COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2021: Individual Passing Yards Per Game
| Rank | Player | Cl | Pos | G | Pass Att | Pass Com | Int | Pass TD | Pass Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Bailey Zappe, Western Ky. (C-USA) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 687 | 475 | 11 | 62 | 5,967 | 426.2 |
| 2 | Brennan Armstrong, Virginia (ACC) | Jr. | QB | 11 | 500 | 326 | 10 | 31 | 4,449 | 404.5 |
| 3 | C.J. Stroud, Ohio St. (Big Ten) | So. | QB | 12 | 441 | 317 | 6 | 44 | 4,435 | 369.6 |
| 4 | Will Rogers, Mississippi St. (SEC) | So. | QB | 13 | 683 | 505 | 9 | 36 | 4,739 | 364.5 |
| 5 | Carson Strong, Nevada (Mountain West) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 523 | 366 | 8 | 36 | 4,175 | 347.9 |
| 6 | Kenny Pickett, Pittsburgh (ACC) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 497 | 334 | 7 | 42 | 4,319 | 332.2 |
| 7 | Bryce Young, Alabama (SEC) | So. | QB | 15 | 547 | 366 | 7 | 47 | 4,872 | 324.8 |
| 8 | Jake Haener, Fresno St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 490 | 329 | 9 | 33 | 4,096 | 315.1 |
| 9 | Aidan O'Connell, Purdue (Big Ten) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 439 | 315 | 11 | 28 | 3,711 | 309.2 |
| 10 | Tanner Mordecai, SMU (AAC) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 454 | 308 | 12 | 39 | 3,628 | 302.3 |
| 11 | Sam Hartman, Wake Forest (ACC) | So. | QB | 14 | 508 | 299 | 14 | 39 | 4,228 | 302.0 |
| 11 | Seth Henigan, Memphis (AAC) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 393 | 235 | 8 | 25 | 3,322 | 302.0 |
| 13 | Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland (Big Ten) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 474 | 328 | 11 | 26 | 3,860 | 296.9 |
| 14 | Tyler Van Dyke, Miami (FL) (ACC) | So. | QB | 10 | 324 | 202 | 6 | 25 | 2,931 | 293.1 |
| 15 | Devin Leary, NC State (ACC) | So. | QB | 12 | 431 | 283 | 5 | 35 | 3,433 | 286.1 |
| 16 | Grant Wells, Marshall (C-USA) | Fr. | QB | 13 | 445 | 295 | 13 | 16 | 3,532 | 271.7 |
| 17 | Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH) (MAC) | Jr. | QB | 10 | 299 | 178 | 6 | 26 | 2,648 | 264.8 |
| 18 | Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) | So. | QB | 11 | 241 | 176 | 3 | 27 | 2,873 | 261.2 |
| 19 | Holton Ahlers, East Carolina (AAC) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 414 | 256 | 10 | 18 | 3,126 | 260.5 |
| 20 | Adrian Martinez, Nebraska (Big Ten) | Jr. | QB | 11 | 306 | 189 | 10 | 14 | 2,863 | 260.3 |
| 21 | Logan Bonner, Utah St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 430 | 263 | 12 | 36 | 3,628 | 259.1 |
| 22 | Jaren Hall, BYU (FBS Independent) | So. | QB | 10 | 296 | 189 | 5 | 20 | 2,583 | 258.3 |
| 23 | Matt Corral, Ole Miss (SEC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 386 | 262 | 5 | 20 | 3,349 | 257.6 |
| 24 | Hank Bachmeier, Boise St. (Mountain West) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 401 | 252 | 8 | 20 | 3,079 | 256.6 |
| 25 | Sam Howell, North Carolina (ACC) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 347 | 217 | 9 | 24 | 3,056 | 254.7 |
| 26 | Chevan Cordeiro, Hawaii (Mountain West) | Jr. | QB | 11 | 353 | 195 | 11 | 17 | 2,793 | 253.9 |
| 27 | Clayton Tune, Houston (AAC) | Jr. | QB | 14 | 421 | 287 | 10 | 30 | 3,546 | 253.3 |
| 28 | Kaleb Eleby, Western Mich. (MAC) | So. | QB | 13 | 363 | 230 | 6 | 23 | 3,277 | 252.1 |
| 29 | Davis Brin, Tulsa (AAC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 411 | 244 | 16 | 18 | 3,244 | 249.5 |
| 30 | Payton Thorne, Michigan St. (Big Ten) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 389 | 235 | 10 | 27 | 3,240 | 249.2 |
| 31 | Jake Bentley, South Alabama (Sun Belt) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 303 | 212 | 8 | 17 | 2,476 | 247.6 |
| 32 | Gavin Hardison, UTEP (C-USA) | So. | QB | 13 | 357 | 198 | 13 | 18 | 3,217 | 247.5 |
