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Colorado's best quarterbacks since 2004
Sefo Liufau leads with 9,765 passing yards in 43 games at Colorado; Steven Montez had 9,710.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Colorado since 2004, ranked by passing yards; the lines are each player's passing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
22 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Coloradopassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sefo Liufau | 2013–2016 | 43 | 9,765 | 60 | 16 | 10,704 | 35 |
| 2 | Steven Montez | 2016–2019 | 45 | 9,710 | 63 | 20 | 10,670 | 33 |
| 3 | Cody Hawkins | 2007–2010 | 39 | 7,731 | 63 | 14 | 7,564 | 43 |
| 4 | Shedeur Sanders | 2023–2024 | 24 | 7,364 | 64 | 13 | 7,237 | 13 |
| 5 | Tyler Hansen | 2008–2011 | 33 | 5,705 | 35 | 10 | 6,183 | 28 |
| 6 | Joel Klatt | 2004–2005 | 24 | 4,910 | 23 | 14 | 4,867 | 22 |
| 7 | Brendon Lewis | 2020–2022 | 15 | 1,727 | 10 | 4 | 2,031 | 3 |
| 8 | Jordan Webb | 2012 | 10 | 1,434 | 8 | 1 | 1,299 | 8 |
| 9 | Kaidon Salter | 2025 | 9 | 1,414 | 10 | 3 | 1,770 | 7 |
| 10 | Connor Wood | 2012–2013 | 13 | 1,368 | 9 | 3 | 1,355 | 11 |
| 11 | Julian Lewis | 2025–2026 | 8 | 1,322 | 10 | 3 | 1,242 | 2 |
| 12 | Bernard Jackson | 2004–2006 | 18 | 1,316 | 7 | 7 | 2,001 | 7 |
| 13 | Sam Noyer | 2017–2020 | 14 | 1,280 | 6 | 8 | 1,469 | 9 |
| 14 | J.T. Shrout | 2022 | 9 | 1,220 | 7 | 1 | 1,205 | 8 |
| 15 | Nick Hirschman | 2011–2012 | 12 | 781 | 2 | 0 | 742 | 7 |
| 16 | Ryan Staub | 2023–2025 | 10 | 681 | 4 | 4 | 689 | 4 |
| 17 | Cade Apsay | 2015 | 5 | 582 | 3 | 1 | 547 | 5 |
| 18 | James Cox | 2004–2006 | 17 | 573 | 2 | 8 | 580 | 3 |
| 19 | Jordan Gehrke | 2014–2016 | 10 | 324 | 1 | 4 | 343 | 1 |
| 20 | Tyler Lytle | 2018–2020 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 1 |
| 21 | Drew Carter | 2021–2022 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 22 | Matt Lynch | 2020–2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Also at Colorado: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.