The Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders are the individual statistical leaders of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program in various categories,[1] including passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, and kicking . The Cornhuskers compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten .
Although Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890,[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1956. Records before this are often incomplete and inconsistent, and are generally not included. These lists are dominated by recent players for several reasons, including: college football's progressively increasing season length, an NCAA statute forbidding freshmen from playing varsity football that was in place until 1972 , and the exclusion of bowl game stats from official records until 2002 .[2]
Passing [ edit ] Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 8,871 2013–16 2 Adrian Martinez 8,491[3] 2018–21 3 Taylor Martinez 7,258 2010–13 4 Zac Taylor 5,850 2005–06 5 David Humm 5,236 1972–74 6 Joe Ganz 5,125 2006–08 7 Jerry Tagge 4,704 1969–71 8 Eric Crouch 4,481 1998–01 9 Tommie Frazier 3,521 1992–95 10 Turner Gill 3,317 1980–83
Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Joe Ganz 3,568 2008 2 Zac Taylor 3,197 2006 3 Tanner Lee 3,143 2017 4 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 3,030 2015 5 Taylor Martinez 2,871 2012 6 Adrian Martinez 2,863[3] 2021 7 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 2,695 2014 8 Zac Taylor 2,653 2005 9 Adrian Martinez 2,617[3] 2018 10 Sam Keller 2,422 2007
Touchdowns [ edit ] Rushing [ edit ] Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Mike Rozier 4,780 1981–83 2 Ameer Abdullah 4,588 2011–14 3 Ahman Green 3,880 1995–97 4 Eric Crouch 3,434 1998–2001 5 Roy Helu 3,404 2007–10 6 Rex Burkhead 3,329 2009–12 7 Calvin Jones 3,215 1991–93 8 Ken Clark 3,037 1987–89 9 Taylor Martinez 2,975 2010–13 10 I. M. Hipp 2,814 1977–79
Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Mike Rozier 2,295 1983 2 Ahman Green 2,083 1997 3 Lawrence Phillips 1,826 1994 4 Mike Rozier 1,807 1982 5 Ameer Abdullah 1,690 2013 6 1,611 2014 7 Ken Clark 1,497 1988 8 Jammal Lord 1,412 2002 9 Rex Burkhead 1,357 2011 10 Bobby Reynolds 1,342 1950
Touchdowns [ edit ] Receiving [ edit ] Receptions [ edit ] Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Stanley Morgan Jr. 2,747 2015–18 2 Kenny Bell 2,689 2011–14 3 JD Spielman 2,545 2017–19 4 Johnny Rodgers 2,497 1970–72 5 Nate Swift 2,476 2005–08 6 Jordan Westerkamp 2,474 2013–16 7 Terrence Nunn 1,762 2004–07 8 Todd Peterson 1,602 2005–08 9 Niles Paul 1,532 2007–10 10 Quincy Enunwa 1,526 2010–13
Touchdowns [ edit ] Total offense [ edit ] Total offense is the sum of passing, rushing, and receiving yards.[5]
Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Adrian Martinez 10,792[3] 2018–21 2 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 10,690 2013–16 3 Taylor Martinez 10,233 2010–13 4 Eric Crouch 7,915 1998–2001 5 Zac Taylor 5,777 2005–06 6 Tommie Frazier 5,476 1992–95 7 Joe Ganz 5,466 2006–08 8 Jammal Lord 5,421 2000–03 9 Jerry Tagge 5,283 1969–71 10 David Humm 5,027 1972–74
Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Taylor Martinez 3,890 2012 2 Joe Ganz 3,826 2008 3 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 3,430 2015 4 3,400 2014 5 Adrian Martinez 3,338[3] 2021 6 Adrian Martinez 3,246[3] 2018 7 Zac Taylor 3,165 2006 8 Tanner Lee 3,046 2017 9 Taylor Martinez 2,963 2011 10 Jammal Lord 2,774 2002
All-purpose yards [ edit ] All-purpose yardage is the sum of rushing, receiving, kick return, and punt return yardage.
Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Ameer Abdullah 7,186 2011–14 2 Johnny Rodgers 5,586 1970–72 3 Mike Rozier 5,445 1981–83 4 Ahman Green 4,280 1995–97 5 Marlon Lucky 4,214 2005–08 6 Rex Burkhead 3,953 2009–12 7 Roy Helu 3,905 2007–10 8 JD Spielman 3,694 2017–19 9 Cory Ross 3,559 2002–05 10 Eric Crouch 3,543 1998–2001
Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Mike Rozier 2,486 1983 2 Ameer Abdullah 2,272 2014 3 Johnny Rodgers 2,011 1972 4 Ameer Abdullah 1,999 2013 5 Johnny Rodgers 1,983 1971 6 Ahman Green 1,982 1997 7 Lawrence Phillips 1,894 1994 8 Ameer Abdullah 1,884 2012 9 Mike Rozier 1,790 1982 10 Marlon Lucky 1,743 2007
Scoring [ edit ] Touchdowns [ edit ] Defense [ edit ] Interceptions [ edit ] Tackles [ edit ] Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Barrett Ruud 432 2001–04 2 Jerry Murtaugh 342 1968–70 3 Mike Brown 312 1996–99 4 Luke Reimer 293 2019-23 5 Lavonte David 285 2010–11 6 Dedrick Young 284 2015–18 7 Lee Kunz 276 1976–78 8 Clete Pillen 273 1974–76 Nathan Gerry 2013–16 10 Steve Damkroger 269 1979–82
Tackles for loss [ edit ] Pass breakups [ edit ] Special teams [ edit ] Field goals made [ edit ] Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Alex Henery 68 2007–10 2 Drew Brown 59 2014–17 3 Kris Brown 57 1995–98 4 Josh Brown 43 1999–2002 5 Brett Maher 39 2009–12 6 Dale Klein 27 1984–86 7 Byron Bennett 24 1990–93 Jordan Congdon 2005–06 9 Billy Todd 22 1977–78 10 Paul Rogers 20 1968–70
Longest field goal [ edit ] Field goal percentage [ edit ] Career (min. two seasons) Rank Player FG% Years 1 Alex Henery 89.5% 2007–10 2 Jordan Congdon 80.0% 2005–06 3 Brett Maher 78.0% 2009–12 4 Drew Brown 77.6% 2014–17 5 Gregg Barrios 74.3% 1986–90 6 Kris Brown 74.0% 1995–98 7 Connor Culp 70.4%[7] 2020– 8 Josh Brown 69.4% 1999–2002 9 Dale Klein 65.9% 1984–86 10 Billy Todd 62.2% 1977–78
Punting [ edit ] Career Rank Player Avg Years 1 Dan Hadenfeldt 44.54 1997–2000 2 Sam Koch 44.04 2002–05 3 Kyle Larson 43.67 2001–03 4 Brett Maher 43.15 2011–12 5 Sam Foltz 42.67 2013–15 6 Alex Henery 42.18 2007–10 7 Jesse Kosch 41.92 1994–97 8 Isaac Armstrong 41.84 2018–19 9 Mike Stigge 41.75 1989–92 10 Scott Livingston 41.04 1982–84
Punt returns [ edit ] Kick returns [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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