

This affects many players from before that time period. Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.


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.Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: The NCAA Division I FBS passing leaders are career, single-season, and single-game passing leaders in yards, touchdowns, efficiency, completions, completion percentage, and interception percentage. College football statistics Case Keenum is the career record holder in completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns.
