1	102.5	3.3	0.7	6	47
23	AJ Padgett	721	2023	RICE	6	71	117	60.7	6.2	120.2	8	6	124.8	6.8	5.1	11	75
24	Blake Murphy B. Murphy	721	2023	ULM	4	53	104	51.0	6.9	180.3	4	5	112.3	3.8	4.8	10	63
25	Treyson Bourguet T. Bourguet	713	2023	WMU	6	57	103	55.3	6.9	118.8	4	1	124.4	3.9	1.0	7	41