The NCAA Division I FBS total offense leaders are career, single-season, and single-game leaders in total offense yards and touchdown responsibility. Both of these statistics are defined as the sum of passing and rushing yards or touchdowns, and do not include any receiving or returns stats. These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers. Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002. This affects players such as Ty Detmer, though the vast majority of players on this list played after 2002 anyway. In recent decades, starting with the Southeastern Conference in 1992, FBS conferences have introduced their own championship games, which have always counted fully toward single-season and career statistics. The NCAA ruled that the 2020 season, heavily disrupted by COVID-19, would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player. This gave every player active in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four. Since 2018, players have been allowed to participate in as many as four games in a redshirt season; previously, playing in even one game "burned" the redshirt. Since 2024, postseason games have not counted against the four-game limit. These changes to redshirt rules have given very recent players several extra games to accumulate statistics. Only seasons in which a team was considered to be a part of the Football Bowl Subdivision are included in these lists. Players such as Taylor Heinicke and Chad Pennington played for teams who reclassified to the FBS during their careers, and only their stats from the FBS years are eligible for inclusion.

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Statistics accurate as of January 20, 2026.

Total offense yards The career leader in total offense yards is Houston's Case Keenum. Keenum was granted a fifth year of eligibility after being injured in Houston's third game in 2010 but he would still top the list by nearly 2,500 yards if 2010 were not included. The second player on the list, Hawaii's Timmy Chang, also had a fifth season after being granted a medical redshirt after being injured in 2001. Chang broke the record previously held by BYU's Ty Detmer, who is the only player in the top 30 whose entire college career was in the 20th century. Two other players in the top 30, Chang and Philip Rivers of NC State, played their first college seasons in 2000, which depending on definitions is part of either the 20th or 21st century.

The single-season leader in passing yards is Joe Burrow, who is the only player to ever top 6,000 yards of total offense in a single season. Burrow's yards came in 15 games, while second place Bailey Zappe's yards came in 14 games, and third place B. J. Symons's yards came in just 13 games. Symons held the single-season record for 16 years after breaking the record previously set by Houston's David Klingler in 1990.

The single-game record belongs to Patrick Mahomes, whose 819 yards came in a 2016 loss.

While these lists have many of the same players as the passing leaders list, the player with the most career yards without appearing on the passing yards list is Nevada's Colin Kaepernick, whose 4,112 rushing yards gets him on the list, even as his 10,098 career passing yards ranks outside the top 100. Similarly, Louisville's Lamar Jackson's 2017 season ranks outside the top 100 in passing yards, but his 1,601 rushing yards bring him into the list. Although players of any position are eligible for inclusion, all players on all three lists are quarterbacks, as the rushing leaders on the career, single-season, and single-game lists of 6,405, 2,628, and 427 yards respectively, are significantly below the 30th ranked players on the lists below.

Career

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Seasons 1Case Keenum 20,114 19,217 897 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston 2 Dillon Gabriel 19,931 18,722 1,209 2019 2020 2021 UCF ᛫ 2022 2023 Oklahoma ᛫ 2024 Oregon 3Bo Nix 16,964 15,351 1,613 2019 2020 2021 Auburn ᛫ 2022 2023 Oregon 4Timmy Chang 16,910 17,072 -162 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Hawaii 5 Sam Hartman 16,634 15,656 978 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Wake Forest ᛫ 2023 Notre Dame 6Landry Jones 16,271 16,646 -375 2009 2010 2011 2012 Oklahoma 7Jayden Daniels 16,056 12,749 3,307 2019 2020 2021 Arizona State ᛫ 2022 2023 LSU 8Dan LeFevour 15,853 12,905 2,948 2006 2007 2008 2009 Central Michigan 9Baker Mayfield 15,690 14,607 1,083 2013 Texas Tech ᛫ 2015 2016 2017 Oklahoma 10Graham Harrell 15,611 15,793 -182 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech 11 Holton Ahlers 15,373 13,927 1,446 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 East Carolina 12 Seth Henigan 15,164 14,266 898 2021 2022 2023 2024 Memphis 13Rakeem Cato 14,918 14,079 839 2011 2012 2013 2014 Marshall 14Colt McCoy 14,824 13,253 1,571 2006 2007 2008 2009 Texas 15Colt Brennan 14,740 14,193 547 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Seasons 16Ty Detmer 14,665 15,031 -366 1988 1989 1990 1991 BYU 17Kellen Moore 14,534 14,667 -133 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State 18 Will Rogers 14,378 14,773 -395 2020 2021 2022 2023 Mississippi State ᛫ 2024 Washington 19 Colin Kaepernick 14,210 10,098 4,112 2007 2008 2009 2010 Nevada 20Luke Falk 14,086 14,486 -400 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State 21Frank Harris 14,007 11,862 2,145 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 UTSA 22Michael Penix Jr. 14,006 13,741 265 2018 2019 2020 2021 Indiana ᛫ 2022 2023 Washington 23Chevan Cordeiro 13,811 12,191 1,620 2018 2019 2020 2021 Hawaii ᛫ 2022 2023 San Jose State 24Kevin Kolb 13,715 12,964 751 2003 2004 2005 2006 Houston 25Mason Rudolph 13,646 13,618 28 2014 2015 2016 2017 Oklahoma State 26Philip Rivers 13,580 13,484 96 2000 2001 2002 2003 NC State 27Aaron Murray 13,562 13,166 396 2010 2011 2012 2013 Georgia 28 Jaxson Dart 13,511 11,970 1,541 2021 USC ᛫ 2022 2023 2024 Ole Miss 29 Chase Daniel 13,485 12,515 970 2005 2006 2007 2008 Missouri 30Brett Rypien 13,484 13,581 -97 2015 2016 2017 2018 Boise State

