Single Season Leaders and Records for Passing Yards

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	Yds	Season	School
1.	B.J. Symons*	5833	2003	Texas Tech
2.	Graham Harrell*	5705	2007	Texas Tech
3.	Case Keenum*	5671	2009	Houston
4.	Case Keenum*	5631	2011	Houston
5.	Colt Brennan*	5549	2006	Hawaii
6.	Ty Detmer	5188	1990	Brigham Young
7.	David Klingler	5140	1990	Houston
8.	Ty Detmer*	5136	1989	Brigham Young
9.	Graham Harrell*	5111	2008	Texas Tech
10.	Paul Smith*	5065	2007	Tulsa
11.	Bryant Moniz*	5040	2010	Hawaii
12.	Case Keenum*	5020	2008	Houston
13.	Kliff Kingsbury*	5017	2002	Texas Tech
14.	Tim Rattay	4943	1998	Louisiana Tech
15.	Sonny Cumbie*	4742	2004	Texas Tech
16.	Brandon Weeden*	4727	2011	Oklahoma State
17.	Sam Bradford*	4720	2008	Oklahoma
18.	Landry Jones*	4718	2010	Oklahoma
19.	Andre Ware	4699	1989	Houston
20.	Chase Holbrook	4619	2006	New Mexico State
21.	Jim McMahon	4571	1980	Brigham Young
22.	Graham Harrell*	4555	2006	Texas Tech
23.	Robbie Bosco*	4534	1985	Brigham Young
24.	Matt Ryan*	4507	2007	Boston College
25.	Philip Rivers*	4491	2003	North Carolina State
26.	Ben Roethlisberger*	4486	2003	Miami (OH)
27.	Timmy Chang*	4474	2002	Hawaii
28.	Landry Jones*	4463	2011	Oklahoma
29.	Cody Pickett*	4458	2002	Washington
30.	Geno Smith*	4385	2011	West Virginia
31.	Ryan Dinwiddie*	4356	2003	Boise State
32.	Colt Brennan*	4343	2007	Hawaii
33.	Chase Daniel*	4335	2008	Missouri
34.	Nick Foles	4334	2011	Arizona
35.	Scott Mitchell	4322	1988	Utah
36.	Nick Florence*	4309	2012	Baylor
37.	Chase Daniel*	4306	2007	Missouri
38.	Colt Brennan	4301	2005	Hawaii
39.	David Carr	4299	2001	Fresno State
40.	Robert Griffin III*	4293	2011	Baylor
41.	Brandon Weeden*	4277	2010	Oklahoma State
42.	Tim Couch	4275	1998	Kentucky
43.	Byron Leftwich*	4268	2002	Marshall
44.	Landry Jones*	4267	2012	Oklahoma
45.	Chris Vargas	4265	1993	Nevada
46.	Timmy Chang*	4258	2004	Hawaii
47.	Levi Brown*	4254	2009	Troy
48.	Cody Hodges*	4238	2005	Texas Tech
49.	Robbie Bosco*	4218	1984	Brigham Young
50.	Seth Doege*	4205	2012	Texas Tech
	Geno Smith*	4205	2012	West Virginia
52.	Rakeem Cato	4201	2012	Marshall
53.	Timmy Chang*	4199	2003	Hawaii
54.	David Fales*	4193	2012	San Jose State
55.	Chris Weinke	4167	2000	Florida State
56.	Colby Cameron	4147	2012	Louisiana Tech
57.	Mike McCoy*	4146	1993	Utah
58.	Byron Leftwich	4132	2001	Marshall
59.	Chase Clement*	4119	2008	Rice
60.	Derek Carr*	4104	2012	Fresno State
61.	Marc Wilson*	4100	1979	Brigham Young
62.	Josh Wallwork	4090	1996	Wyoming
63.	David Johnson*	4059	2008	Tulsa
64.	Derek Anderson*	4058	2003	Oregon State
65.	Tyler Sheehan*	4051	2009	Bowling Green State
66.	Chris Redman	4042	1998	Louisville
67.	Brock Osweiler*	4036	2011	Arizona State
68.	Mike Glennon*	4031	2012	North Carolina State
	Ty Detmer	4031	1991	Brigham Young
70.	Steve Sarkisian	4027	1996	Brigham Young
71.	Brian Brohm	4024	2007	Louisville
72.	Seth Doege	4004	2011	Texas Tech
73.	Omar Jacobs*	4002	2004	Bowling Green State
74.	Curtis Painter*	3985	2006	Purdue
75.	Drew Brees*	3983	1998	Purdue
76.	Ryan Leaf*	3968	1997	Washington State
77.	Dominique Davis*	3967	2010	East Carolina
78.	Max Hall*	3957	2008	Brigham Young
79.	Carson Palmer*	3942	2002	Southern California
80.	Todd Santos	3932	1987	San Diego State
81.	Tim Rattay	3922	1999	Louisiana Tech
82.	Brady Quinn*	3919	2005	Notre Dame
83.	Drew Brees*	3909	1999	Purdue
84.	Steve Young	3902	1983	Brigham Young
85.	Tajh Boyd*	3896	2012	Clemson
	Rex Grossman	3896	2001	Florida
87.	Aaron Murray*	3893	2012	Georgia
88.	Todd Reesing*	3888	2008	Kansas
89.	John Beck*	3885	2006	Brigham Young
90.	Tim Couch	3884	1997	Kentucky
91.	Tim Rattay	3881	1997	Louisiana Tech
92.	Andrew Walter*	3877	2002	Arizona State
93.	Alex Carder*	3873	2011	Western Michigan
94.	Ryan Mallett*	3869	2010	Arkansas
95.	Chase Holbrook	3866	2007	New Mexico State
96.	Colt McCoy*	3859	2008	Texas
97.	Dan Robinson	3853	1999	Hawaii
98.	Josh Heupel*	3850	1999	Oklahoma
99.	Max Hall*	3848	2007	Brigham Young
100.	Curtis Painter*	3846	2007	Purdue
	Jason White*	3846	2003	Oklahoma

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