| 33 | Todd Centeio, Colorado St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 380 | 229 | 10 | 15 | 2,958 | 246.5 |
| 34 | Jonah Johnson, New Mexico St. (FBS Independent) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 439 | 257 | 8 | 10 | 2,705 | 245.9 |
| 35 | Brock Purdy, Iowa St. (Big 12) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 407 | 292 | 8 | 19 | 3,188 | 245.2 |
| 36 | Max Bortenschlager, FIU (C-USA) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 342 | 178 | 12 | 19 | 2,935 | 244.6 |
| 37 | Chris Reynolds, Charlotte (C-USA) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 337 | 215 | 9 | 26 | 2,684 | 244.0 |
| 38 | Jack Coan, Notre Dame (FBS Independent) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 386 | 253 | 7 | 25 | 3,150 | 242.3 |
| 39 | Ben Bryant, Eastern Mich. (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 408 | 279 | 7 | 14 | 3,121 | 240.1 |
| 40 | Kedon Slovis, Southern California (Pac-12) | Jr. | QB | 9 | 297 | 193 | 8 | 11 | 2,153 | 239.2 |
| 41 | Sean Clifford, Penn St. (Big Ten) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 428 | 261 | 8 | 21 | 3,107 | 239.0 |
| 42 | Chase Brice, App State (Sun Belt) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 390 | 242 | 11 | 27 | 3,337 | 238.4 |
| 43 | Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati (AAC) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 387 | 251 | 8 | 30 | 3,334 | 238.1 |
| 44 | Max Johnson, LSU (SEC) | So. | QB | 12 | 373 | 225 | 6 | 27 | 2,815 | 234.6 |
| 45 | Jarret Doege, West Virginia (Big 12) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 417 | 272 | 12 | 19 | 3,048 | 234.5 |
| 46 | Jayden de Laura, Washington St. (Pac-12) | So. | QB | 12 | 359 | 227 | 9 | 23 | 2,798 | 233.2 |
| 47 | Tanner McKee, Stanford (Pac-12) | So. | QB | 10 | 315 | 206 | 7 | 15 | 2,327 | 232.7 |
| 48 | Connor Bazelak, Missouri (SEC) | So. | QB | 11 | 377 | 246 | 11 | 16 | 2,548 | 231.6 |
| 49 | N'Kosi Perry, Fla. Atlantic (C-USA) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 345 | 210 | 7 | 20 | 2,771 | 230.9 |
| 50 | Chase Garbers, California (Pac-12) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 348 | 223 | 8 | 16 | 2,533 | 230.3 |
| 51 | Bo Nix, Auburn (SEC) | Jr. | QB | 10 | 323 | 197 | 3 | 11 | 2,293 | 229.3 |
| 52 | Dustin Crum, Kent St. (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 381 | 244 | 6 | 20 | 3,206 | 229.0 |
| 53 | Frank Harris, UTSA (C-USA) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 399 | 263 | 6 | 27 | 3,177 | 226.9 |
| 54 | Hendon Hooker, Tennessee (SEC) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 303 | 206 | 3 | 31 | 2,945 | 226.5 |
| 55 | Malik Cunningham, Louisville (ACC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 337 | 209 | 6 | 19 | 2,940 | 226.2 |
| 56 | Dylan Morris, Washington (Pac-12) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 363 | 220 | 12 | 14 | 2,458 | 223.5 |
| 57 | Layne Hatcher, Arkansas St. (Sun Belt) | So. | QB | 11 | 342 | 201 | 13 | 19 | 2,423 | 220.3 |
| 58 | Malik Willis, Liberty (FBS Independent) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 339 | 207 | 12 | 27 | 2,862 | 220.2 |
| 59 | Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA (Pac-12) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 283 | 176 | 6 | 21 | 2,409 | 219.0 |
| 60 | Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma St. (Big 12) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 391 | 243 | 12 | 20 | 2,839 | 218.4 |
| 61 | Will Levis, Kentucky (SEC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 353 | 233 | 13 | 24 | 2,827 | 217.5 |
| 62 | Gunnar Holmberg, Duke (ACC) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 324 | 217 | 8 | 7 | 2,358 | 214.4 |
| 63 | Anthony Brown, Oregon (Pac-12) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 390 | 250 | 7 | 18 | 2,989 | 213.5 |
| 64 | Matt McDonald, Bowling Green (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 393 | 236 | 7 | 12 | 2,555 | 212.9 |
