Single Season Leaders and Records for Total Plays

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	Plays	Season	School
1.	Kliff Kingsbury*	814	2002	Texas Tech
2.	B.J. Symons*	798	2003	Texas Tech
3.	Case Keenum*	760	2009	Houston
4.	Graham Harrell*	751	2007	Texas Tech
5.	Dan Lefevour*	731	2007	Central Michigan
6.	Matt Ryan*	722	2007	Boston College
7.	Josh Harris*	709	2003	Bowling Green State
8.	David Klingler	704	1990	Houston
9.	Cody Pickett*	698	2002	Washington
10.	Sonny Cumbie*	694	2004	Texas Tech
11.	Jordan Lynch*	688	2012	Northern Illinois
	Dominique Davis*	688	2010	East Carolina
13.	Chase Daniel*	672	2007	Missouri
14.	Russell Wilson*	670	2010	North Carolina State
15.	Landry Jones*	668	2010	Oklahoma
16.	Graham Harrell*	667	2008	Texas Tech
17.	Case Keenum*	665	2008	Houston
18.	Timmy Chang*	663	2002	Hawaii
19.	Kliff Kingsbury	662	2000	Texas Tech
20.	Case Keenum*	660	2011	Houston
21.	Chase Clement	652	2007	Rice
22.	Paul Smith*	649	2007	Tulsa
	Graham Harrell*	649	2006	Texas Tech
24.	Tyler Sheehan*	648	2009	Bowling Green State
25.	Chase Holbrook	647	2006	New Mexico State
26.	Colt Brennan*	645	2006	Hawaii
27.	Chase Clement*	644	2008	Rice
	Timmy Chang*	644	2003	Hawaii
29.	Jerrod Johnson*	642	2009	Texas A&M
	Mike Kafka*	642	2009	Northwestern
31.	Rakeem Cato	641	2012	Marshall
	Tajh Boyd*	641	2011	Clemson
33.	Cody Hodges*	640	2005	Texas Tech
34.	Dan Lefevour*	639	2009	Central Michigan
	Timmy Chang*	639	2004	Hawaii
36.	Brett Hundley*	638	2012	UCLA
	Drew Brees*	638	1998	Purdue
38.	Ryan Aplin*	637	2011	Arkansas State
39.	Bryant Moniz*	636	2010	Hawaii
40.	Johnny Manziel*	635	2012	Texas A&M
	Seth Doege	635	2011	Texas Tech
	Jared Lorenzen	635	2000	Kentucky
	Ty Detmer	635	1990	Brigham Young
44.	Robbie Bosco*	634	1985	Brigham Young
45.	Drew Brees*	633	1999	Purdue
46.	Omar Haugabook	631	2007	Troy
47.	Alex Carder*	630	2011	Western Michigan
48.	Brad Smith*	628	2005	Missouri
	Andre Ware	628	1989	Houston
50.	Dwight Dasher*	623	2009	Middle Tennessee State
51.	Curtis Painter*	622	2007	Purdue
52.	Todd Reesing*	621	2008	Kansas
53.	Mike Glennon*	620	2012	North Carolina State
54.	G.J. Kinne*	618	2010	Tulsa
55.	Tim Couch	617	1998	Kentucky
56.	Dan Robinson	616	1999	Hawaii
57.	Colt Brennan	614	2005	Hawaii
58.	Tajh Boyd*	613	2012	Clemson
	Tim Couch	613	1997	Kentucky
60.	Matt Scott*	612	2012	Arizona
	Kyle Padron*	612	2010	Southern Methodist
62.	Brett Basanez*	610	2005	Northwestern
63.	Austin Davis*	609	2008	Southern Mississippi
64.	C.J. Bacher	607	2007	Northwestern
	Josh Heupel*	607	1999	Oklahoma
66.	Curtis Painter*	606	2006	Purdue
67.	Nick Florence*	603	2012	Baylor
	Logan Thomas*	603	2012	Virginia Tech
	Nick Foles	603	2011	Arizona
	Robert Griffin III*	603	2010	Baylor
71.	Tim Rattay	602	1998	Louisiana Tech
72.	Garrett Gilbert*	600	2012	Southern Methodist
	Todd Reesing	600	2009	Kansas
74.	Brock Osweiler*	599	2011	Arizona State
	Colt McCoy*	599	2009	Texas
	Chase Daniel*	599	2006	Missouri
77.	Collin Klein*	598	2011	Kansas State
	Chase Holbrook	598	2007	New Mexico State
79.	Chase Daniel*	597	2008	Missouri
80.	Adam Weber	595	2007	Minnesota
81.	Landry Jones*	594	2011	Oklahoma
	Justin Willis	594	2007	Southern Methodist
	Kliff Kingsbury	594	2001	Texas Tech
	Jon Denton	594	1996	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Matt Kofler	594	1981	San Diego State
86.	James Franklin*	593	2011	Missouri
87.	Colt Brennan*	592	2007	Hawaii
88.	Robbie Bosco*	591	1984	Brigham Young
89.	Matt Grothe*	590	2007	South Florida
	Derek Anderson*	590	2004	Oregon State
	Jeremy Leach	590	1989	New Mexico
92.	Seth Doege*	589	2012	Texas Tech
	Ryan Tannehill*	589	2011	Texas A&M
	Kellen Lewis*	589	2007	Indiana
	David Klingler	589	1991	Houston
	Scott Mitchell	589	1988	Utah
97.	Zac Dysert	588	2012	Miami (OH)
	Giovanni Vizza	588	2008	North Texas
	John Kaleo	588	1992	Maryland
	Doug Gaynor	588	1985	Long Beach State

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