2000 Leaders

Pass Completion Percentage
1. Josh Heupel* • Oklahoma 64.6
2. George Godsey • Georgia Tech 63.6
3. Devin Scott • Temple 63.0
4. John Welsh • Idaho 62.9
5. Casey Clausen • Tennessee 62.4
6. Jay Stoner • Wyoming 62.2
7. Ryan Schneider • Central Florida 61.9
8. Kliff Kingsbury • Texas Tech 61.9
9. Rex Grossman • Florida 61.8
10. Chris Weinke • Florida State 61.7
11. David Carr • Fresno State 61.4
12. Talmadge Hill • Ball State 61.3
13. Byron Leftwich • Marshall 61.1
14. Dave Ragone • Louisville 61.0
15. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 60.5
16. Ben Leard • Auburn 60.5
17. Drew Brees* • Purdue 60.4
18. Mark Farris • Texas A&M 59.9
19. Walter Church • Eastern Michigan 59.6
20. Matt Newton • Colorado State 59.3
Passing Yards
1. Chris Weinke • Florida State 4167
2. Jared Lorenzen • Kentucky 3687
3. Drew Brees* • Purdue 3668
4. Josh Heupel* • Oklahoma 3606
5. Kliff Kingsbury • Texas Tech 3418
6. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 3364
7. Byron Leftwich • Marshall 3358
8. John Welsh • Idaho 3171
9. Philip Rivers • North Carolina State 3054
10. Timmy Chang • Hawaii 3041
11. Joey Harrington* • Oregon 2967
12. Carson Palmer • Southern California 2914
13. George Godsey • Georgia Tech 2906
14. Patrick Ramsey • Tulane 2833
15. Jonathan Smith* • Oregon State 2773
16. Ken Dorsey • Miami (FL) 2737
17. Jose Fuentes • Utah State 2709
18. Jason McKinley • Houston 2696
19. Rocky Perez • Texas-El Paso 2661
20. Jonathan Beasley • Kansas State 2636
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 10.7
2. Chris Weinke • Florida State 10.1
3. John Turman • Pittsburgh 9.4
4. Ken Dorsey • Miami (FL) 9.4
5. Rex Grossman • Florida 9.3
6. George Godsey • Georgia Tech 8.9
7. Mike Thiessen • Air Force 8.8
8. Rocky Perez • Texas-El Paso 8.6
9. Jonathan Smith* • Oregon State 8.5
10. Jonathan Beasley • Kansas State 8.1
11. Travis Cole • Minnesota 8.0
12. Major Applewhite • Texas 7.9
13. Ryan Schneider • Central Florida 7.9
14. Jason Thomas • Nevada-Las Vegas 7.9
15. Casey Clausen • Tennessee 7.7
16. Butchie Washington • Akron 7.6
17. Woodrow Dantzler • Clemson 7.6
18. Dan Ellis • Virginia 7.6
19. Jesse Palmer • Florida 7.6
20. Tim Hasselbeck • Boston College 7.5
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 170.6
2. Chris Weinke • Florida State 163.1
3. Rex Grossman • Florida 161.8
4. Ken Dorsey • Miami (FL) 152.3
5. George Godsey • Georgia Tech 151.9
6. John Turman • Pittsburgh 151.4
7. Rocky Perez • Texas-El Paso 147.1
8. Mike Thiessen • Air Force 147.0
9. Ryan Schneider • Central Florida 147.0
10. Casey Clausen • Tennessee 145.5
11. Dave Ragone • Louisville 142.2
12. John Welsh • Idaho 139.3
13. Jason Thomas • Nevada-Las Vegas 138.1
14. Travis Cole • Minnesota 137.6
15. Matt Newton • Colorado State 136.9
16. Josh Heupel* • Oklahoma 136.4
