The NCAA Division I FBS passing leaders are career, single-season, and single-game passing leaders in yards, touchdowns, efficiency, completions, completion percentage, and interception percentage.[1] These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] This affects many players from before that time period. For example, Ty Detmer would have 16,206 yards and 127 touchdowns if bowl games were included in his career statistics, moving him up one rank on both.
In recent decades, starting with the Southeastern Conference in 1992, FBS conferences have introduced their own championship games, which have always counted fully toward single-season and career statistics.
The NCAA ruled that the 2020 season, heavily disrupted by COVID-19, would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player. This gave every player active in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.
Case Keenum is the career record holder in completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns.
Only seasons in which a team was considered to be a part of the Football Bowl Subdivision are included in these lists. Players such as Taylor Heinicke and Chad Pennington played for teams who reclassified to the FBS during their careers, and only their stats from the FBS years are eligible for inclusion. Similarly, players such as Vernon Adams and Bailey Zappe finished their careers by transferring to an FBS school, but their earlier seasons are not counted.
Quarters and halves are not counted, per se, but for good measure, Andre Ware of Houston is the leader of those periods with 340 yards/5 touchdowns and 517 yards/6 touchdowns, respectively. Ware is also the only passer atop the leaderboards to collect the Heisman Trophy or the Davey O'Brien Award.
All records are current as of Week 4 of the 2023 season. The lists may or may not be up-to-date for 2023 until the season is complete.
The career leader in passing yards is Houston's Case Keenum. He is the only player to amass three 5,000+ yards seasons. Keenum was granted a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Houston's third game in 2010, but he would still top the list by over 1,500 yards if 2010 were not included. Keenum passed Hawaii's Timmy Chang, who also received a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Hawaii's third game in 2001. Chang broke the record previously held by BYU's Ty Detmer, who shattered a record previously held by San Diego State's Todd Santos, who finished his career in 1987 and is no longer in the top 50.
The single-season leader in passing yards is Bailey Zappe, who transferred to Western Kentucky for his final year of eligibility after starting his career at FCS Houston Baptist (now Houston Christian). He broke a record that had stood for 18 years from Texas Tech's B. J. Symons. Prior to Symons, the record had been held by Detmer, who edged out Houston's David Klingler in 1990.
The first player to pass for 600 yards in a single game was Illinois' Dave Wilson, whose record stood for eight years. The 700-yard barrier was first breached in 1990 by David Klingler. The current single-game record of 734 is shared by Connor Halliday and Patrick Mahomes.
The holders of the career and single-season passing yards records, Case Keenum and Bailey Zappe also hold the records for passing touchdowns. The single-game record holder is Houston's David Klingler, who threw for 11 touchdowns in a 1990 game against Eastern Washington.
Passing efficiency is a measure of quarterback performance based on the following formula:
Only passing statistics are included in the formula. Any yards or touchdowns gained rushing or by any other method are not a factor in the formula, and neither are fumbles. Players tend to rank highly on the list when they have a high completion percentage, high yards per completion, and many touchdowns to few interceptions. The career leader (with a minimum of 350 completions) in effiency is Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa. All of the top 10 in single-season efficiency have come since 2016, with Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina breaking the record in 2021.
The NCAA does not recognize a single-game leaderboard in passing efficiency, and detailed box scores do not exist for every year going back to the beginning of college football, but the single-game record holder is Cincinnati's Gunner Kiel, who was 15-for-15 for 319 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 2015 game against UCF.[3]
Tua Tagovailoa is the most efficient passer in FBS history.
Case Keenum also holds the career record for completions. The single season record is held by Texas Tech's Graham Harrell. In fact, 13 of the top 17 performances on the single-season list were by quarterbacks who played under head coach Mike Leach.
Mac Jones holds the career and single-season records in completion percentage.
Alabama's Mac Jones holds the NCAA record for completion percentage, with 413 completions on 556 attempts. This is over 1.5 percentage points higher than the second place on the list, Northwestern's Dan Persa. The highest completion percentage among quarterbacks with over 1,000 career attempts is the 70.39% of Hawaii's Colt Brennan.
Jones also holds the single-season record, having broken the previous record set by Texas's Colt McCoy. At the end of the 20th century, the single season record was held by Daunte Culpepper, and while he is still 6th on the list, 28 of the top 30 spots are from 21st century players (compared to all 30 on the career list being 21st century players).
The NCAA doesn't recognize a full list for single games, but top performances include:
With a minimum of 500 passing attempts, Northern Illinois's Drew Hare is the only quarterback in FBS history with fewer than 1% of his passes intercepted. Before Hare, the record had been held by Baylor's Bryce Petty and before that, Fresno State's Billy Volek. The lowest interception percentage among quarterbacks with over 1,000 career attempts is 1.20% by Oregon's Marcus Mariota.
On the single-season list, 28 of the top 30 are 21st century players, though the list is topped by Virginia's Matt Blundin, who is the only player ever to have 20 passing attempts per game without throwing a single interception.
