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| Rk | Player | Yds | From | To | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Case Keenum* | 19217 | 2007 | 2011 | Houston |
| 2 | Timmy Chang* | 17072 | 2000 | 2004 | Hawaii |
| 3 | Landry Jones* | 16646 | 2009 | 2012 | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Graham Harrell* | 15793 | 2005 | 2008 | Texas Tech |
| 5 | Sam Hartman* | 15656 | 2018 | 2023 | Notre Dame |
| 6 | Dillon Gabriel* | 15488 | 2019 | 2024 | Oregon |
| 7 | Bo Nix* | 15351 | 2019 | 2023 | Oregon |
| 8 | Ty Detmer | 15031 | 1988 | 1991 | Brigham Young |
| 9 | Kellen Moore* | 14667 | 2008 | 2011 | Boise State |
| 10 | Baker Mayfield* | 14607 | 2013 | 2017 | Oklahoma |
| 11 | Luke Falk* | 14486 | 2014 | 2017 | Washington State |
| 12 | Colt Brennan* | 14193 | 2005 | 2007 | Hawaii |
| 13 | Rakeem Cato* | 14079 | 2011 | 2014 | Marshall |
| 14 | Holton Ahlers* | 13927 | 2018 | 2022 | East Carolina |
| 15 | Michael Penix Jr.* | 13741 | 2018 | 2023 | Washington |
| 16 | Mason Rudolph* | 13618 | 2014 | 2017 | Oklahoma State |
| 17 | Sean Mannion* | 13600 | 2011 | 2014 | Oregon State |
| 18 | Brett Rypien* | 13581 | 2015 | 2018 | Boise State |
| 19 | Philip Rivers* | 13484 | 2000 | 2003 | North Carolina State |
| 20 | Corey Robinson* | 13477 | 2010 | 2013 | Troy |
| 21 | Colt McCoy* | 13253 | 2006 | 2009 | Texas |
| 22 | Aaron Murray* | 13166 | 2010 | 2013 | Georgia |
| 23 | Kevin Kolb* | 12964 | 2003 | 2006 | Houston |
| 24 | Dan Lefevour* | 12905 | 2006 | 2009 | Central Michigan |
| 25 | Cooper Rush* | 12894 | 2013 | 2016 | Central Michigan |
| 26 | Brandon Doughty* | 12855 | 2011 | 2015 | Western Kentucky |
| 27 | Derek Carr* | 12843 | 2009 | 2013 | Fresno State |
| 28 | Will Rogers* | 12826 | 2020 | 2024 | Washington |
| 29 | Jayden Daniels* | 12749 | 2019 | 2023 | LSU |
| 30 | Tim Rattay | 12746 | 1997 | 1999 | Louisiana Tech |
| 31 | Ryan Lindley* | 12690 | 2008 | 2011 | San Diego State |
| 32 | Luke McCown | 12666 | 2000 | 2003 | Louisiana Tech |
| 33 | Chris Redman | 12541 | 1996 | 1999 | Louisville |
| 34 | Chase Daniel* | 12515 | 2005 | 2008 | Missouri |
| 35 | Mason Fine* | 12505 | 2016 | 2019 | North Texas |
| 36 | Brent Stockstill* | 12495 | 2014 | 2018 | Middle Tennessee State |
| 37 | Trevor Vittatoe* | 12439 | 2007 | 2010 | UTEP |
| 38 | Kliff Kingsbury* | 12429 | 1999 | 2002 | Texas Tech |
| 39 | Matt Barkley* | 12327 | 2009 | 2012 | USC |
| 40 | Kenny Pickett* | 12303 | 2017 | 2021 | Pitt |
| 41 | Jake Browning* | 12296 | 2015 | 2018 | Washington |
| 42 | Jared Goff* | 12200 | 2013 | 2015 | California |
| 43 | Drew Lock* | 12193 | 2015 | 2018 | Missouri |
| 44 | Chevan Cordeiro* | 12191 | 2018 | 2023 | San Jose State |
| 45 | Brock Purdy* | 12170 | 2018 | 2021 | Iowa State |
| 46 | Zach Terrell* | 12088 | 2013 | 2016 | Western Michigan |
| 47 | Zac Dysert* | 12013 | 2009 | 2012 | Miami (OH) |
| 48 | Clayton Tune* | 11996 | 2018 | 2022 | Houston |