17. Major Applewhite • Texas 135.9
18. Tim Hasselbeck • Boston College 135.7
19. David Carr • Fresno State 135.4
20. Jonathan Smith* • Oregon State 134.6
Receiving Yards
1. Snoop Minnis • Florida State 1340
2. Freddie Mitchell • UCLA 1314
3. Antonio Bryant • Pittsburgh 1302
4. Donald Shoals • Tulsa 1195
5. Jabar Gaffney • Florida 1184
6. Justin McCareins • Northern Illinois 1168
7. Quincy Morgan • Kansas State 1166
8. Aaron Jones • Utah State 1159
9. Josh Reed • Louisiana State 1127
10. Ashley Lelie • Hawaii 1110
Lee Mays • Texas-El Paso 1110
12. Tyson Hinshaw • Central Florida 1089
13. Adrian Burnette • Tulane 1075
14. Ron Johnson • Minnesota 1067
15. Koren Robinson • North Carolina State 1061
16. Deion Branch • Louisville 1016
17. Vinny Sutherland* • Purdue 1014
18. Kevin Kasper • Iowa 1010
19. James Jordan • Louisiana Tech 1003
20. Robert Kilow • Arkansas State 1002
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Derrick Lewis • San Diego State 25.2
2. Robert Prescott* • Oregon State 23.0
3. Chad Johnson* • Oregon State 21.8
4. Marcellus Harris • East Carolina 21.6
5. Snoop Minnis • Florida State 21.3
6. Steve Smith • Utah 21.2
7. Roy Williams • Texas 20.2
8. Lavel Bailey • Akron 19.9
9. Lou Fanucchi • Boise State 19.9
10. Rashied Davis • San Jose State 19.6
11. Marcus Williams • Washington State 19.5
12. Freddie Mitchell • UCLA 19.3
13. Lee Evans • Wisconsin 19.2
14. Antonio Bryant • Pittsburgh 19.1
15. Versie Gaddis • Indiana 19.1
16. Jerry Dorsey • Indiana 19.0
17. Rod Gardner • Clemson 18.7
18. Milton Wynn • Washington State 18.5
19. Jake Schifino • Akron 18.5
20. Kerry Watkins • Georgia Tech 18.5
Plays From Scrimmage
1. LaDainian Tomlinson • Texas Christian 379
2. Rudi Johnson • Auburn 333
3. Damien Anderson* • Northwestern 330
4. Michael Bennett • Wisconsin 314
5. Maurice Morris* • Oregon 309
6. Anthony Thomas • Michigan 300
7. Robert Sanford • Western Michigan 299
8. Emmett White • Utah State 289
9. Ken Simonton* • Oregon State 288
10. Willie Alderson • Idaho 283
11. Tellis Redmon • Minnesota 280
12. Kris Briggs • Southern Methodist 269
13. Chester Taylor • Toledo 267
14. Travis Henry • Tennessee 266
15. Hodges Mitchell • Texas 261
16. Deshaun Foster • UCLA 259
17. Ennis Haywood • Iowa State 254
18. Quentin Griffin* • Oklahoma 251
19. Ladell Betts • Iowa 250
20. T.J. Duckett • Michigan State 248
Total Yards
1. Drew Brees* • Purdue 4189
2. Chris Weinke • Florida State 4070
3. Jared Lorenzen • Kentucky 3827
4. Josh Heupel* • Oklahoma 3773
5. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 3633
6. Byron Leftwich • Marshall 3441
7. Kliff Kingsbury • Texas Tech 3437
8. John Welsh • Idaho 3199
9. Jonathan Beasley • Kansas State 3135
10. Joey Harrington* • Oregon 3091
11. Antwaan Randle El • Indiana 3053
12. Timmy Chang • Hawaii 2992
13. Philip Rivers • North Carolina State 2967
