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College football box scores record rushing yards as a net calculation, folding every quarterback sack directly into the running statistics rather than deducting it from passing totals. Rushing…
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The first five figures are the career totals this site carried from the day it was built. The four in orange are not extra data — they are the same five divided into each other, which is how a rate is made.
Pro-Football-Reference defines completion percentage through a straightforward calculation: completions divided by passing attempts. ESPN records the metric under the abbreviation PCT in its…
Under the NCAA Football Statisticians’ Manual, total offense is defined as the combined result of rushing and forward passing only, calculated as the total of net gain rushing and net gain forward…
The NCAA pass-efficiency rating converts five box-score statistics into a single number using four weighted rate components. Defined in the 2022 NCAA Football Statisticians’ Manual, the calculation…
The traditional NFL passer rating relies on a fixed box-score formula with four passing components, while ESPN's Total QBR evaluates performance through a play-by-play model adjusted for game…
One mark per game. A streak is a bookkeeping object before it is a record: it survives only while every entry in the row is a game that counted, played in order, with at least one touchdown pass charged to the same passer.
A standard box score defines passing yards per attempt through simple division: total passing yards divided by total passing attempts. That baseline calculation treats every completed yard equally,…
The NCAA Statistics Policies and Guidelines, updated in 2025, settle the fundamental bookkeeping of individual streaks in explicit terms: scorers count only the games in which the athlete actually…
The Heisman Trophy is decided not by a direct count of first-place selections, but by a weighted positional tally known mathematically as a Borda count. Under the voting system maintained by the…
Every starting quarterback in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision opens the autumn on the Davey O'Brien Award semifinal ballot, whereas the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award immediately excludes any…
Line as published in the clipping this site was built on. It is the row a passing season is usually reduced to — attempts, yards, touchdowns, interceptions — plus what the same player did with his legs.
Under NCAA Statistics Policies and Guidelines, postseason football games played before the 2002 season do not count toward official single-game, season, or career records. That cutoff changed in…
NCAA Division I athletics runs on a strict calendar: student-athletes have five calendar years to complete four seasons of competition. That baseline rule governs every roster designation in college…
A Division I football player seeking a transfer cannot pick up the phone and negotiate with another coaching staff. Under NCAA transfer regulations, the entire procedure begins inside an athletic…
College football players can sell the commercial rights to their personal identities, but universities cannot pay them a direct wage for scoring touchdowns. The NCAA adopted its Interim NIL Policy…
| Rank | Yards | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1,619 | Chad Pennington | 1995-99 |
| 2. | 1,615 | Rakeem Cato | 2011-present |
| 3. | 1,442 | Byron Leftwich | 1998-02 |
| 4. | 1,108 | Michael Payton | 1989-92 |
| 5. | 1,059 | Carl Fodor | 1982-85 |
| 6. | 912 | Todd Donnan | 1991-94 |
| 7. | 873 | John Gregory | 1986-89 |
| 8. | 849 | Brian Anderson | 2007-10 |
| 9. | 831 | Tony Petersen | 1986-87 |
| 10. | 803 | Bernard Morris | 2004-07 |
College football conference realignment is governed by media inventory pools and long-term legal covenants rather than institutional prestige. When an athletic department weighs a conference change,…
An institution qualifies for postseason football only after securing a record where wins against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents match or exceed total defeats. This baseline establishes the…
In August 2025, the College Football Playoff management committee announced that seeding for its expanded 12-team postseason tournament would derive directly from the selection committee's final…
Conference USA - What They're Saying About the 2014 Team
Conference USA - What They're Saying About the 2014 Team
Old Dominion Head Coach Bobby Wilder “We’ve played some pretty good teams,” including North Carolina, N.C. State, Pitt and East Carolina. “But I think this is the best team we’ve ever played. That’s an outstanding football team, I would not be surprised…
Old Dominion Head Coach Bobby Wilder “We’ve played some pretty good teams,” including North Carolina, N.C. State, Pitt and East Carolina. “But I think this is the best team we’ve ever played. That’s an outstanding football team, I would not be surprised if they go undefeated and represent the group of five teams in a major bowl game this year.”
Sports Illustrated - "The Long Shot"
Sports Illustrated - "The Long Shot"
Marshall's Rakeem Cato: Great Heisman hope for forgotten leagues
cbssports.com
You come up through the blight of Liberty City in South Florida. You endure the death of your mother at age 13. Your dad has been in jail. You show up at Marshall 155 pounds sopping wet. You might deserve a break.
You come up through the blight of Liberty City in South Florida. You endure the death of your mother at age 13. Your dad has been in jail. You show up at Marshall 155 pounds sopping wet. You might deserve a break.
The maturation of Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato
usatoday.com
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