| 49 | Nick Mullens* | 11994 | 2013 | 2016 | Southern Mississippi |
| 50 | Shane Carden* | 11991 | 2012 | 2014 | East Carolina |
| 51 | Tajh Boyd* | 11904 | 2010 | 2013 | Clemson |
| 52 | Byron Leftwich* | 11903 | 1998 | 2002 | Marshall |
| 53 | Frank Harris* | 11862 | 2019 | 2023 | UTSA |
| 54 | Chase Holbrook | 11846 | 2006 | 2008 | New Mexico State |
| 55 | Brady Quinn* | 11762 | 2003 | 2006 | Notre Dame |
| 56 | Russell Wilson* | 11720 | 2008 | 2011 | Wisconsin |
| 57 | Kedon Slovis* | 11689 | 2019 | 2023 | Brigham Young |
| 58 | Dane Evans* | 11680 | 2013 | 2016 | Tulsa |
| 59 | Geno Smith* | 11662 | 2009 | 2012 | West Virginia |
| 60 | Shane Buechele* | 11660 | 2016 | 2020 | SMU |
| 61 | David Greene* | 11528 | 2001 | 2004 | Georgia |
| 62 | Gino Guidugli* | 11453 | 2001 | 2004 | Cincinnati |
| 63 | Sam Ehlinger* | 11436 | 2017 | 2020 | Texas |
| 64 | Todd Santos | 11425 | 1984 | 1987 | San Diego State |
| 65 | Keith Wenning* | 11402 | 2010 | 2013 | Ball State |
| 66 | Carson Palmer* | 11388 | 1998 | 2002 | USC |
| 67 | Max Hall* | 11365 | 2007 | 2009 | Brigham Young |
| 68 | Taulia Tagovailoa* | 11356 | 2019 | 2023 | Maryland |
| 69 | Tim Hiller* | 11329 | 2005 | 2009 | Western Michigan |
| 70 | Connor Halliday* | 11308 | 2011 | 2014 | Washington State |
| 71 | Tim Lester | 11299 | 1996 | 1999 | Western Michigan |
| 72 | Mike White* | 11262 | 2013 | 2017 | Western Kentucky |
| 73 | Patrick Mahomes* | 11252 | 2014 | 2016 | Texas Tech |
| 74 | Derek Anderson* | 11249 | 2001 | 2004 | Oregon State |
| 75 | Seth Henigan* | 11233 | 2021 | 2024 | Memphis |
| 76 | Chris Leak* | 11213 | 2003 | 2006 | Florida |
| 77 | Peyton Manning | 11201 | 1994 | 1997 | Tennessee |
| 78 | Todd Reesing* | 11194 | 2006 | 2009 | Kansas |
| 79 | Curtis Painter* | 11163 | 2005 | 2008 | Purdue |
| 80 | Eric Zeier | 11153 | 1991 | 1994 | Georgia |
| 81 | Ryan Finley* | 11147 | 2014 | 2018 | North Carolina State |
| 82 | Jordan Palmer* | 11084 | 2003 | 2006 | UTEP |
| 83 | Jarret Doege* | 11069 | 2017 | 2022 | Troy |
| 84 | Charlie Frye | 11049 | 2001 | 2004 | Akron |
| 85 | John Beck* | 11021 | 2003 | 2006 | Brigham Young |
| 86 | Ryan Schneider | 10976 | 2000 | 2003 | UCF |
| 87 | Brady White* | 10949 | 2016 | 2020 | Memphis |
| 88 | Paul Smith* | 10936 | 2003 | 2007 | Tulsa |
| 89 | Adam Weber* | 10917 | 2007 | 2010 | Minnesota |
| 90 | Alex Brink | 10913 | 2004 | 2007 | Washington State |
| Alex Van Pelt | 10913 | 1989 | 1992 | Pitt | |
| 92 | Drew Brees | 10909 | 1997 | 2000 | Purdue |
| 93 | David Neill | 10903 | 1998 | 2001 | Nevada |
| 94 | Austin Davis* | 10892 | 2008 | 2011 | Southern Mississippi |
| 95 | Jake Bentley* | 10885 | 2016 | 2021 | South Alabama |
| 96 | Danny Wuerffel | 10875 | 1993 | 1996 | Florida |
| 97 | Ben Roethlisberger* | 10829 | 2001 | 2003 | Miami (OH) |
| 98 | Brennan Armstrong* | 10819 | 2018 | 2023 | North Carolina State |
