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2012 College Passing Yards Leaders

College play-by-play before 2025 does not record where passes went, so depth, direction, ACE and throw maps start in 2025. Counting stats are the official NCAA season lines.

Official passing yards.

The 2012 leaders: Rakeem Cato (4,201), Colby Cameron (4,147), Nick Florence (4,121).

Passing Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 306 players.

RkPlayerPosTeamAttDropbacksYds
1Rakeem CatoQBMRSH5846144,201
2Colby CameronQBLT5225324,147
3Nick FlorenceQBBAY4514614,121
4Geno SmithQBWVU4905034,004
5Landry JonesQBOU5075143,989
6Seth DoegeQBTTU4965153,934
7David FalesQBSJSU4084243,798
8Derek CarrQBFRES4574773,742
9Mike GlennonQBNCSU5115433,648
10Ryan NassibQBSYR4484593,619
11Tyler BrayQBTENN4514563,612
12Tajh BoydQBCLEM3774003,550
13Zac DysertQBM-OH4805133,483
14Aaron MurrayQBUGA3533763,466
15Teddy BridgewaterQBLOU3874113,452
16Johnny ManzielQBTA&M4004223,419
17Brett HundleyQBUCLA4294703,416
18Dalton WilliamsQBAKR5224403,387
19Tyler WilsonQBARK4014153,387
20Bryn RennerQBUNC4224353,356
21Stephen MorrisQBMIA4214363,345
22Matthew McGloinQBPSU4464653,274
23Matt BarkleyQBUSC3874033,273
24Matt ScottQBARIZ4524673,238
25Chuckie KeetonQBUSU3763643,144
26Ryan AplinQBARST3763853,129
27Corey RobinsonQBTROY3894043,121
28Tino SunseriQBPITT3613943,103
29EJ ManuelQBFSU3493753,101
30Chase RettigQBBC4675043,055
31Jordan LynchQBNIU3533162,962
32David PilandQBHOU4484512,929
33Ryan RadcliffQBCMU3783572,905
34Keith WenningQBBALL4264342,878
35Bo WallaceQBMISS3363462,843
36Shane CardenQBECU3713702,838
37Brett SmithQBWYO3303592,832
38Kolton BrowningQBULM3893852,830
39Graham WilbertQBFAU4054322,814
40Tyler RussellQBMSST3663782,791
41Blake BortlesQBUCF3663892,787
42Logan ThomasQBVT3904092,783
43Taylor KellyQBASU3403722,772
44Ryan GriffinQBTULN3943812,771
45Andrew ManleyQBNMSU3843772,764
46Sean RenfreeQBDUKE3924122,755
47Cameron CoffmanQBIU4074192,734
48Garrett GilbertQBSMU4784552,720
49Terrance OwensQBTOL3373552,671
50AJ McCarronQBALA2863062,669
51Taylor MartinezQBNEB3413682,667
52Chandler WhitmerQBCONN3613942,659
53Austin BrownQBUAB3553922,648
54Derek ThompsonQBUNT3723742,629
55Andrew MaxwellQBMSU4314482,578
56Logan KilgoreQBMTSU3353392,571
57Gary NovaQBRUTG3483582,566
58Nick SherryQBUNLV4264472,544
59Cody FajardoQBNEV3363492,530
60Terrance BroadwayQBUL2832842,526
61Tyler TettletonQBOHIO3453152,513
62Marcus MariotaQBORE3123292,511
63Cody GreenQBTLSA3964042,499
64Collin KleinQBKSU2722832,490
65Zach MettenbergerQBLSU3293522,489
66Keith PriceQBWASH3934232,486
67Joe SouthwickQBBOIS3333362,466
68David AshQBTEX2852942,458
69Sean MannionQBORST3093192,446
70Jordan RodgersQBVAN2943132,431
71Matt SchilzQBBGSU3783832,426
72Tanner PriceQBWAKE4104052,300
73Kawaun JakesQBWKU2883102,289
74James VandenbergQBIOWA3894092,249
75Zach MaynardQBCAL2963292,214
76Taylor McHargueQBRICE3173292,178
77Ross MethenyQBUSA3453612,148
78Shaun RutherfordQBTXST2993072,137
79Everett GolsonQBND2822952,135
80Jake MedlockQBFIU2632942,127
81Jeff TuelQBWSU3323682,087
82Eric SozaQBUTSA2822602,085
83B.J. DanielsQBUSF2893022,078
84Braxton MillerQBOSU2542812,039
85Riley NelsonQBBYU3063262,011
86Michael RoccoQBUVA2662751,917
87Jacob KaramQBMEM2743021,895
88Sean SchroederQBHAW3453811,889
89Connor HallidayQBWSU2913071,878
90Spencer KeithQBKENT3003091,864
91Trevone BoykinQBTCU2632811,853
92Tyler Van TubbergenQBWMU2612281,825
93Mike WegzynQBMASS3462291,825
94Connor ShawQBSC2022211,732
95Munchie LegauxQBCIN2302361,716
96Nick LamaisonQBUTEP2522221,686
97Alex CarderQBWMU2482601,652
98Josh NunesQBSTAN2352431,643
99Steele JantzQBISU2622771,562
100James FranklinQBMIZ2342521,562

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