Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders

This list of Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders shows the individual career, season, and single-game leaders of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program in passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890, but early records are often incomplete and inconsistent as they were reported and compiled by various newspapers or wire services, which often contradicted each other. The university generally excludes records prior to 1946.

These lists are dominated by recent players for several reasons, including college football's progressively increasing season length, the NCAA forbidding freshmen from playing varsity football until 1972, and the exclusion of bowl game statistics in official records prior to 2002. For consistency, statistics from bowl games prior to 2002 are not included in these lists.

Rushing Yards

+ Career 1 Mike Rozier 4,780 1981–1983 2 Ameer Abdullah 4,588 2011–2014 3 Ahman Green 3,880 1995–1997 4 Eric Crouch 3,434 1998–2001 5 Roy Helu 3,404 2007–2010 6 Rex Burkhead 3,329 2009–2012 7 Calvin Jones 3,153 1991–1993 8 Ken Clark 3,037 1987–1989 9 Taylor Martinez 2,975 2010–2013 10 I. M. Hipp 2,814 1977–1979

+ Season 1 Mike Rozier 2,295 1983 2 Ahman Green 2,083 1997 3 Lawrence Phillips 1,826 1994 4 Mike Rozier 1,807 1982 5 Ameer Abdullah 1,690 2013 6 Ameer Abdullah 1,611 2014 7 Ken Clark 1,533 1988 8 Emmett Johnson 1,451 2025 9 Jammal Lord 1,412 2002 10 Rex Burkhead 1,357 2011

+ Game 1 Roy Helu 307 2010 Missouri 2 Calvin Jones 294 1991 Kansas 3 Mike Rozier 285 1983 Kansas 4 Ken Clark 256 1988 Oklahoma State 5 Rick Berns 255 1978 Missouri 6 I. M. Hipp 254 1977 Indiana 7 Mike Rozier 251 1982 Oklahoma State 8 Keith Jones 248 1987 Colorado 9 Taylor Martinez 241 2010 Kansas State 10 Keith Jones 240 1987 Iowa State

Touchdowns

+ Career 1 Eric Crouch 59 1998–2001 2 Mike Rozier 49 1981–1983 3 Ahman Green 42 1995–1997 4 Calvin Jones 40 1991–1993 5 Ameer Abdullah 39 2011–2014 6 Tommie Frazier 36 1992–1995 7 Adrian Martinez 35 2018–2021 8 Keith Jones 32 1984–1997 Steve Taylor 1985–1988 10 Taylor Martinez 31 2010–2013

+ Season 1 Mike Rozier 29 1983 2 Ahman Green 22 1997 3 Eric Crouch 20 2000 4 Bobby Reynolds 19 1950 Scott Frost 1997 Ameer Abdullah 2014 7 Eric Crouch 18 2001 8 Jeff Kinney 16 1971 Lawrence Phillips 1994 Eric Crouch 1999

+ Game 1 Calvin Jones 6 1991 Kansas 2 Rick Berns 4 1976 Hawaii Mike Rozier 1982 Oklahoma State 1983 Iowa State Kansas Lawrence Phillips 1995 Michigan State Taylor Martinez 2010 Kansas State Ameer Abdullah 2014 Northwestern 9 Many tied 3

Passing Yards

+ Career 1 Tommy Armstrong 8,871 2013–2016 2 Adrian Martinez 8,491 2018–2021 3 Taylor Martinez 7,258 2010–2013 4 Zac Taylor 5,850 2005–2006 5 Joe Ganz 5,125 2006–2008 6 David Humm 5,035 1972–1974 7 Dylan Raiola 4,819 2024–2025 8 Jerry Tagge 4,704 1969–1971 9 Eric Crouch 4,481 1998–2001 10 Tommie Frazier 3,521 1992–1995

+ Season 1 Joe Ganz 3,568 2008 2 Zac Taylor 3,197 2006 3 Tanner Lee 3,143 2017 4 Tommy Armstrong 3,030 2015 5 Taylor Martinez 2,871 2012 6 Adrian Martinez 2,863 2021 7 Dylan Raiola 2,819 2024 8 Tommy Armstrong 2,695 2014 9 Zac Taylor 2,653 2005 10 Adrian Martinez 2,617 2018

