List of NCAA Division I FBS passing yards leaders

The following are a lists of the football quarterbacks in NCAA Division I FBS ranked in the top 30 for passing yards in a career, single season, or single game. Note that per NCAA rules, stats from bowl games prior to 2002 are not included in these lists.^[1]

Division I FBS[]

Career Leaders
#	Player	Yards	School & Seasons
1	Case Keenum	19,217	Houston 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2	Timmy Chang	17,072	Hawaii 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
3	Landry Jones	16,646	Oklahoma 2009 2010 2011 2012
4	Graham Harrell	15,793	Texas Tech 2005 2006 2007 2008
5	Ty Detmer	15,031	BYU 1988 1989 1990 1991
6	Kellen Moore	14,667	Boise State 2008 2009 2010 2011
7	Baker Mayfield	14,607	Texas Tech 2013	Oklahoma 2015 2016 2017
8	Luke Falk	14,486	Washington State 2014 2015 2016 2017
9	Colt Brennan	14,193	Hawaii 2005 2006 2007
10	Rakeem Cato	14,079	Marshall 2011 2012 2013 2014
11	Mason Rudolph	13,618	Oklahoma State 2014 2015 2016 2017
12	Sean Mannion	13,600	Oregon State 2011 2012 2013 2014
13	Brett Rypien	13,581	Boise State 2015 2016 2017 2018
14	Philip Rivers	13,484	NC State 2000 2001 2002 2003
15	Corey Robinson	13,477	Troy 2010 2011 2012 2013
16	Colt McCoy	13,253	Texas 2006 2007 2008 2009
17	Aaron Murray	13,166	Georgia 2010 2011 2012 2013
18	Kevin Kolb	12,964	Houston 2003 2004 2005 2006
19	Dan LeFevour	12,905	Central Michigan 2006 2007 2008 2009
20	Cooper Rush	12,894	Central Michigan 2013 2014 2015 2016
21	Brandon Doughty	12,855	Western Kentucky 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
22	Derek Carr	12,842	Fresno State 2009 2011 2012 2013
23	Tim Rattay	12,746	Louisiana Tech 1997 1998 1999
24	Ryan Lindley	12,690	San Diego State 2008 2009 2010 2011
25	Luke McCown	12,666	Louisiana Tech 2000 2001 2002 2003
26	Chris Redman	12,541	Louisville 1996 1997 1998 1999
27	Chase Daniel	12,515	Missouri 2005 2006 2007 2008
28	Mason Fine	12,505	North Texas 2016 2017 2018 2019
29	Brent Stockstill	12,483	Middle Tennessee 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
30	Trevor Vittatoe	12,439	UTEP 2007 2008 2009 2010

Single Season Leaders
#	Player	Yards	School & Season
1	Bailey Zappe	5,967	Western Kentucky
2	B. J. Symons	5,833	Texas Tech 2003
3	Graham Harrell	5,705	Texas Tech 2007
4	Case Keenum	5,671	Houston 2008
4	Joe Burrow	5,671	LSU 2019
6	Case Keenum	5,631	Houston 2011
7	Anthony Gordon	5,579	Washington State 2019
8	Colt Brennan	5,549	Hawaii 2006
9	Ty Detmer	5,188	BYU 1990
10	David Klingler	5,140	Houston 1990
11	Graham Harrell	5,111	Texas Tech 2008
12	Derek Carr	5,082	Fresno State
13	Paul Smith	5,065	Tulsa 2007
14	Brandon Doughty	5,055	Western Kentucky 2015
15	Patrick Mahomes	5,052	Texas Tech 2016
16	Bryant Moniz	5,040	Hawaii
17	Case Keenum	5,020	Houston 2008
18	Kliff Kingsbury	5,017	Texas Tech 2002
19	Matt Johnson	4,946	Bowling Green 2015
20	Tim Rattay	4,943	Louisiana Tech 1998
21	Mason Rudolph	4,904	Oklahoma State 2017
22	Bryce Young	4,872	Alabama 2021
23	Dwayne Haskins	4,831	Ohio State 2018
24	Brandon Doughty	4,830	Western Kentucky 2014
25	Gardner Minshew	4,779	Washington State 2018
26	Sonny Cumbie	4,742	Texas Tech 2004
27	Will Rogers	4,739	Mississippi State 2021
28	Shane Carden	4,735	East Carolina 2014
29	Brandon Weeden	4,727	Oklahoma State 2011
30	Sam Bradford	4,720	Oklahoma 2008

Single Game Leaders
#	Player	Yards	School & Date
1	Connor Halliday	734	Washington State Oct. 4, 2014 – California
1	Patrick Mahomes	734	Texas Tech Oct. 22, 2016 – Oklahoma
3	David Klingler	716	Houston Dec. 2, 1990 – Arizona State
4	Matt Vogler	690	TCU Nov. 3, 1990 – Houston
5	B. J. Symons	661	Texas Tech Sept. 27, 2003 – Ole Miss
6	Geno Smith	656	West Virginia Sept. 29, 2012 – Baylor
7	Graham Harrell	646	Texas Tech Sept. 22, 2008 – Oklahoma State
8	Cody Hodges	643	Texas Tech Oct. 15, 2005 – Kansas State
9	Brian Lindgren	637	Idaho Oct. 6, 2001 – Middle Tennessee
10	Scott Mitchell	631	Utah Oct. 15, 1988 – Air Force
11	K. J. Costello	623	Mississippi State Sept. 26, 2020 – LSU
12	Jeremy Leach	622	New Mexico Nov. 11, 1989 – Utah
13	Dave Wilson	621	Illinois Nov. 8, 1980 – Ohio State
14	John Walsh	619	BYU Oct. 30, 1993 – Utah State
15	Jimmy Klingler	613	Houston Nov. 28, 1992 – Rice
16	David Neill	611	Nevada Oct. 10, 1998 – New Mexico State
17	Anthony Gordon	606	Washington State Nov. 23, 2019 – Oregon State
18	Alan Bowman	605	Texas Tech Sept. 15, 2018 – Houston
19	Luke Falk	601	Washington State Nov. 22, 2014 – Arizona State
	Daniel Meager	601	North Texas Sept. 7, 2007 – SMU
	Dillon Gabriel	601	UCF Oct. 17, 2020 – Memphis
22	Ty Detmer	599	BYU Nov. 16, 1991 – San Diego State
23	Patrick Mahomes	598	Texas Tech Nov. 29, 2014 – Baylor
23	Baker Mayfield	598	Oklahoma Nov. 4, 2017 – Oklahoma State
25	Drew Anderson	597	Buffalo Oct. 7, 2017 – Western Michigan
26	Brandon Doughty	593	Western Kentucky Sept. 13, 2014 – Middle Tennessee
27	Chris Redman	592	Louisville Nov. 14, 1998 – East Carolina
28	Nick Mullens	591	Southern Miss Oct. 1, 2016 – East Carolina
29	Tim Rattay	590	Louisiana Tech Aug 29, 1998 – Nebraska
30	Blake Frohnapfel	589	UMass Sept. 27, 2014 – Bowling Green

References[]

^ "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN.com. AP. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-11.

"Career Leaders and Records for Passing Yards" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

[1] "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN.com. AP. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-09-11.

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