Scott Mitchell had the most passing yards in 1988, with 4,322 yards.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,322	1988	UTAH	11	323	533	60.6	8.1	392.9	29	15	141.0	5.4	2.8
2	Anthony Dilweg A. Dilweg	3,824	1988	DUKE	11	287	484	59.3	7.9	347.6	24	18	134.6	5.0	3.7
3	Chuck Hartlieb C. Hartlieb	3,310	1988	IOWA	12	258	409	63.1	8.1	275.8	14	9	138.0	3.4	2.2
4	Brent Snyder B. Snyder	3,218	1988	USU	11	246	447	55.0	7.2	292.5	19	21	120.1	4.3	4.7
5	Steve Walsh S. Walsh	3,115	1988	MIA	11	233	390	59.7	8.0	283.2	29	12	145.2	7.4	3.1
6	Erik Wilhelm E. Wilhelm	2,896	1988	ORST	11	275	442	62.2	6.6	263.3	18	9	126.6	4.1	2.0
7	Billy Joe Tolliver B. Joe Tolliver	2,869	1988	TTU	11	190	354	53.7	8.1	260.8	20	11	134.2	5.6	3.1
8	Timm Rosenbach T. Rosenbach	2,791	1988	WSU	11	199	302	65.9	9.2	253.7	23	10	162.0	7.6	3.3
9	Jeff Graham J. Graham	2,720	1988	LBS	12	226	398	56.8	6.8	226.7	13	18	115.9	3.3	4.5
10	Rodney Peete R. Peete	2,654	1988	USC	11	208	338	61.5	7.9	241.3	18	10	139.2	5.3	3.0
11	Randy Welniak R. Welniak	2,627	1988	WYO	12	184	324	56.8	8.1	218.9	21	9	140.7	6.5	2.8
12	Sean Covey S. Covey	2,607	1988	BYU	12	174	319	54.5	8.2	217.3	13	10	130.4	4.1	3.1
13	Jay Gruden J. Gruden	2,605	1988	LOU	11	224	382	58.6	6.8	236.8	17	18	121.2	4.5	4.7
14	Troy Aikman T. Aikman	2,599	1988	UCLA	11	209	327	63.9	7.9	236.3	23	8	149.0	7.0	2.4
15	Eric Jones E. Jones	2,548	1988	VAN	11	196	360	54.4	7.1	231.6	11	14	116.2	3.1	3.9
16	Ken Lutz K. Lutz	2,547	1988	SJSU	12	199	321	62.0	7.9	212.3	16	19	133.3	5.0	5.9
17	Pat Hegarty P. Hegarty	2,529	1988	UTEP	12	181	330	54.8	7.7	210.8	17	9	130.8	5.2	2.7
18	Andre Ware A. Ware	2,507	1988	HOU	11	212	356	59.6	7.0	227.9	25	8	137.4	7.0	2.2
19	T.J. Rubley	2,497	1988	TLSA	11	182	374	48.7	6.7	227.0	17	20	109.1	4.5	5.3
20	Tony Kimbrough T. Kimbrough	2,465	1988	WMU	11	186	324	57.4	7.6	224.1	19	14	132.0	5.9	4.3
21	Troy Taylor T. Taylor	2,416	1988	CAL	11	202	330	61.2	7.3	219.6	16	14	130.2	4.8	4.2
22	Terrence Jones T. Jones	2,305	1988	TULN	11	162	329	49.2	7.0	209.5	15	18	112.2	4.6	5.5
23	Brett Favre B. Favre	2,271	1988	USM	11	178	319	55.8	7.1	206.5	16	5	129.0	5.0	1.6
24	Warren Jones W. Jones	2,268	1988	HAW	12	138	259	53.3	8.8	189.0	19	11	142.6	7.3	4.2
25	Jeff George J. George	2,257	1988	ILL	11	212	366	57.9	6.2	205.2	9	8	113.5	2.5	2.2