+ Game 1 Joe Ganz 510 2007 Kansas State 2 484 Colorado 3 Sam Keller 438 Ball State 4 Zac Taylor 431 2005 Iowa State Tanner Lee 2017 Purdue 6 Ryker Fyfe 407 2015 Purdue 7 Joe Ganz 405 2007 Kansas 8 Tanner Lee 399 2017 Penn State 9 Zac Taylor 395 2006 Kansas 10 392 2005 Colorado

Touchdowns

+ Career 1 Tommy Armstrong 67 2013–2016 2 Taylor Martinez 56 2010–2013 3 Zac Taylor 45 2005–2006 Adrian Martinez 2018–2021 5 Joe Ganz 44 2006–2008 6 Tommie Frazier 43 1992–1995 7 David Humm 41 1972–1974 8 Turner Gill 34 1980–19839 Jerry Tagge 32 1969–1971 Vince Ferragamo 1975–1976

+ Season 1 Zac Taylor 26 2006 2 Joe Ganz 25 2008 3 Taylor Martinez 23 2012 Tanner Lee 2017 5 Tommy Armstrong 22 20142015 7 Vince Ferragamo 20 1976 8 Gerry Gdowski 19 1989 Zac Taylor 2005 10 Six tied 18

+ Game 1 Joe Ganz 7 2007 Kansas State 2 Steve Taylor 5 1987 UCLA Eric Crouch 2000 Iowa Joe Dailey 2004 Baylor Taylor Martinez 2010 Oklahoma State 6 Many tied 4

Receiving Receptions

+ Career 1 Stanley Morgan 189 2015–2018 2 Kenny Bell 181 2011–2014 3 J. D. Spielman 170 2017–2019 4 Jordan Westerkamp 167 2013–2016 5 Nate Swift 166 2005–2008 6 Johnny Rodgers 143 1970–1972 7 Terrence Nunn 136 2004–2007 8 Marlon Lucky 135 2005–2008 9 Quincy Enunwa 115 2010–2013 10 Todd Peterson 108 2005–2008

+ Season 1 Marlon Lucky 75 2007 2 Trey Palmer 71 2022 3 Stanley Morgan 70 2018 4 J. D. Spielman 66 5 Jordan Westerkamp 65 2015 6 Nate Swift 63 2008 7 Todd Petersen 62 8 Stanley Morgan 61 2017 9 Johnny Rodgers 58 1972 10 Maurice Purify 57 2007

+ Game 1 Dennis Richnafsky 14 1967 Kansas State 2 Marlon Lucky 13 2007 Texas A&M 3 11 Ball State Maurice Purify Colorado Nate Swift 2008 Baylor Jordan Westerkamp 2015 Southern Miss J. D. Spielman 2017 Ohio State Kwazi Gilmer 2026 Maryland 9 Five tied 10

Yards

+ Career 1 Stanley Morgan 2,747 2015–2018 2 Kenny Bell 2,689 2011–2014 3 J. D. Spielman 2,546 2017–2019 4 Johnny Rodgers 2,479 1970–1972 5 Nate Swift 2,476 2005–2008 6 Jordan Westerkamp 2,474 2013–2016 7 Terrence Nunn 1,762 2004–2007 8 Todd Peterson 1,602 2005–2008 9 Niles Paul 1,532 2007–2010 10 Quincy Enunwa 1,526 2010–2013

+ Season 1 Trey Palmer 1,043 2022 2 Johnny Rodgers 1,013 1972 3 Stanley Morgan 1,004 2018 4 986 2017 5 Johnny Rodgers 956 1971 6 Nate Swift 941 2008 7 Jordan Westerkamp 918 2015 8 J. D. Spielman 898 2019 Samori Toure 2021 10 Kenny Bell 863 2012

+ Game 1 Trey Palmer 237 2022 Purdue 2 J. D. Spielman 209 2018 Wisconsin 3 200 2017 Ohio State 4 Stanley Morgan 185 Penn State 5 Matt Davison 167 1998 Texas A&M 6 Chuck Malito 166 1976 Hawaii 7 Trey Palmer 165 2022 Iowa 8 Guy Ingles 163 1969 Oklahoma State Stanley Morgan 2018 Minnesota 10 J. D. Spielman 160 2019 Illinois

Touchdowns

+ Career 1 Johnny Rodgers 25 1970–1972 2 Nate Swift 22 2005–2008 Stanley Morgan 2015–2018 4 Kenny Bell 21 2011–2014 5 Clarence Swanson 18 1919–1921 Jordan Westerkamp 2013–2016 7 Maurice Purify 16 2006–2007 8 Jon Bostick 15 1989–1991 Quincy Enunwa 2010–2013 J. D. Spielman 2017–2019