The single-game record is 0%, which is accomplished hundreds of times every season. However the quarterback with the most single-game attempts without throwing an interception is Houston's David Piland, who attempted 77 passes in a 2012 game against Louisiana Tech without any interceptions.
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The NCAA Division I FBS passing leaders are career single season and single game passing leaders in yards touchdowns efficiency completions completion percentage and interception percentage 1 These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons Since 1955 seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length The NCAA didn t allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 with the exception of the World War II years allowing players to have four year careers Bowl games only began counting toward single season and career statistics in 2002 2 This affects many players from before that time period For example Ty Detmer would have 16 206 yards and 127 touchdowns if bowl games were included in his career statistics moving him up one rank on both In recent decades starting with the Southeastern Conference in 1992 FBS conferences have introduced their own championship games which have always counted fully toward single season and career statistics The NCAA ruled that the 2020 season heavily disrupted by COVID 19 would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player This gave every player active in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four Case Keenum is the career record holder in completions passing yards and passing touchdowns Only seasons in which a team was considered to be a part of the Football Bowl Subdivision are included in these lists Players such as Taylor Heinicke and Chad Pennington played for teams who reclassified to the FBS during their careers and only their stats from the FBS years are eligible for inclusion Similarly players such as Vernon Adams and Bailey Zappe finished their careers by transferring to an FBS school but their earlier seasons are not counted Quarters and halves are not counted per se but for good measure Andre Ware of Houston is the leader of those periods with 340 yards 5 touchdowns and 517 yards 6 touchdowns respectively Ware is also the only passer atop the leaderboards to collect the Heisman Trophy or the Davey O Brien Award All records are current as of Week 4 of the 2023 season The lists may or may not be up to date for 2023 until the season is complete Contents 1 Passing yards 2 Passing touchdowns 3 Efficiency 4 Completions 5 Completion percentage 6 Interception percentage 7 ReferencesPassing yards editThe career leader in passing yards is Houston s Case Keenum He is the only player to amass three 5 000 yards seasons Keenum was granted a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Houston s third game in 2010 but he would still top the list by over 1 500 yards if 2010 were not included Keenum passed Hawaii s Timmy Chang who also received a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Hawaii s third game in 2001 Chang broke the record previously held by BYU s Ty Detmer who shattered a record previously held by San Diego State s Todd Santos who finished his career in 1987 and is no longer in the top 50 The single season leader in passing yards is Bailey Zappe who transferred to Western Kentucky for his final year of eligibility after starting his career at FCS Houston Baptist now Houston Christian He broke a record that had stood for 18 years from Texas Tech s B J Symons Prior to Symons the record had been held by Detmer who edged out Houston s David Klingler in 1990 The first player to pass for 600 yards in a single game was Illinois Dave Wilson whose record stood for eight years The 700 yard barrier was first breached in 1990 by David Klingler The current single game record of 734 is shared by Connor Halliday and Patrick Mahomes Career Player Y Years School1 Case Keenum 19 217 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston2 Timmy Chang 17 072 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Hawaii3 Landry Jones 16 646 2009 2010 2011 2012 Oklahoma4 Graham Harrell 15 793 