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Passing · 2021 regular season · FBS

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Top 100

2021 REG

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds ↓	TD	INT	Y/A
1	Bailey Zappe	QB	WKU	442	639	69.2	5,545	56	11	8.7
2	Will Rogers	QB	MSST	473	630	75.1	4,449	35	8	7.1
3	Brennan Armstrong	QB	UVA	327	501	65.3	4,444	31	10	8.9
4	Bryce Young	QB	ALA	314	462	68.0	4,322	43	4	9.4
5	Kenny Pickett	QB	PITT	334	497	67.2	4,319	42	7	8.7
6	Carson Strong	QB	NEV	367	524	70.0	4,186	36	8	8.0
7	Sam Hartman	QB	WAKE	276	469	58.8	3,924	36	14	8.4
8	C.J. Stroud	QB	OSU	280	395	70.9	3,862	38	5	9.8
9	Jake Haener	QB	FRES	303	449	67.5	3,810	32	9	8.5
10	Tanner Mordecai	QB	SMU	308	454	67.8	3,628	39	12	8.0
11	Taulia Tagovailoa	QB	MD	308	450	68.4	3,595	24	11	8.0
12	Logan Bonner	QB	USU	257	420	61.2	3,560	36	11	8.5
13	Grant Wells	QB	MRSH	280	419	66.8	3,433	16	12	8.2
14	Devin Leary	QB	NCSU	283	431	65.7	3,433	35	5	8.0
15	Matt Corral	QB	MISS	260	380	68.4	3,339	20	4	8.8
16	Seth Henigan	QB	MEM	235	393	59.8	3,322	25	8	8.5
17	Clayton Tune	QB	HOU	261	381	68.5	3,263	28	9	8.6
18	Desmond Ridder	QB	CIN	234	355	65.9	3,190	30	8	9.0
19	Aidan O'Connell	QB	PUR	289	393	73.5	3,178	23	8	8.1
20	Holton Ahlers	QB	ECU	256	414	61.8	3,126	18	10	7.6
21	Kaleb Eleby	QB	WMU	222	348	63.8	3,115	21	5	9.0
22	Hank Bachmeier	QB	BOIS	252	401	62.8	3,079	20	8	7.7
23	Chase Brice	QB	APP	227	367	61.9	3,020	23	10	8.2
24	Brock Purdy	QB	ISU	269	368	73.1	2,984	18	7	8.1
25	Davis Brin	QB	TLSA	221	376	58.8	2,969	16	16	7.9
26	Gavin Hardison	QB	UTEP	186	332	56.0	2,966	17	12	8.9
27	Todd Centeio	QB	CSU	229	380	60.3	2,958	15	10	7.8
28	Max Bortenschlager	QB	FIU	178	342	52.0	2,935	19	12	8.6
29	Tyler Van Dyke	QB	MIA	202	324	62.3	2,931	25	6	9.0
30	Dustin Crum	QB	KENT	228	355	64.2	2,922	16	6	8.2
31	Ben Bryant	QB	EMU	256	372	68.8	2,921	14	6	7.9
32	Sean Clifford	QB	PSU	247	396	62.4	2,912	20	6	7.4
33	Jarret Doege	QB	WVU	254	386	65.8	2,908	19	11	7.5
34	Frank Harris	QB	UTSA	241	362	66.6	2,906	25	5	8.0
35	Payton Thorne	QB	MSU	206	339	60.8	2,886	24	9	8.5
36	Adrian Martinez	QB	NEB	189	306	61.8	2,863	14	10	9.4
37	Sam Howell	QB	UNC	205	327	62.7	2,851	23	9	8.7
38	Max Johnson	QB	LSU	225	373	60.3	2,815	27	6	7.5
39	Chevan Cordeiro	QB	HAW	195	353	55.2	2,793	17	11	7.9
40	N'Kosi Perry	QB	FAU	210	345	60.9	2,771	20	7	8.0
41	Jayden de Laura	QB	WSU	220	342	64.3	2,751	23	9	8.0
42	Malik Cunningham	QB	LOU	196	316	62.0	2,734	18	6	8.7
43	Jonah Johnson	QB	NMSU	257	438	58.7	2,705	10	8	6.2
44	Anthony Brown	QB	ORE	223	350	63.7	2,683	15	6	7.7
45	Chris Reynolds	QB	CLT	216	338	63.9	2,680	26	9	7.9
46	Levi Lewis	QB	UL	217	360	60.3	2,647	19	4	7.4
47	Jack Coan	QB	ND	215	317	67.8	2,641	20	6	8.3
48	Malik Willis	QB	LIB	194	315	61.6	2,626	24	12	8.3