14. George Godsey • Georgia Tech 2945
15. Carson Palmer • Southern California 2919
16. Zak Kustok* • Northwestern 2894
17. Patrick Ramsey • Tulane 2886
18. Dave Ragone • Louisville 2873
19. Rocky Perez • Texas-El Paso 2743
20. Ken Dorsey • Miami (FL) 2714
Total Yards Per Play
1. Chris Weinke • Florida State 8.8
2. Bart Hendricks • Boise State 8.4
3. Drew Brees* • Purdue 6.9
4. Josh Heupel* • Oklahoma 6.8
5. Jonathan Beasley • Kansas State 6.8
6. John Welsh • Idaho 6.7
7. Joey Harrington* • Oregon 6.6
8. Byron Leftwich • Marshall 6.4
9. Antwaan Randle El • Indiana 6.2
10. Jared Lorenzen • Kentucky 6.0
11. Kliff Kingsbury • Texas Tech 5.2
Punting Yards
1. Nick Murphy* • Arizona State 3551
2. Brian Morton • Duke 3478
3. Brian Brandt • Central Michigan 3440
4. Cort Moffitt • New Mexico 3411
5. Adam Stiles • Baylor 3248
6. Jason Baker • Iowa 3145
7. Mark Haulman • Southern Mississippi 3140
8. Ben Graves • Memphis 3125
9. Derek Jones • Nevada 3119
10. Nate Fikse • UCLA 3109
11. Kevin Stemke • Wisconsin 3070
12. Nick Harris • California 3030
13. J.J. Standring* • Northwestern 3024
14. Grant Autrey • Louisiana-Lafayette 3005
15. Mike Clark • Houston 2972
16. Nick Avondet • Eastern Michigan 2954
17. Jared Fritz • Kent State 2908
18. Aaron Edmonds • Brigham Young 2898
19. Jason Ball • North Texas 2865
20. Damon Duval • Auburn 2811
Punting Yards Per Punt
1. Preston Gruening • Minnesota 45.2
2. Brian Morton • Duke 45.2
3. Brooks Barnard • Maryland 44.7
4. Kevin Stemke • Wisconsin 44.5
5. Dave Zastudil • Ohio 44.3
6. Casey Roussel • Tulane 44.2
7. Dan Hadenfeldt • Nebraska 43.8
8. Jeff Ferguson* • Oklahoma 43.5
9. Alan Rhine • Florida 43.3
10. Aaron Edmonds • Brigham Young 43.3
11. Damon Duval • Auburn 43.2
12. Freddie Capshaw • Miami (FL) 43.2
13. Nate Fikse • UCLA 43.2
14. Brian Simnjanovski • San Diego State 42.8
Brian Simnjamovski • San Diego State 42.8
16. Richie Butler • Arkansas 42.8
17. Mike Abrams • Virginia 42.6
18. Jason Baker • Iowa 42.5
19. Tom Waring • Wyoming 42.4
20. Jonathan Kilgo • Georgia 42.2
Kickoff Return Yards
1. Derin Graham • Indiana 897
2. H.J. Adams • Louisiana-Monroe 860
3. John Stone • Wake Forest 789
4. Chris Douglas • Duke 766
5. Zek Parker • Louisville 752
6. Kendrick Shanklin • Kentucky 730
7. Robert Kilow • Arkansas State 724
8. Shawn Terry • West Virginia 720
9. Omari Thompson • Army 716
10. Milt Bowen • Miami (OH) 706
11. Carl Bradford • Connecticut 704
12. Jimmie Gray • Akron 692
13. John Wilson • Tulane 687
14. Kahlil Hill • Iowa 680
15. Leonard Scott • Tennessee 636
16. Kelly Campbell • Georgia Tech 632
17. Allan Amundson* • Oregon 615
18. Domanick Davis • Louisiana State 572
19. Derrick Johnson • Washington 557
20. Tab Perry • UCLA 556
Kickoff Return Yards Per Return
1. Latarence Dunbar • Texas Christian 33.7
2. Dexter Wynn • Colorado State 31.8
3. Zek Parker • Louisville 28.9