Single season

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Season 1Joe Burrow 6,039 5,671 368 2019 LSU 2Bailey Zappe 5,984 5,967 17 2021 Western Kentucky 3B. J. Symons 5,976 5,833 143 2003 Texas Tech 4Colt Brennan 5,915 5,549 366 2006 Hawaii 5Case Keenum 5,829 5,671 158 2009 Houston 6Case Keenum 5,666 5,631 35 2011 Houston 7Graham Harrell 5,614 5,705 -91 2007 Texas Tech 8Anthony Gordon 5,559 5,579 -20 2019 Washington State 9 Kyler Murray 5,362 4,361 1,001 2018 Oklahoma 10Patrick Mahomes 5,312 5,052 260 2016 Texas Tech 11 Lamar Jackson 5,261 3,660 1,601 2017 Louisville 12Case Keenum 5,241 5,020 221 2008 Houston 13 Marcus Mariota 5,224 4,454 770 2014 Oregon 14 Deshaun Watson 5,222 4,593 629 2016 Clemson 15David Klingler 5,221 5,140 81 1990 Houston

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Season 16 Deshaun Watson 5,209 4,104 1,105 2015 Clemson 17Derek Carr 5,200 5,083 117 2013 Fresno State 18Paul Smith 5,184 5,065 119 2007 Tulsa 19 Jalen Hurts 5,149 3,851 1,298 2019 Oklahoma 20Bryant Moniz 5,142 5,040 102 2010 Hawaii 21 Johnny Manziel 5,116 3,706 1,410 2012 Texas A&M 22 Lamar Jackson 5,114 3,543 1,571 2016 Louisville 23Patrick Mahomes 5,109 4,653 456 2016 Texas Tech 24Matt Johnson 5,105 4,946 159 2015 Bowling Green 25Graham Harrell 5,096 5,111 -15 2008 Texas Tech 26Ty Detmer 5,022 5,188 -106 1990 BYU 27 Drake Maye 5,019 4,321 698 2022 North Carolina 28 Robert Griffin III 4,992 4,293 699 2011 Baylor 29Austin Reed 4,970 4,746 224 2022 Western Kentucky 30Jordan Lynch 4,953 3,138 1,815 2012 Northern Illinois

Single game

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Date / Team 1Patrick Mahomes 819 734 85 Oct. 22, 2016 Texas Tech 2Connor Halliday 751 734 17 Oct. 4, 2014 Washington State 3David Klingler 732 716 16 Dec. 2, 1990 Houston 4 Matt Vogler 696 690 6 Nov. 3, 1990 TCU 5 Geno Smith 687 656 31 Sep. 29, 2012 West Virginia 6 B. J. Symons 681 661 20 Sep. 27, 2003 Texas Tech 7Brian Lindgren 657 637 20 Oct. 6, 2001 Idaho 8Dillon Gabriel 650 601 49 Oct. 17, 2020 UCF 9Graham Harrell 643 646 -3 Sep. 22, 2008 Texas Tech 10Brett Smith 640 498 142 Nov. 23, 2013 Wyoming 11 Clayton Tune 638 527 111 Nov. 5, 2022 Houston 12Garrett Gilbert 635 538 97 Oct. 26, 2013 SMU 13 Scott Mitchell 625 631 -6 Oct. 15, 1988 UtahDavid Klingler 625 563 62 Nov. 3, 1990 HoustonPatrick Mahomes 625 598 27 Nov. 29, 2014 Texas Tech

