most passing yards by a freshman season all-time

Grant Wells has the most career passing yards by a freshman, with 5,626 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Grant Wells G. Wells	5,626	24	460	714	64.4	7.9	234.4	34	22	140.2	4.8	3.1	26	178
2	Drew Mestemaker D. Mestemaker	4,841	19	349	509	68.6	9.5	254.8	36	11	167.5	7.1	2.2	22	158
3	C.J. Stroud	4,435	14	317	441	71.9	10.1	316.8	44	6	186.6	10.0	1.4	13	103
4	Drake Maye D. Maye	4,410	19	349	527	66.2	8.4	232.1	39	7	158.3	7.4	1.3	41	208
5	Michael Pratt M. Pratt	4,187	21	329	582	56.5	7.2	199.4	41	16	134.7	7.0	2.7	60	367
6	Jameis Winston J. Winston	4,057	14	257	384	66.9	10.6	289.8	40	10	184.8	10.4	2.6	27	188
7	Brent Stockstill B. Stockstill	4,046	14	329	493	66.7	8.2	289.0	30	10	151.7	6.1	2.0	17	168
8	Anu Solomon A. Solomon	3,793	14	313	540	58.0	7.0	270.9	28	9	130.7	5.2	1.7	38	227
9	Byrum Brown B. Brown	3,696	17	312	477	65.4	7.7	217.4	31	12	146.9	6.5	2.5	42	248
10	Micah Alejado M. Alejado	3,691	15	334	500	66.8	7.4	246.1	30	9	145.0	6.0	1.8	28	174
11	Josh Rosen J. Rosen	3,668	13	292	487	60.0	7.5	282.2	23	11	134.3	4.7	2.3	15	118
12	Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi B. Fowler-Nicolosi	3,654	15	309	507	60.9	7.2	243.6	23	18	129.4	4.5	3.6	14	94
13	Dillon Gabriel D. Gabriel	3,653	13	236	398	59.3	9.2	281.0	29	7	156.9	7.3	1.8	22	123
14	Sam Howell S. Howell	3,641	13	259	422	61.4	8.6	280.1	38	7	160.2	9.0	1.7	36	224
15	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,508	12	320	531	60.3	6.6	292.3	18	10	123.2	3.4	1.9	30	183
16	Kedon Slovis K. Slovis	3,502	12	282	392	71.9	8.9	291.8	30	9	167.6	7.7	2.3	23	138
17	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele J. Sagapolutele	3,460	13	316	492	64.2	7.0	266.2	18	9	131.7	3.7	1.8	30	232
18	Daniel Richardson D. Richardson	3,403	20	256	419	61.1	8.1	170.2	28	8	147.6	6.7	1.9	16	124
19	Kadin Semonza K. Semonza	3,384	16	325	509	63.9	6.6	211.5	28	15	132.0	5.5	2.9	39	277
20	Tanner Mangum T. Mangum	3,377	13	267	446	59.9	7.6	259.8	23	10	136.0	5.2	2.2	30	190
21	Dylan Morris D. Morris	3,355	15	287	473	60.7	7.1	223.7	18	15	126.5	3.8	3.2	22	127
22	Deondre Francois D. Francois	3,350	13	235	400	58.8	8.4	257.7	20	7	142.1	5.0	1.8	34	289
23	Brett Rypien B. Rypien	3,350	11	272	428	63.6	7.8	304.5	20	8	141.0	4.7	1.9	19	124
24	Jeff Sims J. Sims	3,349	18	254	445	57.1	7.5	186.1	25	20	129.8	5.6	4.5	32	219
25	Brad Jackson B. Jackson	3,341	16	259	367	70.6	9.1	208.8	22	7	163.0	6.0	1.9	27	146

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,041

Del Rio-Wilson

RUSH

230

Barbie

REC

324

Turner-Bradshaw

Team Rankings

PPG

22.0

119th

OPP PPG

33.7

141st

RUSH YDS/G

158.7

75th

PASS YDS/G

247.8

58th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Appalachian State	0-1	3-2
11	Southern Miss	0-1	1-4
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0-1	0-5
13	Marshall	0-2	3-3
14	Arkansas State	0-2	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	USA	@	MRSH	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	MRSH	@	ODU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MRSH	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	APP	@	MRSH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	GAST	@	MRSH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Coastal Carolina

2 - 4

Final

Marshall

3 - 3

Sat 10 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	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	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

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/19	NCST	@	VAN	31-35
Sat 9/19	M-OH	@	CIN	31-35
Sat 9/19	UK	@	TXAM	31-21
Sat 9/19	CONN	@	USM	48-20
Sat 9/19	GAST	@	UCF	30-44

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/14	KENN	@	MOSU	7:30 PM
Wed 10/14	WKU	@	SHSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/15	ECU	@	UAB	7:30 PM
Thu 10/15	GASO	@	ODU	7:30 PM
Thu 10/15	CSU	@	TXST	8:00 PM

Grant Wells has the most career passing yards by a freshman, with 5,626 yards.

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