+ Season 1 Quincy Enunwa 12 2013 2 Johnny Rodgers 11 1971 3 Nate Swift 10 2008 Stanley Morgan 2017 5 Clarence Swanson 9 1921 Maurice Purify 2007 Trey Palmer 2022 8 Six tied 8

+ Game 1 Clarence Swanson 3 1921 Colorado Agricultural Johnny Rodgers 1971 Minnesota Frosty Anderson 1973 Minnesota Don Westbrook 1974 Kansas Tom Banderas 1987 Missouri Tracey Wistrom 2000 Iowa Maurice Purify 2007 Kansas Frantz Hardy Kansas State Maurice Purify Colorado Brandon Kinnie 2010 Oklahoma State

Total offense Total offense (for an individual player) is the sum of passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

+ Career 1 Adrian Martinez 10,792 2018–2021 2 Tommy Armstrong 10,690 2013–2016 3 Taylor Martinez 10,233 2010–2013 4 Eric Crouch 7,915 1998–2001 5 Zac Taylor 5,777 2005–2006 6 Tommie Frazier 5,476 1992–1995 7 Joe Ganz 5,466 2006–2008 8 Jammal Lord 5,421 2000–2003 9 Jerry Tagge 5,283 1969–1971 10 David Humm 5,027 1972–1974

+ Season 1 Taylor Martinez 3,890 2012 2 Joe Ganz 3,826 2008 3 Tommy Armstrong 3,430 2015 4 3,400 2014 5 Adrian Martinez 3,388 2021 6 3,246 2018 7 Zac Taylor 3,165 2006 8 Tanner Lee 3,046 2017 9 Taylor Martinez 2,963 2011 10 Jammal Lord 2,774 2002

+ Game 1 Joe Ganz 528 2007 Kansas State 2 521 Colorado 3 Adrian Martinez 446 2019 Illinois 4 441 2018 Wisconsin 5 Taylor Martinez 435 2010 Oklahoma State 6 Zac Taylor 433 2005 Iowa State 7 Tommy Armstrong 431 2015 Southern Miss 8 Sam Keller 423 2007 Ball State 9 Tommy Armstrong 422 2014 USC 10 Joe Ganz 416 2007 Kansas

All-purpose yards All-purpose yardage is the sum of rushing, receiving, kick return, and punt return yardage.

+ Career 1 Ameer Abdullah 7,186 2011–2014 2 Johnny Rodgers 5,586 1970–1972 3 Mike Rozier 5,445 1981–1983 4 Ahman Green 4,280 1995–1997 5 Marlon Lucky 4,214 2005–2008 6 Niles Paul 4,122 2007–2010 7 Kenny Bell 4,075 2011–2014 8 Rex Burkhead 3,953 2009–2012 9 Roy Helu 3,905 2007–2010 10 J. D. Spielman 3,725 2017–2019

+ Season 1 Mike Rozier 2,486 1983 2 Ameer Abdullah 2,272 2014 3 Johnny Rodgers 2,011 1972 4 Ameer Abdullah 1,999 2013 5 Johnny Rodgers 1,983 1971 6 Ahman Green 1,982 1997 7 Lawrence Phillips 1,894 1994 8 Ameer Abdullah 1,884 2012 9 Emmett Johnson 1,821 2025 10 Mike Rozier 1,790 1982

+ Game 1 Ameer Abdullah 341 2014 Rutgers 2 Roy Helu 321 2010 Missouri 3 Ameer Abdullah 313 2014 Miami (FL) 4 Calvin Jones 298 1991 Kansas 5 Trey Palmer 297 2022 Purdue 6 J. D. Spielman 291 2017 Minnesota 7 Rick Berns 289 1978 Missouri 8 Mike Rozier 285 1983 Kansas 9 I. M. Hipp 284 1977 Indiana 10 Jeff Smith 273 1984 Minnesota

Scoring

+ Career 1 Alex Henery 397 2007–2010 2 Kris Brown 388 1995–1998 3 Eric Crouch 368 1998–2001 4 Drew Brown 355 2014–2017 5 Josh Brown 315 1999–2002 6 Mike Rozier 312 1981–1983 7 Ameer Abdullah 288 2011–2014 8 Ahman Green 270 1995–1997 9 Johnny Rodgers 264 1970–1972 10 Calvin Jones 252 1991–1993