# Player Yards Passing Rushing Date / Team 16Zac Dysert 624 516 108 Sep. 29, 2012 Miami (OH) 17B. J. Symons 618 586 32 Sep. 20, 2003 Texas Tech 18 Jimmy Klingler 612 613 -1 Nov. 28, 1992 Houston 19 Lamar Jackson 610 411 199 Sep. 9, 2016 LouisvilleDrew Anderson 610 597 13 Oct. 7, 2017 Buffalo 21Jayden Daniels 606 372 234 Nov. 11, 2023 LSU 22Quinton Flowers 605 503 102 Nov. 24, 2017 South Florida 23 Cody Hodges 604 643 -39 Oct. 15, 2005 Texas Tech Nick Mullens 604 591 13 Oct. 1, 2016 Southern Miss 25Ty Detmer 603 599 4 Nov. 16, 1991 BYU 26Alan Bowman 602 605 -3 Sep. 15, 2018 Texas Tech 27 Troy Kopp 601 564 37 Oct. 20, 1990 Pacific Chase Clement 601 541 60 Nov. 24, 2007 Rice Drew Mestemaker 601 608 -7 Oct. 24, 2025 North Texas 30Virgil Carter 599 513 86 Nov. 5, 1966 BYU

Touchdowns responsible for In the 2024 season, Dillon Gabriel broke Keenum's total touchdowns record. The single-season record is shared by Burrow and Zappe, and Klingler holds the single game record with 11.

Similar to the yards list, every player in the career and single-season list is a quarterback. However, the single-game list does include two running backs, Howard Griffith and Jaret Patterson, who each had games with 8 rushing touchdowns.

Career

# Player TD Pass Rush Rec Seasons 1 Dillon Gabriel 189 155 33 1 2019 2020 2021 UCF ᛫ 2022 2023 Oklahoma ᛫ 2024 Oregon 2 Case Keenum 178 155 23 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Houston 3 Sam Hartman 154 134 20 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Wake Forest ᛫ 2023 Notre Dame 4 Baker Mayfield 153 131 21 1 2013 Texas Tech ᛫ 2015 2016 2017 Oklahoma 5 Bo Nix 152 113 38 1 2019 2020 2021 Auburn ᛫ 2022 2023 Oregon 6 Dan LeFevour 150 102 47 1 2006 2007 2008 2009 Central Michigan 7 J. T. Barrett 147 104 43 2014 2015 2016 2017 Ohio State 8 Colt Brennan 146 131 15 2005 2006 2007 Hawaii Graham Harrell 146 134 12 2005 2006 2007 2008 Texas Tech Kellen Moore 146 142 3 1 2008 2009 2010 2011 Boise State Rakeem Cato 146 131 15 2011 2012 2013 2014 Marshall 12 Tim Tebow 145 88 57 2006 2007 2008 2009 Florida 13 Colin Kaepernick 142 82 59 1 2007 2008 2009 2010 Nevada 14 Aaron Murray 137 121 16 2010 2011 2012 2013 Georgia 15 Marcus Mariota 136 105 29 2 2012 2013 2014 Oregon

# Player TD Pass Rush Rec Seasons 16 Ty Detmer 135 121 14 1988 1989 1990 1991 BYU 17 Russell Wilson 133 109 23 1 2008 2009 2010 NC State ᛫ 2011 Wisconsin Tajh Boyd 133 107 26 2010 2011 2012 2013 Clemson 19 Colt McCoy 132 112 20 2006 2007 2008 2009 Texas 20 Sam Ehlinger 127 94 33 2017 2018 2019 2020 Texas 21 Landry Jones 126 123 3 2009 2010 2011 2012 Oklahoma 22 Chase Clement 125 99 25 1 2005 2006 2007 2008 Rice 23 Jalen Hurts 124 80 43 1 2016 2017 2018 Alabama ᛫ 2019 Oklahoma Jayden Daniels 124 89 34 1 2019 2020 2021 Arizona State ᛫ 2022 2023 LSU 25 Timmy Chang 123 117 6 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Hawaii Luke Falk 123 119 4 2014 2015 2016 2017 Washington State Holton Ahlers 123 97 25 1 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 East Carolina 28 Danny Wuerffel 122 114 8 1993 1994 1995 1996 Florida Matt Barkley 122 116 6 2009 2010 2011 2012 USC30 Frank Harris 121 92 28 1 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 UTSA

Single season