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech5 Ty Detmer 15 031 1988 1989 1990 1991 BYU6 Kellen Moore 14 667 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State7 Baker Mayfield 14 607 2013 2015 2016 2017 Texas Tech Oklahoma8 Luke Falk 14 486 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State9 Sam Hartman 14 203 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Wake Forest Notre Dame10 Colt Brennan 14 193 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii11 Rakeem Cato 14 079 2011 2012 2013 2014 Marshall12 Holton Ahlers 13 927 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 East Carolina13 Mason Rudolph 13 618 2014 2015 2016 2017 Oklahoma State14 Sean Mannion 13 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 Oregon State15 Brett Rypien 13 581 2015 2016 2017 2018 Boise State16 Philip Rivers 13 484 2000 2001 2002 2003 NC State17 Corey Robinson 13 477 2010 2011 2012 2013 Troy18 Colt McCoy 13 253 2006 2007 2008 2009 Texas19 Aaron Murray 13 166 2010 2011 2012 2013 Georgia20 Kevin Kolb 12 964 2003 2004 2005 2006 Houston21 Dan LeFevour 12 905 2006 2007 2008 2009 Central Michigan22 Cooper Rush 12 894 2013 2014 2015 2016 Central Michigan23 Brandon Doughty 12 855 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Western Kentucky24 Derek Carr 12 842 2009 2011 2012 2013 Fresno State25 Tim Rattay 12 746 1997 1998 1999 Louisiana Tech26 Ryan Lindley 12 690 2008 2009 2010 2011 San Diego State27 Luke McCown 12 666 2000 2001 2002 2003 Louisiana Tech28 Chris Redman 12 541 1996 1997 1998 1999 Louisville29 Chase Daniel 12 515 2005 2006 2007 2008 Missouri30 Mason Fine 12 505 2016 2017 2018 2019 North Texas Single Season Player Y Year School1 Bailey Zappe 5 967 2021 Western Kentucky2 B J Symons 5 833 2003 Texas Tech3 Graham Harrell 5 705 2007 Texas Tech4 Case Keenum 5 671 2009 HoustonJoe Burrow 5 671 2019 LSU6 Case Keenum 5 631 2011 Houston7 Anthony Gordon 5 579 2019 Washington State8 Colt Brennan 5 549 2006 Hawaii9 Ty Detmer 5 188 1990 BYU10 David Klingler 5 140 1990 Houston11 Graham Harrell 5 111 2008 Texas Tech12 Derek Carr 5 082 2013 Fresno State13 Paul Smith 5 065 2007 Tulsa14 Brandon Doughty 5 055 2015 Western Kentucky15 Patrick Mahomes 5 052 2016 Texas Tech16 Bryant Moniz 5 040 2010 Hawaii17 Case Keenum 5 020 2008 Houston18 Kliff Kingsbury 5 017 2002 Texas Tech19 Matt Johnson 4 946 2015 Bowling Green20 Tim Rattay 4 943 1998 Louisiana Tech21 Mason Rudolph 4 904 2017 Oklahoma State22 Bryce Young 4 872 2021 Alabama23 Dwayne Haskins 4 831 2018 Ohio State24 Brandon Doughty 4 830 2014 Western Kentucky25 Gardner Minshew 4 779 2018 Washington State26 Austin Reed 4 744 2022 Western Kentucky27 Sonny Cumbie 4 742 2004 Texas Tech28 Will Rogers 4 739 2021 Mississippi State29 Shane Carden 4 735 2014 East Carolina30 Brandon Weeden 4 727 2011 Oklahoma State Single Game Player Y Date School1 Connor Halliday 734 Oct 4 2014 Washington StatePatrick Mahomes 734 Oct 22 2016 Texas Tech3 David Klingler 716 Dec 2 1990 Houston4 Matt Vogler 690 Nov 3 1990 TCU5 B J Symons 661 Sep 27 2003 Texas Tech6 Geno Smith 656 Sep 29 2012 West Virginia7 Graham Harrell 646 Sep 22 2008 Texas Tech8 Cody Hodges 643 Oct 15 2005 Texas Tech9 Brian Lindgren 637 Oct 6 2001 Idaho10 Scott Mitchell 631 Oct 15 1988 Utah11 K J Costello 623 Sep 26 2020 Mississippi State12 Jeremy Leach 622 Nov 11 1989 New Mexico13 Dave Wilson 621 Nov 8 1980 Illinois14 John Walsh 619 Oct 30 1993 BYU15 Jimmy Klingler 613 Nov 28 1992 Houston16 David Neill 611 Oct 10 1998 Nevada17 Anthony Gordon 606 Nov 23 2019 Washington State18 Alan Bowman 605 Sep 15 2018 Texas Tech19 Luke Falk 601 Nov 22 2014 Washington StateDaniel Meager 601 Sep 7 2007 North TexasDillon Gabriel 601 Oct 17 2020 UCF22 Ty Detmer 599 Nov 16 1991 BYU23 Patrick Mahomes 598 Nov 29 2014 Texas TechBaker Mayfield 598 Nov 4 2017 Oklahoma25 Drew Anderson 597 Oct 7 2017 Buffalo26 Brandon Doughty 593 Sep 13 2014 Western Kentucky27 Chris Redman 592 Nov 14 1998 Louisville28 Nick Mullens 591 Oct 1 2016 Southern Miss29 Tim Rattay 590 Aug 26 1998 Louisiana Tech30 Blake Frohnapfel 589 Sep 27 2014 UMassPassing touchdowns editThe holders of the career and single season passing yards records Case Keenum and Bailey Zappe also hold the records for passing touchdowns The single