Yards per Attempt Leaders: College Football Quarterbacks, 2026

David McComb (Miami (OH)) leads FBS quarterbacks in yards per attempt with 11.0, ahead of Darian Mensah (Miami, 10.5) and Julian Sayin (Ohio State, 10.5). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 178 quarterbacks rank; the top 150 are below.

Quarterbacks by yards per attempt

Rank	Player	Team	Yards per attempt
1	David McComb	Miami (OH)	11.0
2	Darian Mensah	Miami	10.5
3	Julian Sayin	Ohio State	10.5
4	Lincoln Kienholz	Louisville	10.2
5	Jackson Gutierrez	Navy	10.1
6	Michael Hawkins Jr.	West Virginia	10.1
7	Kevin Jennings	SMU	9.8
8	Tayven Jackson	North Texas	9.7
9	Drew Mestemaker	Oklahoma State	9.7
10	Marcus Stokes	Memphis	9.7
11	Giovanni Lopez	Wake Forest	9.6
12	Braden Atkinson	Oregon State	9.6
13	Dante Moore	Oregon	9.6
14	Deshawn Purdie	Liberty	9.5
15	Aidan Chiles	Northwestern	9.3
16	Gunner Stockton	Georgia	9.3
17	Keelon Russell	Alabama	9.3
18	Aaron Philo	Florida	9.2
19	Kamario Taylor	Mississippi State	9.2
20	Noah Fifita	Arizona	9.2
21	Blake Baker	Louisiana Tech	9.1
22	Josh Hoover	Indiana	9.0
23	Ajani Sheppard	Temple	9.0
24	Ashton Daniels	Florida State	9.0
25	Nate Bennett	Baylor	8.9
26	Conner Weigman	Houston	8.8
27	Toa Faavae	New Mexico	8.8
28	Mason Heintschel	Pittsburgh	8.8
29	Nick Minicucci	Delaware	8.7
30	John Alan Richter	Toledo	8.7
31	Henry Belin IV	Missouri State	8.7
32	Jaden Craig	TCU	8.7
33	Hauss Hejny	Colorado State	8.6
34	Kalieb Osborne	UConn	8.6
35	Austin Simmons	Missouri	8.6
36	JC French	Cincinnati	8.5
37	Malachi Singleton	App State	8.5
38	Nico Iamaleava	UCLA	8.5
39	Sam Leavitt	LSU	8.5
40	Dylan Lonergan	Rutgers	8.5
41	Elijah Brown	Washington	8.4
42	Jayden Maiava	USC	8.4
43	Trey Owens	Arkansas State	8.4
44	Caden Creel	Jacksonville State	8.4
45	Ethan Grunkemeyer	Virginia Tech	8.4
46	Brad Jackson	Texas State	8.4
47	Devon Dampier	Utah	8.4
48	C.J. Carr	Notre Dame	8.3
49	Cameran Brown	Georgia State	8.3
50	Bear Bachmeier	BYU	8.2
51	Alberto Mendoza	Georgia Tech	8.2
52	Caden Veltkamp	Florida Atlantic	8.2
53	Deuce Bailey	Coastal Carolina	8.1
54	Jared Hollins	South Alabama	8.1
55	Demond Williams Jr.	Washington	8.0
56	Conner Harrell	Charlotte	8.0
57	CJ Bailey	NC State	8.0
58	Cutter Boley	Arizona State	8.0
59	Nick Poulos	Ohio	8.0
60	Isaac Wilson	Colorado	7.9
61	Ryan Browne	Purdue	7.9
62	AJ Surace	Rutgers	7.9
63	Bishop Davenport	South Alabama	7.9
64	Julian Lewis	Colorado	7.9
65	Rocco Becht	Penn State	7.9
66	John Mateer	Oklahoma	7.8
67	Malachi Nelson	Syracuse	7.8
68	Jackson Arnold	UNLV	7.8
69	Arch Manning	Texas	7.8
70	Dylan Raiola	Oregon	7.8
71	Will Hammond	Texas Tech	7.8
72	Katin Houser	Illinois	7.7
73	Maddux Madsen	Boise State	7.7