49	Will Levis	QB	UK	216	325	66.5	2,593	23	12	8.0
50	Jaren Hall	QB	BYU	189	296	63.9	2,583	20	5	8.7
51	KJ Jefferson	QB	ARK	184	275	66.9	2,578	21	3	9.4
52	Hendon Hooker	QB	TENN	180	261	69.0	2,567	26	3	9.8
53	Emory Jones	QB	FLA	210	310	67.7	2,563	19	13	8.3
54	Grayson McCall	QB	CCU	154	211	73.0	2,558	23	3	12.1
55	Matt McDonald	QB	BGSU	236	393	60.1	2,555	12	7	6.5
56	Connor Bazelak	QB	MIZ	246	377	65.3	2,548	16	11	6.8
57	Chase Garbers	QB	CAL	223	348	64.1	2,531	16	8	7.3
58	Jake Bentley	QB	USA	212	303	70.0	2,476	17	8	8.2
59	Cade McNamara	QB	MICH	199	308	64.6	2,470	15	4	8.0
60	Spencer Sanders	QB	OKST	209	340	61.5	2,468	16	12	7.3
61	Dylan Morris	QB	WASH	220	363	60.6	2,458	14	12	6.8
62	Daniel Richardson	QB	CMU	173	282	61.3	2,424	23	5	8.6
63	Layne Hatcher	QB	ARST	201	341	58.9	2,423	19	13	7.1
64	Brett Gabbert	QB	M-OH	156	268	58.2	2,418	24	6	9.0
65	Rocky Lombardi	QB	NIU	180	310	58.1	2,416	13	8	7.8
66	Chance Nolan	QB	ORST	183	288	63.5	2,414	19	9	8.4
67	Dorian Thompson-Robinson	QB	UCLA	176	283	62.2	2,409	21	6	8.5
68	Michael Pratt	QB	TULN	189	328	57.6	2,381	21	8	7.3
69	Gunnar Holmberg	QB	DUKE	217	324	67.0	2,358	7	8	7.3
70	Tanner McKee	QB	STAN	206	315	65.4	2,327	15	7	7.4
71	Stetson Bennett	QB	UGA	148	231	64.1	2,325	24	7	10.1
72	Bo Nix	QB	AUB	197	323	61.0	2,294	11	3	7.1
73	Cameron Rising	QB	UTAH	187	298	62.8	2,279	18	5	7.6
74	Drew Plitt	QB	BALL	221	365	60.5	2,248	17	5	6.2
75	Jayden Daniels	QB	ASU	186	280	66.4	2,221	10	9	7.9
76	Zach Calzada	QB	TA&M	184	328	56.1	2,185	17	9	6.7
77	Gerry Bohannon	QB	BAY	166	258	64.3	2,160	17	6	8.4
78	Kedon Slovis	QB	USC	193	297	65.0	2,153	11	8	7.2
79	Casey Thompson	QB	TEX	165	261	63.2	2,113	24	9	8.1
80	Dylan Hopkins	QB	UAB	136	212	64.2	2,085	15	6	9.8
81	D.J. Uiagalelei	QB	CLEM	187	342	54.7	2,059	9	9	6.0
82	Max Duggan	QB	TCU	145	227	63.9	2,048	16	6	9.0
83	Braxton Burmeister	QB	VT	142	255	55.7	1,960	14	4	7.7
84	Tanner Morgan	QB	MINN	141	236	59.7	1,935	10	8	8.2
85	Timmy McClain	QB	USF	145	262	55.3	1,888	5	7	7.2
86	Austin Kendall	QB	LT	148	243	60.9	1,884	13	9	7.8
87	Kyle Vantrease	QB	BUF	161	262	61.5	1,861	8	6	7.1
88	Dequan Finn	QB	TOL	126	211	59.7	1,855	16	1	8.8
89	Skylar John Thompson	QB	KSU	141	205	68.8	1,854	9	4	9.0
90	Graham Mertz	QB	WIS	158	269	58.7	1,821	9	10	6.8
91	Kurtis Rourke	QB	OHIO	171	261	65.5	1,817	11	7	7.0
92	Austin Aune	QB	UNT	136	263	51.7	1,763	9	7	6.7
93	Hayden Wolff	QB	ODU	140	225	62.2	1,757	10	6	7.8
94	Noah Vedral	QB	RUTG	172	290	59.3	1,726	7	6	6.0
95	Caleb Williams	QB	OU	115	184	62.5	1,670	18	4	9.1
96	Spencer Petras	QB	IOWA	146	258	56.6	1,669	9	6	6.5
97	Nick Starkel	QB	SJSU	128	248	51.6	1,645	9	7	6.6
98	Jake Constantine	QB	RICE	126	206	61.2	1,622	8	7	7.9
99	Gunnar Watson	QB	TROY	140	228	61.4	1,613	8	4	7.1
100	Will Plummer	QB	ARIZ	155	267	58.1	1,610	6	9	6.0