game record holder is Houston s David Klingler who threw for 11 touchdowns in a 1990 game against Eastern Washington Career Player TDs Years School1 Case Keenum 155 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston2 Kellen Moore 142 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State3 Graham Harrell 134 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech4 Colt Brennan 131 2005 2006 2007 HawaiiRakeem Cato 131 2011 2012 2013 2014 MarshallBaker Mayfield 131 2013 2015 2016 2017 Texas Tech Oklahoma7 Sam Hartman 124 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Wake Forest Notre Dame8 Landry Jones 123 2009 2010 2011 2012 Oklahoma9 Ty Detmer 121 1988 1989 1990 1991 BYUAaron Murray 121 2010 2011 2012 2013 Georgia11 Luke Falk 119 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State12 Timmy Chang 117 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Hawaii13 Matt Barkley 116 2009 2010 2011 2012 USC14 Tim Rattay 115 1997 1998 1999 Louisiana Tech15 Danny Wuerffel 114 1993 1994 1995 1996 Florida16 Derek Carr 113 2009 2011 2012 2013 Fresno State17 Colt McCoy 112 2006 2007 2008 2009 Texas18 Brandon Doughty 111 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Western Kentucky19 Russell Wilson 109 2008 2009 2010 2011 NC State Wisconsin20 Tajh Boyd 107 2010 2011 2012 2013 ClemsonDillon Gabriel 107 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 UCF Oklahoma22 Brent Stockstill 106 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Middle Tennessee23 Marcus Mariota 105 2012 2013 2014 Oregon24 J T Barrett 104 2014 2015 2016 2017 Ohio StateClayton Tune 104 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Houston26 Dan LeFevour 102 2006 2007 2008 2009 Central Michigan27 Chase Daniel 101 2005 2006 2007 2008 Missouri28 Chad Pennington 100 1997 1998 1999 Marshall29 Matt Leinart 99 2003 2004 2005 USCChase Clement 99 2005 2006 2007 2008 RiceTim Hiller 99 2005 2007 2008 2009 Western MichiganDrew Lock 99 2015 2016 2017 2018 Missouri Single Season Player TDs Year School1 Bailey Zappe 62 2021 Western Kentucky2 Joe Burrow 60 2019 LSU3 Colt Brennan 58 2006 Hawaii4 David Klingler 54 1990 Houston5 B J Symons 52 2003 Texas Tech6 Sam Bradford 50 2008 OklahomaDerek Carr 50 2013 Fresno StateDwayne Haskins 50 2018 Ohio State9 Brandon Doughty 49 2014 Western Kentucky10 Graham Harrell 48 2007 Texas TechCase Keenum 48 2011 HoustonBrandon Doughty 48 2015 Western KentuckyAnthony Gordon 48 2019 Washington State14 Jim McMahon 47 1980 BYUPaul Smith 47 2007 TulsaBryce Young 47 2021 Alabama17 Andre Ware 46 1989 HoustonTim Rattay 46 1998 Louisiana TechDavid Johnson 46 2008 TulsaMatt Johnson 46 2015 Bowling Green21 Kliff Kingsbury 45 2002 Texas TechGraham Harrell 45 2008 Texas TechLogan Woodside 45 2016 Toledo24 Chase Clement 44 2008 RiceCase Keenum 44 2008 HoustonCase Keenum 44 2009 HoustonDrew Lock 44 2017 MissouriC J Stroud 44 2021 Ohio State Single Game Player TDs Date School1 David Klingler 11 Nov 17 1990 Houston2 Dennis Shaw 9 Nov 15 1969 San Diego StateDavid Klingler 9 Aug 31 1991 HoustonCase Keenum 9 Oct 27 2011 HoustonAnthony Gordon 9 Sep 21 2019 Washington StateTanner Mordecai 9 Nov 5 2022 SMU7 Jason Martin 8 Oct 19 1996 Louisiana TechPat Barnes 8 Nov 2 1996 CaliforniaNick Rolovich 8 Dec 8 2001 HawaiiB J Symons 8 Oct 4 2003 Texas TechGiovanni Vizza 8 Nov 10 2007 North TexasGeno Smith 8 Sep 29 2012 West VirginiaBrandon Doughty 8 Nov 28 2014 Western Kentucky14 7 many timesEfficiency editPassing efficiency is a measure of quarterback performance based on the following formula Passing Efficiency 100 completions 8 4 yards 330 touchdowns 200 interceptions attempts displaystyle text Passing Efficiency 100 times text completions 8 4 times text yards 330 times text touchdowns 200 times text interceptions over text attempts nbsp Only passing statistics are included in the formula Any yards or touchdowns gained rushing or by any other method are not a factor in the formula and neither are fumbles Players tend to rank highly on the list when they have a high completion percentage high yards per completion and many touchdowns to few interceptions The career leader with a minimum of 350 completions in effiency is Alabama s Tua Tagovailoa All of the top 