Steve Young had the most passing yards in 1983, with 3,902 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Steve Young S. Young	3,902	1983	BYU	11	306	429	71.3	9.1	354.7	33	10	168.5	7.7	2.3
2	Terry Nugent T. Nugent	3,319	1983	CSU	12	275	433	63.5	7.7	276.6	12	20	127.8	2.8	4.6
3	Brian McClure B. McClure	3,264	1983	BGSU	11	298	466	63.9	7.0	296.7	16	16	127.2	3.4	3.4
4	Kurt Page K. Page	3,178	1983	VAN	11	286	493	58.0	6.4	288.9	14	29	109.8	2.8	5.9
5	Ben Bennett B. Bennett	3,086	1983	DUKE	11	300	469	64.0	6.6	280.5	17	12	126.1	3.6	2.6
6	Frank Seurer F. Seurer	2,789	1983	KU	11	187	353	53.0	7.9	253.5	14	19	121.7	4.0	5.4
7	Gale Gilbert G. Gilbert	2,769	1983	CAL	11	216	365	59.2	7.6	251.7	13	17	125.3	3.6	4.7
8	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	2,724	1983	BC	11	177	345	51.3	7.9	247.6	17	15	125.2	4.9	4.3
9	David Archer D. Archer	2,639	1983	ISU	11	234	403	58.1	6.5	239.9	18	12	121.9	4.5	3.0
10	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	2,545	1983	UNLV	11	189	316	59.8	8.1	231.4	18	8	141.2	5.7	2.5
11	Jeff Wickersham J. Wickersham	2,542	1983	LSU	11	193	337	57.3	7.5	231.1	7	17	117.4	2.1	5.0
12	Mark McKay M. McKay	2,490	1983	SDSU	12	187	337	55.5	7.4	207.5	13	20	118.4	3.9	5.9
13	Raphel Cherry R. Cherry	2,478	1983	HAW	11	170	299	56.9	8.3	225.3	18	15	136.3	6.0	5.0
14	Tom Tunnicliffe T. Tunnicliffe	2,474	1983	ARIZ	11	185	351	52.7	7.0	224.9	11	16	113.1	3.1	4.6
15	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	2,446	1983	ILL	11	203	324	62.7	7.5	222.4	18	13	136.4	5.6	4.0
16	Chuck Long C. Long	2,434	1983	IOWA	11	144	236	61.0	10.3	221.3	14	8	160.4	5.9	3.4
17	Todd Hons T. Hons	2,394	1983	ASU	11	199	324	61.4	7.4	217.6	14	13	129.7	4.3	4.0
18	Neil Britt N. Britt	2,377	1983	BALL	11	206	348	59.2	6.8	216.1	13	25	114.5	3.7	7.2
19	Kevin Sweeney K. Sweeney	2,359	1983	FRES	11	166	334	49.7	7.1	214.5	16	19	113.5	4.8	5.7
20	Randy Wright R. Wright	2,329	1983	WIS	11	173	323	53.6	7.2	211.7	19	18	122.4	5.9	5.6
21	Bernie Kosar B. Kosar	2,329	1983	MIA	11	201	327	61.5	7.1	211.7	15	13	128.5	4.6	4.0
22	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	2,322	1983	MD	10	163	294	55.4	7.9	232.2	15	8	133.2	5.1	2.7
23	Donny Harrison D. Harrison	2,309	1983	OHIO	11	203	357	56.9	6.5	209.9	10	16	111.5	2.8	4.5
24	Steve Bradley S. Bradley	2,298	1983	IND	11	182	355	51.3	6.5	208.9	14	17	109.1	3.9	4.8
25	Gary Schofield G. Schofield	2,253	1983	WAKE	11	187	333	56.2	6.8	204.8	16	15	119.8	4.8	4.5