Total Plays Single Season Leaders and Records

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Leaders

  • Since 1956
Leaders Table
Rk Player Plays Year School
1Kliff Kingsbury*8142002Texas Tech
2B.J. Symons*7982003Texas Tech
3Connor Halliday*7642013Washington State
4Case Keenum*7602009Houston
5Graham Harrell*7512007Texas Tech
6Will Rogers*7452021Mississippi State
7Deshaun Watson*7442016Clemson
8Anthony Gordon*7402019Washington State
9Bailey Zappe*7382021Western Kentucky
10Dan Lefevour*7312007Central Michigan
11Luke Falk*7262015Washington State
12Bryce Perkins*7232019Virginia
13Patrick Mahomes7222016Texas Tech
Matt Ryan*7222007Boston College
15Gardner Minshew*7202018Washington State
16Shane Carden*7132014East Carolina
17Josh Harris*7092003Bowling Green State
18Patrick Mahomes*7042015Texas Tech
David Klingler7041990Houston
20Drake Maye*7012022North Carolina
21Luke Falk*6992016Washington State
Derek Carr*6992013Fresno State
23Deshaun Watson*6982015Clemson
Cody Pickett*6982002Washington
25Jordan Lynch*6962013Northern Illinois
26Austin Reed*6942022Western Kentucky
Sonny Cumbie*6942004Texas Tech
28Jordan Lynch*6882012Northern Illinois
Dominique Davis*6882010East Carolina
30Taysom Hill*6842013Brigham Young
31Matt Johnson*6822015Bowling Green State
32Anu Solomon*6772014Arizona
33Chase Daniel*6722007Missouri
34Russell Wilson*6702010North Carolina State
35Lamar Jackson*6692016Louisville
36Landry Jones*6682010Oklahoma
37Graham Harrell*6672008Texas Tech
38Greg Ward Jr.*6662016Houston
39Case Keenum*6652008Houston
40Timmy Chang*6632002Hawaii
Kliff Kingsbury6632000Texas Tech
42Lamar Jackson*6622017Louisville
43Case Keenum*6602011Houston
44Taylor Kelly*6572013Arizona State
45Will Rogers*6542022Mississippi State
46Davis Webb6532016California
47Chase Clement6522007Rice
48Paul Smith*6492007Tulsa
Graham Harrell*6492006Texas Tech
50Tyler Sheehan*6482009Bowling Green State
51Chase Holbrook6462006New Mexico State
52Colt Brennan*6452006Hawaii
53Trevone Boykin*6442014TCU
Chase Clement*6442008Rice
Timmy Chang*6442003Hawaii
56Fredi Knighten*6432014Arkansas State
57Joe Burrow*6422019LSU
Tyler Rogers*6422017New Mexico State
Jerrod Johnson*6422009Texas A&M
Mike Kafka*6422009Northwestern
61Rakeem Cato6412012Marshall
Tajh Boyd*6412011Clemson
63Mike Bercovici*6402015Arizona State
Cody Hodges*6402005Texas Tech
65Shane Carden*6392013East Carolina
Dan Lefevour*6392009Central Michigan
Timmy Chang*6392004Hawaii
68Brett Hundley*6382012UCLA
69Kyle Vantrease*6372022Georgia Southern
Dak Prescott*6372015Mississippi State
Sean Mannion*6372013Oregon State
Ryan Aplin*6372011Arkansas State
73Bryant Moniz*6362010Hawaii
74Johnny Manziel*6352012Texas A&M
Seth Doege6352011Texas Tech
Jared Lorenzen6352000Kentucky
Ty Detmer6351990Brigham Young
78Omar Haugabook6312007Troy
79Byrum Brown*6302023South Florida
Alex Carder*6302011Western Michigan
81Brayden Schager6282023Hawaii
Bryce Young*6282021Alabama
Brad Smith*6282005Missouri
Andre Ware6281989Houston
85Davis Brin*6262023Georgia Southern
Jerod Evans*6262016Virginia Tech
87Sam Hartman*6252021Wake Forest
88Clayton Tune*6242022Houston
Mike White*6242017Western Kentucky
90Dwight Dasher*6232009Middle Tennessee State
91Justice Hansen*6222017Arkansas State
Curtis Painter*6222007Purdue
93Marquise Williams*6212014North Carolina
Todd Reesing*6212008Kansas
95Mike Glennon*6202012North Carolina State
96Cole McDonald*6182018Hawaii
Mason Fine*6182017North Texas
G.J. Kinne*6182010Tulsa
99Sam Ehlinger*6172019Texas
Tim Couch6171998Kentucky