10 in single season efficiency have come since 2016 with Grayson McCall of Coastal Carolina breaking the record in 2021 The NCAA does not recognize a single game leaderboard in passing efficiency and detailed box scores do not exist for every year going back to the beginning of college football but the single game record holder is Cincinnati s Gunner Kiel who was 15 for 15 for 319 yards and 5 touchdowns in a 2015 game against UCF 3 nbsp Tua Tagovailoa is the most efficient passer in FBS history Career minimum 500 attempts Player Eff Years School1 Tua Tagovailoa 199 4 2017 2018 2019 Alabama2 Mac Jones 197 6 2018 2019 2020 Alabama3 Grayson McCall 186 8 2019 2020 2021 2022 Coastal Carolina4 C J Stroud 182 4 2020 2021 2022 Ohio State5 Kyler Murray 181 3 2015 2017 2018 Texas A amp M Oklahoma6 Justin Fields 178 8 2018 2019 2020 Georgia Ohio State7 Sam Bradford 175 6 2007 2008 2009 Oklahoma8 Baker Mayfield 175 4 2013 2015 2016 2017 Texas Tech Oklahoma9 Dwayne Haskins 174 0 2017 2018 Ohio State10 Joe Burrow 172 4 2016 2017 2018 2019 Ohio State LSU11 Hendon Hooker 172 2 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Virginia Tech Tennessee12 Marcus Mariota 171 8 2012 2013 2014 Oregon13 Tim Tebow 170 8 2006 2007 2008 2009 Florida14 Kellen Moore 169 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State15 Bailey Zappe 168 9 2021 Western Kentucky16 Ryan Dinwiddie 168 9 2000 2001 2002 2003 Boise State17 Caleb Williams 168 9 2021 2022 Oklahoma USC18 Kyle Trask 168 5 2018 2019 2020 Florida19 Colt Brennan 167 6 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii20 Bryce Petty 166 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 Baylor21 Will Grier 165 1 2015 2017 2018 Florida West Virginia22 Bryce Young 165 0 2020 2021 2022 Alabama23 Alex Smith 164 4 2002 2003 2004 Utah24 Trevor Lawrence 164 3 2018 2019 2020 Clemson25 Sam Howell 164 2 2019 2020 2021 North Carolina26 Johnny Manziel 164 1 2012 2013 Texas A amp M27 Danny Wuerffel 163 6 1993 1994 1995 1996 Florida28 Jameis Winston 163 3 2013 2014 Florida State29 Zach Wilson 162 9 2018 2019 2020 BYU30 Logan Woodside 162 9 2013 2014 2016 2017 Toledo Single Season minimum 15 attempts per team game Player Eff Year School1 Grayson McCall 207 6 2021 Coastal Carolina2 Mac Jones 203 1 2020 Alabama3 Joe Burrow 202 0 2019 LSU4 Tua Tagovailoa 199 4 2018 Alabama5 Kyler Murray 199 2 2018 Oklahoma6 Baker Mayfield 198 9 2017 Oklahoma7 Zach Wilson 196 4 2020 BYU8 Baker Mayfield 196 4 2016 Oklahoma9 Kaleb Eleby 195 1 2020 Western Michigan10 Dustin Crum 192 7 2020 Kent State11 Russell Wilson 191 8 2011 Wisconsin12 Jalen Hurts 191 2 2019 Oklahoma13 Robert Griffin III 189 5 2011 Baylor14 C J Stroud 186 6 2021 Ohio State15 Colt Brennan 186 0 2006 Hawaii16 Jameis Winston 184 8 2013 Florida State17 Grayson McCall 184 3 2020 Coastal Carolina18 Logan Woodside 183 3 2016 Toledo19 Shaun King 183 3 1998 Tulane20 Kellen Moore 182 6 2010 Boise State21 Cam Newton 182 0 2010 Auburn22 Marcus Mariota 181 7 2014 Oregon23 Stefan LeFors 181 7 2004 Louisville24 Justin Fields 181 4 2019 Ohio State25 Hendon Hooker 181 4 2021 Tennessee26 Mike White 181 4 2016 Western Kentucky27 Sam Bradford 180 8 2008 Oklahoma28 Kyle Trask 180 0 2020 Florida29 McKenzie Milton 179 3 2017 UCF30 Layne Hatcher 179 2 2020 Arkansas StateCompletions editCase Keenum also holds the career record for completions The single season record is held by Texas Tech s Graham Harrell In fact 13 of the top 17 performances on the single season list were by quarterbacks who played under head coach Mike Leach Career Player C Years School1 Case Keenum 1 546 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston2 Luke Falk 1 404 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State3 Graham Harrell 1 403 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech4 Timmy Chang 1 388 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 HawaiiLandry Jones 1 388 2009 2010 2011 2012 Oklahoma6 Will Rogers 1 233 2020 2021 2022 2023 Mississippi State7 Kliff Kingsbury 1 231 1999 2000 2001 2002 Texas Tech8 Sean Mannion 1 187 2011 2012 2013 2014 Oregon State9 Corey Robinson 1 179 2010 2011 2012 2013 Troy10 Dan LeFevour 1 171 2006 2007 2008 2009 Central Michigan11 Colt McCoy 1 157 2006 2007 