74	Billy Edwards	North Carolina	7.6
75	Isaiah Marshall	Kansas	7.6
76	Jared Curtis	Vanderbilt	7.6
77	Nathan Hayes	North Dakota State	7.6
78	Walker Eget	Duke	7.6
79	Kenny Minchey	Kentucky	7.6
80	D'Wayne' Winfield	Louisiana	7.5
81	Skyler Locklear	Missouri State	7.5
82	William Watson III	Massachusetts	7.5
83	Luke Weaver	San José State	7.5
84	Trinidad Chambliss	Ole Miss	7.5
85	Beau Pribula	Virginia	7.4
86	Blaze Berlowitz	Vanderbilt	7.4
87	Bryce Underwood	Michigan	7.4
88	Tommy Carr	Michigan	7.4
89	Carter Jones	Nevada	7.4
90	Alonza Barnett	UCF	7.4
91	Broc Lowry	Western Michigan	7.4
92	Anthony Colandrea	Nebraska	7.4
93	Mason McKenzie	Boston College	7.4
94	Camden Coleman	James Madison	7.3
95	Mikey Keene	Arizona State	7.3
96	Trey Hedden	New Mexico State	7.3
97	Owen McCown	UTSA	7.3
98	Matt Vezza	Ohio	7.3
99	Davis Warren	Stanford	7.3
100	Jayden Mandal	Fresno State	7.3
101	Colton Joseph	Wisconsin	7.3
102	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	Western Kentucky	7.3
103	Lanorris Sellers	South Carolina	7.2
104	Landyn Locke	Sam Houston	7.2
105	Aidan Armenta	UL Monroe	7.2
106	Jay Kastantin	Bowling Green	7.2
107	Hank Brown	Iowa	7.2
108	EJ Colson	UTEP	7.2
109	Faizon Brandon	Tennessee	7.1
110	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	7.1
111	Max Johnson	Georgia Southern	7.1
112	Jeremy Hecklinski	Iowa	7.1
113	Brayden Roggow	Akron	7.1
114	George MacIntyre	Tennessee	7.1
115	Jaylen Raynor	Iowa State	7.1
116	Trace Johnson	Tulane	7.1
117	Baylor Hayes	Tulsa	7.1
118	Rickie Collins	Kennesaw State	7.0
119	Steven Angeli	Syracuse	7.0
120	Holden Geriner	Pittsburgh	7.0
121	Ty Dieffenbach	UCLA	6.9
122	D.J. Lagway	Baylor	6.9
123	Cole Gonzales	Charlotte	6.9
124	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	California	6.9
125	J.J. Kohl	Florida International	6.9
126	KJ Jackson	Arkansas	6.9
127	Alessio Milivojevic	Michigan State	6.9
128	Ryder Burton	UAB	6.8
129	Kadin Semonza	Tulane	6.8
130	Ksaan Farrar	Colorado State	6.8
131	Keyone Jenkins	UCF	6.7
132	McCae Hillstead	Utah State	6.6
133	Quinn Henicle	Old Dominion	6.6
134	Trey Kukuk	Louisiana Tech	6.6
135	Zion Turner	Marshall	6.6
136	Dru Deshields	Kent State	6.6
137	Landy Lyddy	Southern Miss	6.6
138	Tyler Hughes	Wyoming	6.6
139	Taron Dickens	Northern Illinois	6.6
140	Tramell Jones Jr.	Florida	6.6
141	Micah Alejado	Hawai'i	6.5
142	Malik Washington	Maryland	6.5
143	Emory Williams	East Carolina	6.5
144	Byrum Brown	Auburn	6.5
145	Keldric Luster	Ball State	6.4
146	Ryan Huff	Old Dominion	6.4
147	Drake Lindsey	Minnesota	6.4
148	Will Crowder	Troy	6.4
149	Marcel Reed	Texas A&M	6.3
150	Ayden Pereira	Georgia State	6.3

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