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Iowa's best quarterbacks since 2004
Nate Stanley leads with 8,302 passing yards in 44 games at Iowa; Drew Tate had 8,237.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Iowa 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.
17 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Iowapassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nate Stanley | 2016–2019 | 44 | 8,302 | 68 | 30 | 8,198 | 23 |
| 2 | Drew Tate | 2004–2006 | 35 | 8,237 | 60 | 21 | 8,326 | 34 |
| 3 | Ricky Stanzi | 2007–2010 | 38 | 7,377 | 56 | 28 | 7,373 | 31 |
| 4 | James Vandenberg | 2009–2012 | 32 | 5,786 | 35 | 16 | 5,853 | 20 |
| 5 | C.J. Beathard | 2013–2016 | 40 | 5,562 | 40 | 29 | 5,991 | 19 |
| 6 | Spencer Petras | 2018–2022 | 35 | 5,199 | 24 | 24 | 4,905 | 19 |
| 7 | Jake Rudock | 2013–2014 | 25 | 4,819 | 34 | 14 | 5,213 | 18 |
| 8 | Jake Christensen | 2006–2008 | 24 | 2,950 | 21 | 14 | 2,977 | 9 |
| 9 | Mark Gronowski | 2025 | 13 | 1,741 | 10 | 9 | 2,286 | 7 |
| 10 | Cade McNamara | 2023–2024 | 13 | 1,522 | 10 | 9 | 1,446 | 8 |
| 11 | Deacon Hill | 2023 | 13 | 1,152 | 5 | 9 | 1,026 | 8 |
| 12 | Hank Brown | 2025–2026 | 8 | 939 | 6 | 6 | 952 | 2 |
| 13 | Alex Padilla | 2020–2022 | 11 | 821 | 3 | 7 | 768 | 4 |
| 14 | Brendan Sullivan | 2024 | 9 | 475 | 3 | 5 | 625 | 3 |
| 15 | Jason Manson | 2005–2006 | 8 | 440 | 1 | 5 | 519 | 5 |
| 16 | Jeremy Hecklinski | 2025–2026 | 6 | 418 | 4 | 5 | 429 | 1 |
| 17 | Peyton Mansell | 2018 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 1 |
Also at Iowa: 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.