| 99 | Spencer Rattler* | 10807 | 2019 | 2023 | South Carolina |
| 100 | Marcus Mariota* | 10796 | 2012 | 2014 | Oregon |
| 101 | Brian Brohm* | 10775 | 2004 | 2007 | Louisville |
| 102 | Matt Linehan* | 10772 | 2014 | 2017 | Idaho |
| 103 | Ryan Aplin* | 10758 | 2009 | 2012 | Arkansas State |
| 104 | Clayton Thorson* | 10731 | 2015 | 2018 | Northwestern |
| 105 | Trevone Boykin* | 10728 | 2012 | 2015 | TCU |
| 106 | Dorian Thompson-Robinson* | 10710 | 2018 | 2022 | UCLA |
| 107 | Dan Orlovsky* | 10706 | 2001 | 2004 | Connecticut |
| 108 | Chad Pennington | 10698 | 1997 | 1999 | Marshall |
| 109 | Matt Leinart* | 10693 | 2003 | 2005 | USC |
| 110 | Brandon Silvers* | 10684 | 2014 | 2017 | Troy |
| 111 | P.J. Walker* | 10669 | 2013 | 2016 | Temple |
| 112 | Layne Hatcher* | 10662 | 2019 | 2023 | Ball State |
| 113 | Sean Clifford* | 10661 | 2018 | 2022 | Penn State |
| 114 | Kevin Sweeney | 10623 | 1982 | 1986 | Fresno State |
| 115 | Andrew Walter* | 10617 | 2001 | 2004 | Arizona State |
| 116 | Brett Basanez* | 10580 | 2002 | 2005 | Northwestern |
| 117 | Doug Flutie | 10579 | 1981 | 1984 | Boston College |
| 118 | Justin Herbert* | 10541 | 2016 | 2019 | Oregon |
| 119 | Steve Stenstrom | 10531 | 1991 | 1994 | Stanford |
| 120 | Logan Woodside* | 10514 | 2013 | 2017 | Toledo |
| 121 | Rudy Carpenter* | 10491 | 2005 | 2008 | Arizona State |
| 122 | Grayson McCall* | 10427 | 2019 | 2024 | North Carolina State |
| 123 | Tyler Rogers* | 10372 | 2014 | 2017 | New Mexico State |
| 124 | Robert Griffin III* | 10366 | 2008 | 2011 | Baylor |
| 125 | Jared Lorenzen | 10354 | 2000 | 2003 | Kentucky |
| 126 | Cody Kessler* | 10339 | 2012 | 2015 | USC |
| 127 | Andy Dalton* | 10314 | 2007 | 2010 | TCU |
| 128 | Sam Howell* | 10283 | 2019 | 2021 | North Carolina |
| 129 | Brian McClure | 10280 | 1982 | 1985 | Bowling Green State |
| 130 | Gunnar Watson* | 10275 | 2018 | 2023 | Troy |
| 131 | Chris Reynolds* | 10266 | 2018 | 2022 | Charlotte |
| 132 | Kolton Browning* | 10263 | 2010 | 2013 | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 133 | Troy Kopp | 10258 | 1989 | 1992 | Pacific |
| 134 | Desmond Ridder* | 10239 | 2018 | 2021 | Cincinnati |
| 135 | Charlie Brewer* | 10236 | 2017 | 2022 | Liberty |
| 136 | Danny Wimprine* | 10215 | 2001 | 2004 | Memphis |
| 137 | Bryant Moniz* | 10169 | 2009 | 2011 | Hawaii |
| 138 | Deshaun Watson* | 10163 | 2014 | 2016 | Clemson |
| 139 | Paul Pinegar* | 10136 | 2002 | 2005 | Fresno State |
| 140 | Justice Hansen* | 10133 | 2016 | 2018 | Arkansas State |
| 141 | Eli Manning* | 10119 | 2000 | 2003 | Ole Miss |
| 142 | Tyler Sheehan* | 10117 | 2006 | 2009 | Bowling Green State |
| 143 | Rusty Smith | 10112 | 2006 | 2009 | Florida Atlantic |
| 144 | Colin Kaepernick* | 10098 | 2007 | 2010 | Nevada |
| Trevor Lawrence* | 10098 | 2018 | 2020 | Clemson | |
| 146 | Nathan Enderle* | 10084 | 2007 | 2010 | Idaho |
| 147 | Caleb Williams* | 10082 | 2021 | 2023 | USC |