4. David Mikell • Boise State 28.7
5. Julius Jones • Notre Dame 28.5
6. Ken-Yon Rambo* • Ohio State 28.1
7. Deandrew Rubin • South Florida 27.8
8. Kahlil Hill • Iowa 27.2
9. Daryl Jones • Miami (FL) 27.0
10. Robert Kilow • Arkansas State 26.8
11. Shawn Terry • West Virginia 26.7
12. Tony Miller • Toledo 26.3
13. Kyle Moore • Duke 25.8
Larry Davis • New Mexico 25.8
15. Jamie Hickenbotham • Arkansas State 25.6
16. Koren Robinson • North Carolina State 25.3
17. Tim Dodge • Iowa 24.8
18. Victor Ike • Texas 24.8
19. Larry Johnson • Penn State 24.7
20. John Stone • Wake Forest 24.7
Kickoff Return Touchdowns
1. Latarence Dunbar • Texas Christian 2
Shawn Terry • West Virginia 2
Interceptions
1. Anthony Floyd • Louisville 10
Dwight Smith • Akron 10
3. Ed Reed • Miami (FL) 8
J.T. Thatcher* • Oklahoma 8
5. Jamar Fletcher • Wisconsin 7
Dan Dawson • Rice 7
Nate Jackson • Hawaii 7
8. Jerametrius Butler • Kansas State 6
Rashad Holman • Louisville 6
Lenny Walls • Boston College 6
Willie Pile • Virginia Tech 6
Shawn Robinson • Pittsburgh 6
Alex Ardley • Clemson 6
Lito Sheppard • Florida 6
Tay Cody • Florida State 6
Charles Tillman • Louisiana-Lafayette 6
Tim Wansley • Georgia 6
Todd Howard • Michigan 6
19. Rodney Crayton • Auburn 5
Nijrell Eason* • Arizona State 5
Ontei Jones* • Oklahoma 5
Ronyell Whitaker • Virginia Tech 5
Rashad Bauman* • Oregon 5
Vince Thompson • Northern Illinois 5
Tedaro France • Central Michigan 5
Chris Lepore • Navy 5
Troy Watchorn • Nebraska 5
Todd Johnson • Florida 5
Richard Bryant • West Virginia 5
Stuart Schweigert* • Purdue 5
Mike Echols • Wisconsin 5
Cedric Henry • Michigan State 5
C.J. Scott • Tulsa 5
David Mitchell* • Ohio State 5
Demerist Whitfield • Northern Illinois 5
D.J. Walker • Texas-El Paso 5
Doug Hodges • Marshall 5
Dyshod Carter • Kansas State 5
Fred Smoot • Mississippi State 5
Glenn Sumter • Memphis 5
Hanik Milligan • Houston 5
Harold Blackmon* • Northwestern 5
Jake Cookus* • Oregon State 5
Ken Lucas • Mississippi 5
Leo Barnes • Southern Mississippi 5
Michael Jolivette • Arizona 5
Anthony Henry • South Florida 5
Interception Return Yards
1. Dwight Smith • Akron 208
2. Dan Dawson • Rice 206
3. Tay Cody • Florida State 200
4. Lito Sheppard • Florida 179
Jamar Fletcher • Wisconsin 179
6. J.T. Thatcher* • Oklahoma 162
7. Anthony Floyd • Louisville 152
8. Tim Wansley • Georgia 148
9. Richard Bryant • West Virginia 145
10. Todd Johnson • Florida 139
11. Reggie Myles • Alabama 127
12. Leo Barnes • Southern Mississippi 123
13. Alex Wallace • San Jose State 120
14. Cedric Henry • Michigan State 118
15. Andre Dyson • Utah 115
16. Shawn Forte • Maryland 114
17. David Mitchell* • Ohio State 113
18. Russell Gary • Texas Christian 112
19. Mike Echols • Wisconsin 110
20. Patrick Battle • San Jose State 109
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