| 65 | Skylar Thompson, Kansas St. (Big 12) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 233 | 162 | 4 | 12 | 2,113 | 211.3 |
| 66 | Emory Jones, Florida (SEC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 346 | 224 | 13 | 19 | 2,734 | 210.3 |
| 67 | Levi Lewis, Louisiana (Sun Belt) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 404 | 242 | 4 | 20 | 2,905 | 207.5 |
| 68 | Chance Nolan, Oregon St. (Pac-12) | So. | QB | 13 | 318 | 204 | 10 | 19 | 2,677 | 205.9 |
| 69 | K.J. Jefferson, Arkansas (SEC) | So. | QB | 13 | 294 | 198 | 4 | 21 | 2,676 | 205.8 |
| 70 | Max Duggan, TCU (Big 12) | Jr. | QB | 10 | 227 | 145 | 6 | 16 | 2,048 | 204.8 |
| 71 | Stetson Bennett, Georgia (SEC) | Sr. | QB | 14 | 287 | 185 | 7 | 29 | 2,862 | 204.4 |
| 72 | Daniel Richardson, Central Mich. (MAC) | Fr. | QB | 13 | 316 | 191 | 6 | 24 | 2,633 | 202.5 |
| 73 | Rocky Lombardi, Northern Ill. (MAC) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 343 | 200 | 8 | 15 | 2,597 | 199.8 |
| 74 | Michael Pratt, Tulane (AAC) | Fr. | QB | 12 | 328 | 189 | 8 | 21 | 2,381 | 198.4 |
| 75 | Drew Plitt, Ball St. (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 411 | 248 | 6 | 18 | 2,541 | 195.5 |
| 76 | Hayden Wolff, Old Dominion (C-USA) | Fr. | QB | 10 | 253 | 159 | 7 | 10 | 1,933 | 193.3 |
| 77 | Cameron Rising, Utah (Pac-12) | So. | QB | 13 | 320 | 204 | 5 | 20 | 2,493 | 191.8 |
| 78 | Cade McNamara, Michigan (Big Ten) | Jr. | QB | 14 | 327 | 210 | 6 | 15 | 2,576 | 184.0 |
| 79 | Gerry Bohanon, Baylor (Big 12) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 275 | 173 | 7 | 18 | 2,205 | 183.8 |
| 80 | Kyle Vantrease, Buffalo (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 261 | 160 | 6 | 8 | 1,836 | 183.6 |
| 81 | Jayden Daniels, Arizona St. (Pac-12) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 301 | 197 | 10 | 10 | 2,380 | 183.1 |
| 82 | Zach Calzada, Texas A&M (SEC) | So. | QB | 12 | 328 | 184 | 9 | 17 | 2,185 | 182.1 |
| 83 | Kurtis Rourke, Ohio (MAC) | So. | QB | 10 | 259 | 169 | 7 | 11 | 1,801 | 180.1 |
| 84 | Cameron Friel, UNLV (Mountain West) | Fr. | QB | 9 | 226 | 141 | 11 | 6 | 1,608 | 178.7 |
| 85 | Casey Thompson, Texas (Big 12) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 261 | 165 | 9 | 24 | 2,113 | 176.1 |
| 86 | Dylan Hopkins, UAB (C-USA) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 235 | 155 | 7 | 18 | 2,274 | 174.9 |
| 87 | Caleb Williams, Oklahoma (Big 12) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 211 | 136 | 4 | 21 | 1,912 | 173.8 |
| 88 | DJ Uiagalelei, Clemson (ACC) | So. | QB | 13 | 374 | 208 | 10 | 9 | 2,246 | 172.8 |
| 89 | Timmy McClain, South Fla. (AAC) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 262 | 145 | 7 | 5 | 1,888 | 171.6 |
| 90 | Braxton Burmeister, Virginia Tech (ACC) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 255 | 142 | 4 | 14 | 1,960 | 163.3 |
| 91 | Will Plummer, Arizona (Pac-12) | Fr. | QB | 10 | 267 | 155 | 9 | 6 | 1,610 | 161.0 |
| 92 | Dequan Finn, Toledo (MAC) | Fr. | QB | 13 | 250 | 144 | 2 | 18 | 2,067 | 159.0 |
| 93 | Mikey Keene, UCF (AAC) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 272 | 173 | 6 | 17 | 1,730 | 157.3 |
| 94 | Tanner Morgan, Minnesota (Big Ten) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 250 | 149 | 9 | 10 | 2,044 | 157.2 |
| 95 | Spencer Petras, Iowa (Big Ten) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 288 | 165 | 9 | 10 | 1,880 | 156.7 |
| 96 | Jordan Travis, Florida St. (ACC) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 194 | 122 | 6 | 15 | 1,539 | 153.9 |
| 97 | Austin Aune, North Texas (C-USA) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 295 | 151 | 9 | 9 | 1,991 | 153.2 |
| 98 | Graham Mertz, Wisconsin (Big Ten) | So. | QB | 13 | 284 | 169 | 11 | 10 | 1,958 | 150.6 |
| 99 | Noah Vedral, Rutgers (Big Ten) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 303 | 180 | 7 | 7 | 1,823 | 140.2 |