2008 2009 TexasKellen Moore 1 157 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State13 Rakeem Cato 1 153 2011 2012 2013 2014 Marshall14 Philip Rivers 1 147 2000 2001 2002 2003 NC State15 Holton Ahlers 1 127 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 East Carolina16 Colt Brennan 1 115 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii17 Chase Daniel 1 094 2005 2006 2007 2008 Missouri18 Chase Holbrook 1 087 2006 2007 2008 New Mexico State19 Derek Carr 1 086 2009 2011 2012 2013 Fresno State20 Zac Dysert 1 066 2009 2010 2011 2012 Miami OH 21 Luke McCown 1 063 2000 2001 2002 2003 Louisiana Tech22 Brent Stockstill 1 054 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Middle Tennessee23 Shane Carden 1 052 2011 2012 2013 2014 East Carolina24 Kenny Pickett 1 045 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Pittsburgh25 Mason Fine 1 039 2016 2017 2018 2019 North Texas26 Brett Rypien 1 036 2015 2016 2017 2018 Boise State27 Keith Wenning 1 035 2010 2011 2012 2013 Ball State28 Chris Redman 1 031 1996 1997 1998 1999 Louisville29 Baker Mayfield 1 026 2013 2015 2016 2017 Texas Tech OklahomaBo Nix 1 026 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Auburn Oregon Single Season Player C Year School1 Graham Harrell 512 2007 Texas Tech2 Will Rogers 505 2021 Mississippi State3 Anthony Gordon 493 2019 Washington State4 Case Keenum 492 2009 Houston5 Kliff Kingsbury 479 2002 Texas Tech6 Bailey Zappe 475 2021 Western Kentucky7 B J Symons 470 2003 Texas Tech8 Gardner Minshew 468 2018 Washington State9 Derek Carr 453 2013 Fresno State10 Connor Halliday 449 2013 Washington State11 Luke Falk 447 2015 Washington State12 Luke Falk 443 2016 Washington State13 Graham Harrell 442 2008 Texas Tech14 Case Keenum 428 2011 Houston15 Sonny Cumbie 421 2004 Texas Tech16 Will Rogers 415 2022 Mississippi State17 Graham Harrell 412 2006 Texas Tech18 Brandon Weeden 409 2011 Oklahoma State19 Colt Brennan 406 2006 HawaiiRakeem Cato 406 2012 Marshall21 Landry Jones 405 2010 Oklahoma22 Joe Burrow 402 2019 LSU23 Tim Couch 400 1998 KentuckySean Mannion 400 2013 Oregon State25 Seth Doege 398 2011 Texas Tech26 Case Keenum 397 2008 Houston27 Chase Holbrook 396 2006 New Mexico State28 Dominique Davis 393 2011 East Carolina29 Shane Carden 392 2014 East Carolina30 Austin Reed 389 2022 Western Kentucky Single Game Player C Date School1 Andy Schmitt 58 Nov 28 2008 Eastern MichiganConnor Halliday 58 Oct 19 2013 Washington State3 Case Keenum 56 Dec 5 2009 HoustonConnor Halliday 56 Oct 25 2014 Washington State5 Rusty LaRue 55 Oct 28 1995 Wake ForestDrew Brees 55 Oct 10 1998 PurdueLuke Falk 55 Sep 10 2016 Washington State8 David Piland 53 Sep 8 2012 Houston9 Derek Carr 52 Aug 29 2013 Fresno StateDeshaun Watson 52 Nov 12 2016 ClemsonPatrick Mahomes 52 Oct 22 2016 Texas TechGardner Minshew 52 Nov 12 2017 East Carolina13 Case Keenum 51 Oct 3 2009 Houston14 Rusty LaRue 50 Nov 18 1995 Wake ForestAndy Schmitt 50 Nov 22 2008 Eastern MichiganLuke Falk 50 Oct 10 2015 Washington StateAnthony Gordon 50 Nov 23 2019 Washington StateWill Rogers 50 Sep 18 2021 Mississippi State19 Brian Lindgren 49 Oct 6 2001 IdahoKliff Kingsbury 49 Oct 5 2002 Texas TechKliff Kingsbury 49 Oct 19 2002 Texas TechBruce Gradkowski 49 Sep 20 2003 ToledoChase Holbrook 49 Oct 15 2006 New Mexico StateConnor Halliday 49 Oct 4 2014 Washington StateDwayne Haskins 49 Oct 20 2018 Ohio StateCarson Strong 49 Oct 23 2021 Nevada27 Chase Holbrook 48 Sep 30 2006 New Mexico StateGraham Harrell 48 Sep 8 2007 Texas TechAnthony Gordon 48 Nov 29 2019 Washington StateCompletion percentage edit nbsp Mac Jones holds the career and single season records in completion percentage Alabama s Mac Jones holds the NCAA record for completion percentage with 413 completions on 556 attempts This is over 1 5 percentage points higher than the second place on the list Northwestern s Dan Persa The highest completion percentage among quarterbacks with over 1 000 career attempts is the 70 39 of Hawaii s Colt Brennan Jones also holds the single season record having broken the previous record set by Texas s Colt McCoy At the end of the 20th century the single season record was held by Daunte Culpepper and while he is still 6th on the list 28 of the