+ Season 1 Mike Rozier 174 1983 2 Bobby Reynolds 157 1950 3 Ahman Green 132 1997 Ameer Abdullah 2014 5 Eric Crouch 120 2000 6 Brett Maher 119 2012 7 Kris Brown 116 1997 Eric Crouch 2001 9 Scott Frost 114 1997 10 Alex Henery 110 Twice

Defense Tackles

+ Career 1 Barrett Ruud 432 2001–2004 2 Jerry Murtaugh 342 1968–1970 3 Luke Reimer 293 2019–2023 4 Mike Brown 287 1996–1999 5 Lavonte David 285 2010–2011 6 Dedrick Young 284 2015–2018 7 Lee Kunz 276 1976–1978 8 Clete Pillen 273 1974–1976 Nathan Gerry 2013–2016 10 Steve Damkroger 269 1979–1982

+ Season 1 Lavonte David 152 2010 2 Barrett Ruud 149 2003 3 143 2004 4 Lee Kunz 141 1977 5 Lavonte David 133 2011 6 Jerry Murtaugh 132 1970 7 Clete Pillen 129 1976 8 Demorrio Williams 128 2003 9 Clete Pillen 125 1975 Mike Knox 1983

+ Game 1 Clete Pillen 30 1976 Oklahoma State 2 27 1975 Oklahoma 3 Jerry Murtaugh 25 1970 USC 4 Lee Kunz 23 1977 Oklahoma 5 Rich Glover 22 1971 Oklahoma 6 Ken Geddes 20 1968 Missouri 7 Eight tied 19

Sacks

+ Career 1 Trev Alberts 29.5 1991–1993 2 Grant Wistrom 26.5 1994–1997 3 Jim Skow 26.0 1983–1985 4 Danny Noonan 24.0 1984–1986 Ndamukong Suh 2005–2009 6 Broderick Thomas 22.5 1985–1988 7 Adam Carriker 20.5 2003–2006 8 Jared Crick 20.0 2008–2011 9 Randy Gregory 17.5 2013–2014 10 Barry Turner 17.0 2005–2009

+ Season 1 Jim Skow 15.0 1985 Trev Alberts 1993 3 Danny Noonan 12.0 1986 Ndamukong Suh 2009 5 Danny Noonan 11.0 1985 Broderick Thomas 1986 Kenny Walker 1990 Demorrio Williams 2003 9 Randy Gregory 10.5 2013 10 Five tied 10.0

+ Game 1 Jared Crick 5.0 2009 Baylor 2 Ndamukong Suh 4.5 Texas 3 Jim Skow 4.0 1985 Missouri Danny Noonan 1986 Florida State Kenny Walker 1990 Oregon State Trev Alberts 1993 Texas Tech Mike Rucker 1996 Texas Tech

Tackles for loss

+ Career 1 Grant Wistrom 58.5 1994–1997 2 Ndamukong Suh 57 2005–2009 3 Barrett Ruud 50 2001–2004 4 Trev Alberts 45 1990–1993 5 Jim Skow 44 1982–1985 6 Willie Harper 41 1970–1972 Adam Carriker 2003–2006 8 Kerry Weinmaster 39 1976–1979 Broderick Thomas 1985–1988 10 Two tied 38

+ Season 1 Jim Skow 25 1985 2 Ndamukong Suh 24 2009 3 Corey McKeon 22 2005 4 Derrie Nelson 21 1980 Kenny Walker 1990 Trev Alberts 1993 Demorrio Williams 2003 8 Grant Wistrom 20 1996 9 Ndamukong Suh 19 2008 Randy Gregory 2013

Interceptions

+ Career 1 Dana Stephenson 14 1967–1969 2 Josh Bullocks 13 2002–2004 Nathan Gerry 2013–2016 4 Bret Clark 12 1982–1984 5 Tom Novak 11 1946–1949 Larry Wachholtz 1964–1966 Tyrone Byrd 1989–1992 Ralph Brown 1996–1999 Fabian Washington 2002–2004 10 Two tied 10

+ Season 1 Josh Bullocks 10 2003 2 Larry Wachholtz 7 1966 Dana Stephenson 1969 Bill Kosch 1970 5 Dave Mason 6 1971 Kenny Wilhite 1991 Matt O'Hanlon 2009 8 Sixteen tied 5

Pass breakups