| 100 | Darren Grainger, Georgia St. (Sun Belt) | Jr. | QB | 13 | 228 | 136 | 4 | 19 | 1,715 | 131.9 |
| 101 | Brendon Lewis, Colorado (Pac-12) | Fr. | QB | 12 | 257 | 149 | 3 | 10 | 1,540 | 128.3 |
| 102 | Brady Olson, Massachusetts (FBS Independent) | Fr. | QB | 9 | 216 | 104 | 7 | 8 | 1,145 | 127.2 |
| 103 | Garrett Shrader, Syracuse (ACC) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 234 | 123 | 4 | 9 | 1,445 | 120.4 |
| 104 | Brandon Peters, Illinois (Big Ten) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 169 | 91 | 4 | 7 | 1,170 | 117.0 |
| 105 | Jason Bean, Kansas (Big 12) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 182 | 102 | 6 | 6 | 1,252 | 113.8 |
| 106 | Steven Krajewski, UConn (FBS Independent) | Jr. | QB | 11 | 230 | 121 | 10 | 7 | 1,221 | 111.0 |
| 107 | Lucas Johnson, San Diego St. (Mountain West) | Sr. | QB | 13 | 223 | 138 | 4 | 12 | 1,424 | 109.5 |
| 108 | Ryan Hilinski, Northwestern (Big Ten) | So. | QB | 9 | 176 | 95 | 4 | 3 | 978 | 108.7 |
| 109 | Chandler Rogers, ULM (Sun Belt) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 181 | 115 | 3 | 9 | 1,301 | 108.4 |
| 110 | Donovan Smith, Texas Tech (Big 12) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 138 | 85 | 2 | 7 | 1,181 | 107.4 |
| 111 | Mike Wright, Vanderbilt (SEC) | So. | QB | 10 | 175 | 93 | 6 | 8 | 1,042 | 104.2 |
| 112 | Haaziq Daniels, Air Force (Mountain West) | Jr. | QB | 12 | 104 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 1,184 | 98.7 |
| 113 | Nick Nash, San Jose St. (Mountain West) | Jr. | QB | 11 | 138 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 971 | 88.3 |
| 114 | Justin Lynch, Temple (AAC) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 154 | 88 | 4 | 4 | 839 | 76.3 |
| 115 | Matt Myers, Buffalo (MAC) | Jr. | QB | 10 | 104 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 711 | 71.1 |
| 116 | Christian Anderson, Army West Point (FBS Independent) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 63 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 713 | 64.8 |
| 117 | Cam Ransom, Ga. Southern (Sun Belt) | Fr. | QB | 9 | 83 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 494 | 54.9 |
| 118 | J.J. McCarthy, Michigan (Big Ten) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 59 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 516 | 46.9 |
| 119 | Tai Lavatai, Navy (AAC) | So. | QB | 10 | 61 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 449 | 44.9 |
| 120 | Bryce Carpenter, Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) | Sr. | QB | 11 | 69 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 483 | 43.9 |
| 121 | Luke McCaffrey, Rice (C-USA) | Fr. | QB | 9 | 62 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 313 | 34.8 |
| 122 | Tyler Buchner, Notre Dame (FBS Independent) | Fr. | QB | 10 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 298 | 29.8 |
| 123 | Armani Rogers, Ohio (MAC) | Sr. | QB | 12 | 49 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 350 | 29.2 |
| 124 | Nate Cox, Nevada (Mountain West) | Sr. | QB | 10 | 43 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 279 | 27.9 |
| 125 | Ethan Garbers, UCLA (Pac-12) | Fr. | QB | 12 | 51 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 305 | 25.4 |
| 126 | Mike DiLiello, Middle Tenn. (C-USA) | So. | QB | 12 | 49 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 267 | 22.2 |
| 127 | TJ McMahon, Rice (C-USA) | So. | QB | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 191 | 17.4 |
| 128 | Frank Gore, Southern Miss. (C-USA) | Fr. | RB | 12 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 189 | 15.8 |
| 129 | Garrett Greene, West Virginia (Big 12) | Fr. | QB | 11 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 13.4 |
| 130 | Paul Tyson, Alabama (SEC) | So. | QB | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 12.5 |