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Colin Kaepernick holds Wolf Pack career records in passing touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and total offense yards.
The Nevada Wolf Pack football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Nevada Wolf Pack football program in various categories,[ 1] including passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, and kicking . Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Wolf Pack represent the University of Nevada, Reno in the NCAA 's Mountain West Conference (MW).
Although Nevada began competing in intercollegiate football in 1896,[ 1] the school's official record book does not include many statistics from before the 1940s, because records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since the 1940s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
Additionally, Nevada has been grouped in the same MW football division as Hawaii since divisional play began in 2013, meaning that it plays at Hawaii every other year. This is relevant because the NCAA allows teams that play at Hawaii in a given season to schedule 13 regular-season games instead of the normal 12. However, Nevada has not chosen to play a 13-game schedule in any season since 2013, even though it has had the option to do so twice.
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.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[ 2] The Wolf Pack have played in 10 bowl games since the decision, giving players in those seasons an extra game to accumulate statistics.
Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player, giving everyone who played in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.[ 3]
These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season .
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
David Neill
10,901
1998 1999 2000 2001
2
Colin Kaepernick
10,098
2007 2008 2009 2010
3
Cody Fajardo
9,659[ 4]
2011 2012 2013 2014
4
Carson Strong
9,379[ 5]
2018 2019 2020 2021
5
Eric Beavers
8,629
1983 1984 1985 1986
6
Fred Gatlin
8,312
1989 1990 1991 1992
7
Chris Vargas
8,130
1990 1991 1992 1993
8
Jeff Rowe
7,862
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
9
Ty Gangi
7,378[ 6]
2016 2017 2018
10
Mike Maxwell
7,256
1993 1994 1995
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Chris Vargas
4,265
1993
2
Carson Strong
4,186[ 5]
2021
3
Mike Maxwell
3,611
1995
4
Mike Maxwell
3,537
1994
5
John Dutton
3,526
1997
6
Zack Threadgill
3,418
2002
7
David Neill
3,402
1999
8
Ty Gangi
3,331[ 6]
2018
9
David Neill
3,249
1998
10
Colin Kaepernick
3,022
2010
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Frank Hawkins
5,333
1977 1978 1979 1980
2
Vai Taua
4,588
2007 2008 2009 2010
3
Charvez Foger
4,484
1985 1986 1987 1988
4
Chris Lemon
4,246
1996 1997 1998 1999
5
Colin Kaepernick
4,112
2007 2008 2009 2010
6
Toa Taua
3,997[ 12]
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
7
Chance Kretschmer
3,782
2001 2002 2003 2004
8
Cody Fajardo
3,482[ 4]
2011 2012 2013 2014
9
James Butler
3,316
2014 2015 2016
10
Luke Lippincott
3,014
2006 2007 2008 2009
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Stefphon Jefferson
1,883
2012
2
Chance Kretschmer
1,732
2001
3
Frank Hawkins
1,719
1980
4
Frank Hawkins
1,683
1979
5
Vai Taua
1,610
2010
6
Vai Taua
1,521
2008
7
Frank Hawkins
1,445
1978
8
Luke Lippincott
1,420
2007
9
B.J. Mitchell
1,399
2005
10
Vai Taua
1,345
2009
James Butler
1,345[ 13]
2015
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Trevor Insley
5,005
1996 1997 1998 1999
2
Geoff Noisy
4,249
1995 1996 1997 1998
3
Bryan Reeves
3,408
1991 1992 1993
4
Romeo Doubs
3,332[ 24]
2018 2019 2020 2021
5
Nate Burleson
3,287
1999 2000 2001 2002
6
Alex Van Dyke
3,100
1994 1995
7
Brandon Wimberly
3,049
2009 2010 2012 2013
8
Jeff Wright
3,034
1976 1977 1978 1979
9
Tony Logan
2,922
1985 1986 1987
10
Marko Mitchell
2,763
2006 2007 2008
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Trevor Insley
2,060
1999
2
Alex Van Dyke
1,854
1995
3
Nate Burleson
1,629
2002
4
Geoff Noisy
1,435
1996
5
Geoff Noisy
1,405
1998
6
Rishard Matthews
1,364
2011
7
Alex Van Dyke
1,246
1994
8
Bryan Reeves
1,228
1993
9
Trevor Insley
1,220
1998
10
Geoff Noisy
1,184
1997
Receiving touchdowns [ edit ]
Single game
Rank
Player
TDs
Year
Opponent
1
Chris Singleton
4
1991
Eastern Washington
Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 28]
Total offense yards [ edit ]
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Colin Kaepernick
14,210
2007 2008 2009 2010
2
Cody Fajardo
13,141 [ 4]
2011 2012 2013 2014
3
David Neill
11,145
1998 1999 2000 2001
4
Carson Strong
9,074 [ 5]
2018 2019 2020 2021
5
Eric Beavers
9,028
1983 1984 1985 1986
6
Fred Gatlin
8,568
1989 1990 1991 1992
7
Jeff Rowe
8,423
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
8
Chris Vargas
8,181
1990 1991 1992 1993
9
Ty Gangi
7,921 [ 6]
2016 2017 2018
10
Mike Maxwell
7,129
1993 1994 1995
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Chris Vargas
4,332
1993
2
Colin Kaepernick
4,228
2010
3
Colin Kaepernick
3,979
2008
4
Carson Strong
3,978 [ 5]
2021
5
Cody Fajardo
3,907
2012
6
Mike Maxwell
3,623
1995
7
David Neill
3,611
1999
8
Cody Fajardo
3,544 [ 4]
2014
9
Zack Threadgill
3,534
2002
10
John Dutton
3,522
1997
Touchdowns responsible for [ edit ]
"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns.[ 29]
The 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Media Guide does not have any lists for total touchdowns responsible for,[ 1] and since the Wolf Pack did not play in the FBS (formerly I-A) until 1992, most Internet statistical listing do not list the full history of Nevada's statistics. However, as Colin Kaepernick is the school leader in both passing touchdowns and rushing touchdowns, it is safe to say his 141 touchdowns responsible for are the school record (82 passing, 59 rushing; he also caught 1 touchdown pass that does not count toward this statistical measure).
Single game
Rank
Player
Ints
Year
Opponent
1
Greg Grouwinkel
4
1974
Portland State
Single game
Rank
Player
Tackles
Year
Opponent
1
Albert Rosette
25[ 30]
2012
Air Force
Field goal percentage [ edit ]
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^ a b NCAA Division I-AA Playoff Game
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^ "2021 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF) . NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved December 4, 2021 .
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