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Purdue's best quarterbacks since 2004
Curtis Painter leads with 11,163 passing yards in 46 games at Purdue; David Blough had 9,734.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Purdue 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.
18 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Purduepassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Painter | 2005–2008 | 46 | 11,163 | 67 | 24 | 11,511 | 46 |
| 2 | David Blough | 2015–2018 | 44 | 9,734 | 69 | 15 | 9,995 | 43 |
| 3 | Aidan O'Connell | 2019–2022 | 33 | 9,219 | 65 | 19 | 8,945 | 30 |
| 4 | Ryan Browne | 2023–2026 | 28 | 4,611 | 23 | 6 | 5,125 | 17 |
| 5 | Hudson Card | 2023–2024 | 21 | 4,028 | 24 | 5 | 4,204 | 15 |
| 6 | Elijah Sindelar | 2016–2019 | 22 | 3,525 | 29 | 9 | 3,486 | 16 |
| 7 | Jack Plummer | 2019–2021 | 17 | 3,405 | 26 | 7 | 3,479 | 10 |
| 8 | Joey Elliott | 2006–2009 | 22 | 3,326 | 24 | 11 | 3,621 | 15 |
| 9 | Kyle Orton | 2004 | 11 | 3,090 | 31 | 7 | 3,202 | 5 |
| 10 | Caleb TerBush | 2009–2012 | 22 | 3,077 | 25 | 9 | 3,351 | 14 |
| 11 | Robert Marve | 2010–2012 | 24 | 2,879 | 22 | 11 | 2,964 | 14 |
| 12 | Austin Appleby | 2013–2015 | 16 | 2,777 | 19 | 3 | 3,067 | 19 |
| 13 | Danny Etling | 2013–2014 | 13 | 2,490 | 16 | 2 | 2,386 | 12 |
| 14 | Brandon Kirsch | 2004–2005 | 14 | 2,438 | 14 | 7 | 2,724 | 11 |
| 15 | Rob Henry | 2010–2013 | 30 | 2,044 | 15 | 11 | 2,701 | 14 |
| 16 | Justin Siller | 2008–2011 | 26 | 496 | 3 | 13 | 760 | 2 |
| 17 | Malachi Singleton | 2025 | 11 | 439 | 5 | 1 | 641 | 2 |
| 18 | Austin Burton | 2021–2022 | 12 | 317 | 3 | 8 | 383 | 2 |
Also at Purdue: 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.