who led college football in passing yards in 2014

Brandon Doughty had the most passing yards in 2014, with 4,830 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brandon Doughty B. Doughty	4,830	2014	WKU	13	375	552	67.9	8.8	371.5	49	10	167.1	8.9	1.8	19	127
2	Shane Carden S. Carden	4,736	2014	ECU	13	392	617	63.5	7.7	364.3	30	10	140.8	4.9	1.6	32	232
3	Marcus Mariota M. Mariota	4,454	2014	ORE	15	304	445	68.3	10.0	296.9	42	4	181.7	9.4	0.9	31	175
4	Garrett Grayson G. Grayson	4,006	2014	CSU	13	270	420	64.3	9.5	308.2	32	7	166.2	7.6	1.7	27	185
5	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,973	2014	CAL	12	316	509	62.1	7.8	331.1	35	7	147.6	6.9	1.4	26	199
6	Jameis Winston J. Winston	3,907	2014	FSU	13	305	467	65.3	8.4	300.5	25	18	145.5	5.4	3.9	17	142
7	Rakeem Cato R. Cato	3,903	2014	MRSH	14	267	451	59.2	8.7	278.8	40	13	155.4	8.9	2.9	22	125
8	Trevone Boykin T. Boykin	3,901	2014	TCU	13	301	492	61.2	7.9	300.1	33	10	145.9	6.7	2.0	23	122
9	Connor Halliday C. Halliday	3,873	2014	WSU	9	354	526	67.3	7.4	430.3	32	11	145.0	6.1	2.1	19	163
10	Bryce Petty B. Petty	3,855	2014	BAY	12	270	428	63.1	9.0	321.3	29	7	157.8	6.8	1.6	24	154
11	Cody Kessler C. Kessler	3,826	2014	USC	13	315	452	69.7	8.5	294.3	39	5	167.1	8.6	1.1	32	228
12	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	3,793	2014	ARIZ	14	313	540	58.0	7.0	270.9	28	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
13	Grant Hedrick G. Hedrick	3,696	2014	BSU	14	294	415	70.8	8.9	264.0	23	14	157.2	5.5	3.4	26	175
14	Dylan Thompson D. Thompson	3,574	2014	SC	13	270	451	59.9	7.9	274.9	26	11	140.6	5.8	2.4	24	190
15	Jake Waters J. Waters	3,501	2014	KSU	13	262	397	66.0	8.8	269.3	22	7	154.8	5.5	1.8	31	178
16	Blake Sims B. Sims	3,487	2014	ALA	14	252	391	64.5	8.9	249.1	28	10	157.9	7.2	2.6	13	88
17	Taylor Heinicke T. Heinicke	3,476	2014	ODU	12	289	457	63.2	7.6	289.7	30	16	141.8	6.6	3.5	28	232
18	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	3,449	2014	MSST	13	244	396	61.6	8.7	265.3	27	11	151.7	6.8	2.8	21	121
19	Everett Golson E. Golson	3,445	2014	ND	13	256	427	60.0	8.1	265.0	29	14	143.6	6.8	3.3	27	188
20	Zach Terrell Z. Terrell	3,443	2014	WMU	13	250	368	67.9	9.4	264.8	26	10	164.4	7.1	2.7	22	131
21	Cody Sokol C. Sokol	3,436	2014	LT	14	260	448	58.0	7.7	245.4	30	13	138.8	6.7	2.9	19	122
22	Blake Frohnapfel B. Frohnapfel	3,345	2014	MASS	10	241	437	55.1	7.7	334.5	23	10	132.2	5.3	2.3	22	157
23	Nick Arbuckle N. Arbuckle	3,285	2014	GAST	12	259	429	60.4	7.7	273.8	23	17	134.5	5.4	4.0	30	167
24	Clint Trickett C. Trickett	3,285	2014	WVU	11	281	419	67.1	7.8	298.6	18	10	142.3	4.3	2.4	27	184
25	Andrew Hendrix A. Hendrix	3,280	2014	M-OH	12	222	458	48.5	7.2	273.3	23	9	121.3	5.0	2.0	43	313

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Team Leaders

PASS

857

Tisdale

RUSH

346

Allen

REC

369

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

120th

OPP PPG

30.6

130th

RUSH YDS/G

136.0

112th

PASS YDS/G

217.6

97th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Jacksonville State	3-0	5-2
2	Liberty	2-0	5-1
3	Western Kentucky	2-1	3-4
4	Florida International	1-1	3-3
5	Middle Tennessee	1-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WKU	@	LIB	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	KENN	@	WKU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

3 - 4

Final

Sam Houston

1 - 5

Wed 14 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333