The American’s best quarterbacks since 2004

Seth Henigan has the most passing yards of the 308 quarterbacks who played in the American since 2004, 14,278 in 50 games. Holton Ahlers is 2nd with 13,927.

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The American’s best quarterbacks since 2004
Place	Player	passing yards	passing touchdowns	wins
1	Seth Henigan2021 – 2024 · 50 games	14,278	104	34
2	Holton Ahlers2018 – 2022 · 55 games	13,927	97	25
3	Clayton Tune2018 – 2022 · 47 games	11,996	104	28
4	Dane Evans2014 – 2016 · 38 games	10,782	80	18
5	Brady White2018 – 2020 · 39 games	10,690	90	28
6	PJ Walker2013 – 2016 · 49 games	10,669	74	28
7	Desmond Ridder2018 – 2021 · 50 games	10,239	87	44
8	Michael Pratt2020 – 2023 · 45 games	9,603	90	28
9	Ben Hicks2016 – 2018 · 37 games	9,081	71	17
10	Paxton Lynch2013 – 2015 · 38 games	8,863	59	22
11	E.J. Warner2022 – 2024 · 32 games	8,814	58	10
12	Greg Ward2013 – 2016 · 49 games	8,705	52	35
13	McKenzie Milton2016 – 2018 · 33 games	8,683	72	27
14	Owen McCown2023 – 2026 · still playing	8,612	69	26
	+1,751 this season
15	Quinton Flowers2014 – 2017 · 43 games	8,130	71	30
16	Dillon Gabriel2019 – 2021 · 26 games	8,037	70	18
17	Riley Ferguson2016 – 2017 · 26 games	7,955	70	18
18	Byrum Brown2022 – 2025 · 34 games	7,690	61	18
19	Tanner Mordecai2021 – 2022 · 24 games	7,152	72	14
20	Shane Buechele2019 – 2020 · 23 games	7,024	57	17
21	Gunner Kiel2014 – 2016 · 28 games	6,835	56	16
22	Hayden Moore2015 – 2018 · 33 games	6,518	42	16
23	Bryant Shirreffs2015 – 2017 · 30 games	6,375	30	12
24	Anthony Russo2018 – 2020 · 27 games	6,287	44	16
25	Caden Veltkamp2025 – 2026 · still playing	6,182	47	9
	+2,534 this season

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Method

Every quarterback who played in the American since 2004, ranked by passing yards over his games there while his school was a member. Bowl and playoff games count.
The numbers here start in 2004, so a quarterback who played in the American before then isn't here.

The American’s best quarterbacks since 2004

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