The passing game in college football is as prevalent as ever. In fact, at least one quarterback has eclipsed the 5,000-yard mark 13 times since 2002. Between 1937 and 2001 that same mark was broken only one time. With breaking 4,000 and even 5,000-yard seasons becoming more coming every year, the act of breaking 3,000 yards has become an ordinary achievement. Nebraska though has had difficulty with the passing game over the years as the routine mark for 3,000+ yards has only occurred four times in all of school history. Joe Ganz holds the school record when he threw for 3,568 yards in 2008.
How many quarterbacks in all of college football will throw for 3,000 yards in 2022? A new list from on3 takes a detailed looked at every quarterback they think will break that mark this upcoming year. Scroll below to see each name broken down by conference as well as their stats from 2021.
AAC
East Carolina: Holton Ahlers 3,126 yards 18 TDs 10 INTs
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Houston: Clayton Tune 3,544 yards 30 TDs 10 INTs
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Memphis: Seth Henigan 3,322 yards 25 TDs 8 INTs
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Tulsa: Davis Brin 3,269 yards 18 TDs 16 INTs
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ACC
Boston College: Phil Jurkovec 914 yards 7 TDs 4 INTs
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Miami: Tyler Van Dyke 2,931 yards 25 TDs 6 INTs
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NC State: Devin Leary 3,433 yards 35 TDs 5 INTs
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Virginia: Brennan Armstrong 4,449 yards 31 TDs 10 INTs
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Virginia Tech: Grant Wells 3,535 yards 16 TDs 13 INTs (at Marshall)
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Wake Forest: Sam Hartman 4,228 yards 39 TDs 14 INTs
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Big Ten
Maryland: Taulia Tagovailoa 3,860 yards 26 TDs 11 INTs
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Michigan State: Payton Thorne 3,232 yards 27 TDs 10 INTs
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Nebraska: Casey Thompson 2,113 yards 24 TDs 9 INTs (at Texas)
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