top 30 spots are from 21st century players compared to all 30 on the career list being 21st century players The NCAA doesn t recognize a full list for single games but top performances include Minimum 15 attempts 100 three times 18 of 18 Zach Wilson of 2018 BYU 17 of 17 Garrett Shrader of 2022 Syracuse 15 of 15 Gunner Kiel of 2015 Cincinnati Minimum 20 attempts 96 00 24 of 25 Greyson Lambert of 2015 Georgia Minimum 30 attempts 93 94 31 of 33 Kyle Allen of 2017 Houston Minimum 40 attempts 90 91 40 of 44 Seth Doege of 2017 Texas Tech Minimum 50 attempts 88 24 45 of 51 Geno Smith of 2012 West Virginia Minimum 60 attempts 80 33 49 of 61 Carson Strong of 2021 NevadaCareer minimum 500 attempts Player Pct A C Years School1 Mac Jones 74 28 413 556 2018 2019 2020 Alabama2 Dan Persa 72 67 460 633 2008 2009 2010 2011 Northwestern3 Anthony Gordon 71 47 496 694 2018 2019 Washington State4 Colt Brennan 70 39 1 115 1 584 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii5 Colt McCoy 70 33 1 157 1 645 2006 2007 2008 2009 Texas6 Grant Hedrick 70 16 475 677 2011 2012 2013 2014 Boise State7 Grayson McCall 70 03 645 921 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Coastal Carolina8 Will Rogers 70 01 1 233 1 761 2020 2021 2022 2023 Mississippi State9 Dwayne Haskins 70 00 413 590 2017 2018 Ohio State10 Graham Harrell 69 80 1 403 2 010 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech11 Kellen Moore 69 78 1 157 1 658 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State12 Brandon Weeden 69 54 767 1 103 2008 2009 2010 2011 Oklahoma State13 Chase Holbrook 69 41 1 087 1 566 2006 2007 2008 New Mexico State14 Case Keenum 69 36 1 546 2 229 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston15 Joe Southwick 69 35 439 633 2010 2011 2012 2013 Boise State16 Tua Tagovailoa 69 30 474 684 2017 2018 2019 Alabama17 C J Stroud 69 28 575 830 2020 2021 2022 Ohio State18 Bailey Zappe 69 24 475 686 2021 Western Kentucky19 Spencer Rattler 69 10 720 1 042 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Oklahoma South Carolina20 Seth Doege 69 00 819 1 187 2009 2010 2011 2012 Texas Tech21 Jack Abraham 68 97 598 867 2018 2019 2020 2022 Southern Miss Missouri22 Johnny Manziel 68 95 595 863 2012 2013 Texas A amp M23 Joe Burrow 68 78 650 945 2016 2017 2018 2019 Ohio State LSU24 Henry Colombi 68 69 351 511 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Utah St Tex Tech Marshall25 Brandon Doughty 68 61 1 023 1 491 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Western Kentucky26 Baker Mayfield 68 54 1 026 1 497 2013 2015 2016 2017 Texas Tech Oklahoma27 Justin Fields 68 45 423 618 2018 2019 2020 Georgia Ohio State28 Teddy Bridgewater 68 39 781 1 142 2011 2012 2013 Louisville29 Luke Falk 68 32 1 404 2 055 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State30 Bruce Gradkowski 68 21 764 1 120 2002 2003 2004 2005 Toledo Single Season minimum 15 attempts per team game Player Pct A C Year School1 Mac Jones 77 36 311 402 2020 Alabama2 Colt McCoy 76 67 332 433 2008 Texas3 Joe Burrow 76 28 402 527 2019 LSU4 Kellen Moore 74 26 326 439 2011 Boise State5 Will Rogers 73 94 505 683 2021 Mississippi State6 Daunte Culpepper 73 63 296 402 1998 UCF7 Stefan LeFors 73 54 189 257 2004 Louisville8 Zach Wilson 73 51 247 336 2020 BYU9 Dan Persa 73 51 222 302 2010 Northwestern10 Dustin Crum 73 45 83 113 2020 Kent State11 Dan Persa 73 40 218 297 2011 Northwestern12 Jack Abraham 73 11 223 305 2018 Southern Miss13 Tyler Huntley 73 09 220 301 2019 Utah14 Grayson McCall 73 03 176 241 2021 Coastal Carolina15 Scott Tolzien 72 93 194 266 2010 Wisconsin16 Chase Daniel 72 92 385 528 2008 Missouri17 Russell Wilson 72 82 225 309 2011 Wisconsin18 Colt Brennan 72 63 406 559 2006 Hawaii19 Joe Southwick 72 60 151 208 2013 Boise State20 Wes Counts 72 59 188 259 2001 Middle Tennessee21 David Fales 72 51 327 451 2012 San Jose State22 Riley Skinner 72 39 236 326 2007 Wake Forest23 Robert Griffin III 72 39 291 402 2011 Baylor24 Brandon Weeden 72 34 408 564 2011 Oklahoma State25 Tim Couch 72 33 400 553 1998 Kentucky26 Clay Millen 72 22 169 234 2022 Colorado State27 Terrance Owens 72 17 166 230 2011 Toledo28 Philip Rivers 72 05 348 483 2003 NC State29 Jake Haener 72 00 252 350 2022 Fresno State30 