| 148 | Nick Foles* | 10068 | 2007 | 2011 | Arizona |
| 149 | Thaddeus Lewis | 10065 | 2006 | 2009 | Duke |
| 150 | Glenn Foley | 10039 | 1990 | 1993 | Boston College |
| 151 | Cade McNown | 10008 | 1995 | 1998 | UCLA |
| 152 | Brad Kaaya* | 9972 | 2014 | 2016 | Miami (FL) |
| 153 | Brett Hundley* | 9966 | 2012 | 2014 | UCLA |
| 154 | Ryan Radcliff* | 9922 | 2009 | 2012 | Central Michigan |
| 155 | Cody Pickett* | 9916 | 1999 | 2003 | Washington |
| 156 | Trace McSorley* | 9899 | 2015 | 2018 | Penn State |
| 157 | Darrell Hackney* | 9886 | 2002 | 2005 | UAB |
| 158 | Tanner Mordecai* | 9857 | 2018 | 2023 | Wisconsin |
| 159 | Davis Webb* | 9852 | 2013 | 2016 | California |
| 160 | Chris Weinke | 9839 | 1997 | 2000 | Florida State |
| 161 | Spencer Sanders* | 9831 | 2019 | 2023 | Ole Miss |
| 162 | Ryan Dinwiddie* | 9819 | 2000 | 2003 | Boise State |
| Ben Hicks* | 9819 | 2016 | 2019 | Arkansas | |
| 164 | Teddy Bridgewater* | 9817 | 2011 | 2013 | Louisville |
| 165 | Taylor Lamb* | 9786 | 2014 | 2017 | Appalachian State |
| 166 | Chase Clement* | 9785 | 2005 | 2008 | Rice |
| 167 | Sefo Liufau* | 9763 | 2013 | 2016 | Colorado |
| 168 | Riley Skinner* | 9762 | 2006 | 2009 | Wake Forest |
| 169 | Garrett Gilbert* | 9761 | 2009 | 2013 | SMU |
| 170 | Adrian Martinez* | 9752 | 2018 | 2022 | Kansas State |
| 171 | David Blough* | 9734 | 2015 | 2018 | Purdue |
| 172 | Jack Plummer* | 9728 | 2019 | 2023 | Louisville |
| 173 | Connor Bazelak* | 9727 | 2019 | 2024 | Bowling Green State |
| 174 | Chad Henne* | 9715 | 2004 | 2007 | Michigan |
| 175 | Steven Montez* | 9710 | 2016 | 2019 | Colorado |
| 176 | Casey Clausen* | 9707 | 2000 | 2003 | Tennessee |
| 177 | Casey Bramlet | 9684 | 2000 | 2003 | Wyoming |
| 178 | Charlie Whitehurst* | 9665 | 2002 | 2005 | Clemson |
| 179 | Malik Cunningham* | 9664 | 2018 | 2022 | Louisville |
| 180 | Kellen Mond* | 9661 | 2017 | 2020 | Texas A&M |
| 181 | Cody Fajardo* | 9659 | 2011 | 2014 | Nevada |
| 182 | Max Duggan* | 9618 | 2019 | 2022 | TCU |
| 183 | Ben Bennett | 9614 | 1980 | 1983 | Duke |
| 184 | Michael Pratt* | 9602 | 2020 | 2023 | Tulane |
| 185 | Ken Dorsey* | 9565 | 1999 | 2002 | Miami (FL) |
| 186 | Devin Leary* | 9553 | 2019 | 2023 | Kentucky |
| 187 | Jim McMahon | 9536 | 1977 | 1981 | Brigham Young |
| 188 | Bo Wallace* | 9534 | 2012 | 2014 | Ole Miss |
| 189 | J'mar Smith* | 9523 | 2016 | 2019 | Louisiana Tech |
| 190 | Todd Ellis | 9519 | 1986 | 1989 | South Carolina |
| 191 | Caleb Evans | 9513 | 2016 | 2019 | Louisiana-Monroe |
| 192 | Bret Meyer* | 9499 | 2004 | 2007 | Iowa State |
| 193 | Joe Licata* | 9485 | 2012 | 2015 | Buffalo |
| 194 | Jalen Hurts* | 9477 | 2016 | 2019 | Oklahoma |
| 195 | G.J. Kinne* | 9472 | 2009 | 2011 | Tulsa |
| 196 | Sean Renfree* | 9465 | 2009 | 2012 | Duke |
| 197 | Jamie Barnette | 9461 | 1996 | 1999 | North Carolina State |
| 198 | Stoney Case | 9460 | 1991 | 1994 | New Mexico |
