Boise State’s best quarterbacks

Kellen Moore has the most passing yards in Boise State history, 14,667 from 2008 to 2011. Maddux Madsen is 3rd, with 8,267.

Of the WAC’s best quarterbacks since 2004, Kellen Moore is 3rd and Jared Zabransky 7th.

Boise State’s quarterbacks this season

Maddux Madsen8 games, 210.1 a game8,267 at Boise State, the 6th-most in school history. 754 more puts him past Bart Hendricks for 5th.1,681passing yards

Maddux Madsen is 6th in school history at tonight’s number, with 8,267; 754 more passes Bart Hendricks for 5th.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), through the 2025 season, which counts bowl games from 2002.

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Boise State’s best quarterbacks
Place	Player	passing yards	passing touchdowns	wins
1	Kellen Moore2008 – 2011 · 53 games	14,667	142	50
2	Brett Rypien2015 – 2018 · 50 games	13,581	90	38
3	Maddux Madsen2022 – 2026 · still playing	8,267	65	31
	+1,681 this season
4	Jared Zabransky2004 – 2006 · 38 games	8,076	57	33
5	Hank Bachmeier2019 – 2022 · 29 games	6,605	41	20
6	Grant Hedrick2011 – 2014 · 40 games	5,656	39	33
7	Joe Southwick2010 – 2013 · 36 games	4,784	33	32
8	Taylen Green2021 – 2023 · 26 games	3,794	25	18
9	Taylor Tharp2005 – 2007 · 25 games	3,699	32	20
10	Max Cutforth2024 – 2026 · still playing	1,203	7	7
	+131 this season · passes Taylor Tharp for 9th in 20 games at his pace
11	Jaylon Henderson2018 – 2019 · 12 games	1,094	12	10
12	Montell Cozart2017 · 14 games	754	10	11
13	Chase Cord2018 – 2019 · 12 games	737	10	10
14	Ryan Finley2014 – 2015 · 7 games	646	3	5
15	Jack Sears2020 – 2021 · 7 games	380	3	5
16	Bush Hamdan2005 – 2008 · 15 games	276	4	14
17	Mike Coughlin2007 – 2010 · 21 games	206	2	21
18	Cade Fennegan2020 · 3 games	182	2	2
19	Thomas Stuart2015 – 2016 · 11 games	164	1	10
20	Malachi Nelson2024 · 3 games	128	0	3
21	CJ Tiller2023 · 1 game	117	0	0
22	Sam Vidlak2022 · 3 games	86	0	3
23	Nick Patti2013 · 5 games	63	0	4
24	Andy Peters2020 · 1 game	26	0	0

Every quarterback who played at Boise State since 2004, ranked by passing yards over his games there. Bowl and playoff games count.
The numbers here start in 2004, so a quarterback who played at Boise State before then isn't here.
A decade counts his passing yards at Boise State in its seasons.
The record book's numbers are the school's own. Where they and the box scores differ for one player, the box scores are missing a game or count bowls another way.
A quarterback still playing at Boise State is counted at tonight's numbers against the record book's, which run through the 2025 season.