Kedon Slovis 71 94 282 392 2019 USCInterception percentage editWith a minimum of 500 passing attempts Northern Illinois s Drew Hare is the only quarterback in FBS history with fewer than 1 of his passes intercepted Before Hare the record had been held by Baylor s Bryce Petty and before that Fresno State s Billy Volek The lowest interception percentage among quarterbacks with over 1 000 career attempts is 1 20 by Oregon s Marcus Mariota On the single season list 28 of the top 30 are 21st century players though the list is topped by Virginia s Matt Blundin who is the only player ever to have 20 passing attempts per game without throwing a single interception The single game record is 0 which is accomplished hundreds of times every season However the quarterback with the most single game attempts without throwing an interception is Houston s David Piland who attempted 77 passes in a 2012 game against Louisiana Tech without any interceptions Career minimum 500 attempts Player Pct Int Att Years School1 Drew Hare 0 92 6 651 2013 2014 2015 2016 Northern Illinois2 Grayson McCall 1 09 10 921 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Coastal Carolina3 Caleb Williams 1 11 9 812 2021 2022 2023 Oklahoma USC4 Max Johnson 1 12 7 625 2020 2021 2022 2023 LSU Texas A amp M5 Joe Burrow 1 16 11 945 2016 2017 2018 2019 Ohio State LSU6 Bryce Petty 1 18 10 845 2011 2012 2013 2014 Baylor7 Marcus Mariota 1 20 14 1 167 2012 2013 2014 Oregon8 Mac Jones 1 26 7 556 2018 2019 2020 Alabama9 Bryce Young 1 26 12 949 2020 2021 2022 Alabama10 Hendon Hooker 1 27 12 944 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Virginia Tech Tennessee11 Billy Volek 1 28 12 934 1997 1998 1999 Fresno State12 Omar Jacobs 1 36 11 811 2003 2004 2005 Bowling Green13 Alex Smith 1 36 8 587 2002 2003 2004 Utah14 Dustin Crum 1 39 12 864 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Kent State15 Will Rogers 1 42 25 1 761 2020 2021 2022 2023 Mississippi State16 Robert Griffin III 1 43 17 1 192 2008 2009 2010 2011 Baylor17 Geno Smith 1 43 21 1 465 2009 2010 2011 2012 West Virginia18 Levi Brown 1 45 12 830 2008 2009 TroyC J Stroud 1 45 12 830 2020 2021 2022 Ohio State20 Justin Fields 1 46 9 618 2018 2019 2020 Georgia Ohio State21 Jayden Daniels 1 46 18 1 235 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Arizona State LSU22 A J McCarron 1 46 15 1 026 2010 2011 2012 2013 Alabama23 Derek Carr 1 47 24 1 630 2009 2011 2012 2013 Fresno State24 Trevor Lawrence 1 49 17 1 138 2018 2019 2020 Clemson25 Cody Kessler 1 51 19 1 261 2012 2013 2014 2015 USC26 Carson Strong 1 52 19 1 251 2018 2019 2020 2021 Nevada27 Greg McElroy 1 52 10 658 2007 2008 2009 2010 Alabama28 Colby Cameron 1 52 13 854 2009 2010 2011 2012 Louisiana Tech29 Dwayne Haskins 1 53 9 590 2017 2018 Ohio State Single Season minimum 15 attempts per team game Player Pct Int Att Year School1 Matt Blundin 0 00 0 224 1991 Virginia2 Connor Shaw 0 35 1 284 2013 South Carolina3 Russell Wilson 0 36 1 275 2008 NC State4 Jalen Hurts 0 39 1 255 2017 Alabama5 Maxwell Smith 0 55 1 183 2013 Kentucky6 Jayden Daniels 0 59 2 338 2019 Arizona State7 Hendon Hooker 0 61 2 329 2022 Tennessee8 Drew Hare 0 61 2 326 2014 Northern Illinois9 Stephen McGee 0 64 2 313 2006 Texas A amp MDustin Crum 0 64 2 313 2019 Kent State11 Tyrrell Pigrome 0 67 2 297 2020 Western KentuckyGrayson McCall 0 67 2 297 2022 Coastal Carolina13 Kellen Moore 0 70 3 431 2009 Boise State14 Danny Etling 0 73 2 275 2017 LSU15 Marquel Blackwell 0 74 3 403 2002 South FloridaBryce Petty 0 74 3 403 2013 Baylor17 Kwadra Griggs 0 75 2 265 2017 Southern Miss18 Jake Medlock 0 76 2 263 2012 FIU19 Tino Sunseri 0 76 3 393 2012 Pittsburgh20 Jayden Daniels 0 77 3 388 2022 LSU21 Greyson Lambert 0 78 2 256 2015 Georgia22 DeQuan Finn 0 80 2 250 2021 Toledo23 Case Keenum 0 83 5 603 2011 Houston24 Cody Fajardo 0 84 3 358 2013 NevadaJake Luton 0 84 3 358 2019 Oregon State26 Matt Christian 0 84 2 237 2010 New Mexico State27 Billy Volek 0 85 3 355 1999 Fresno State28 Justin Fields 0 85 3 354 2019 Ohio State29 Ian Book 0 85 3 353 2020 Notre Dame30 Jake Haener 0 86 3 350 2022 Fresno StateReferences edit Football Bowl Sudivision Records PDF NCAA Retrieved 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