| 199 | McKenzie Milton* | 9458 | 2016 | 2021 | Florida State |
| 200 | Tanner Morgan* | 9454 | 2018 | 2022 | Minnesota |
| 201 | Chase Brice* | 9451 | 2018 | 2022 | Appalachian State |
| 202 | J.T. Barrett* | 9434 | 2014 | 2017 | Ohio State |
| 203 | Davis Brin* | 9431 | 2018 | 2023 | Georgia Southern |
| 204 | David Klingler | 9430 | 1988 | 1991 | Houston |
| Andrew Luck* | 9430 | 2009 | 2011 | Stanford | |
| 206 | Erik Wilhelm | 9393 | 1985 | 1988 | Oregon State |
| 207 | JT Daniels* | 9390 | 2018 | 2023 | Rice |
| 208 | Kevin Hogan* | 9385 | 2012 | 2015 | Stanford |
| 209 | Mike Teel* | 9383 | 2005 | 2008 | Rutgers |
| 210 | Jeremy Leach | 9382 | 1988 | 1991 | New Mexico |
| 211 | T.J. Yates* | 9377 | 2007 | 2010 | North Carolina |
| 212 | Dak Prescott* | 9376 | 2012 | 2015 | Mississippi State |
| 213 | Carson Strong* | 9368 | 2018 | 2021 | Nevada |
| 214 | Alan Bowman* | 9360 | 2018 | 2024 | Oklahoma State |
| Andre Woodson* | 9360 | 2004 | 2007 | Kentucky | |
| 216 | Mark Herrmann | 9354 | 1977 | 1980 | Purdue |
| 217 | John Elway | 9349 | 1979 | 1982 | Stanford |
| 218 | Daunte Culpepper | 9341 | 1996 | 1998 | UCF |
| Josh Rosen* | 9341 | 2015 | 2017 | UCLA | |
| 220 | Eric Dungey* | 9340 | 2015 | 2018 | Syracuse |
| 221 | Hank Bachmeier* | 9329 | 2019 | 2024 | Wake Forest |
| 222 | T.J. Rubley | 9324 | 1987 | 1991 | Tulsa |
| 223 | Matt Ryan* | 9313 | 2004 | 2007 | Boston College |
| 224 | Shane Matthews | 9287 | 1990 | 1992 | Florida |
| 225 | Tim Tebow* | 9285 | 2006 | 2009 | Florida |
| 226 | James Blackman* | 9260 | 2017 | 2022 | Arkansas State |
| Brandon Weeden* | 9260 | 2008 | 2011 | Oklahoma State | |
| 228 | Gary Nova* | 9258 | 2011 | 2014 | Rutgers |
| 229 | Nate Davis* | 9233 | 2006 | 2008 | Ball State |
| 230 | Bruce Gradkowski* | 9225 | 2002 | 2005 | Toledo |
| 231 | Aidan O'Connell* | 9219 | 2019 | 2022 | Purdue |
| 232 | Jake Delhomme | 9216 | 1993 | 1996 | Louisiana |
| 233 | Willie Tuitama* | 9211 | 2005 | 2008 | Arizona |
| 234 | Chuck Long | 9210 | 1981 | 1985 | Iowa |
| 235 | Patrick Ramsey | 9205 | 1998 | 2001 | Tulane |
| 236 | Levi Lewis* | 9203 | 2017 | 2021 | Louisiana |
| 237 | Connor Cook* | 9194 | 2012 | 2015 | Michigan State |
| 238 | Kenny Hill* | 9192 | 2013 | 2017 | TCU |
| 239 | Garrett Grayson* | 9190 | 2011 | 2014 | Colorado State |
| Ryan Nassib* | 9190 | 2009 | 2012 | Syracuse | |
| 241 | Jose Fuentes | 9168 | 1999 | 2002 | Utah State |
| 242 | Rex Grossman* | 9164 | 2000 | 2002 | Florida |
| 243 | Walter Church | 9142 | 1996 | 2000 | Eastern Michigan |
| 244 | Kirk Cousins* | 9131 | 2008 | 2011 | Michigan State |
| 245 | Tyler Tettleton* | 9129 | 2009 | 2013 | Ohio |
| 246 | Jake Haener* | 9120 | 2018 | 2022 | Fresno State |
| 247 | Tommy Hodson | 9115 | 1986 | 1989 | LSU |
| 248 | Jonathan Smith | 9106 | 1998 | 2001 | Oregon State |
| 249 | Alex McGough* | 9091 | 2014 | 2017 | Florida International |
| 250 | Jason Martin | 9066 | 1993 | 1996 | Louisiana Tech |