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Texas's best quarterbacks since 2004
Colt McCoy leads with 13,253 passing yards in 53 games at Texas; Sam Ehlinger had 11,436.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Texas 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.
16 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Texaspassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colt McCoy | 2006–2009 | 53 | 13,253 | 112 | 45 | 14,824 | 45 |
| 2 | Sam Ehlinger | 2017–2020 | 46 | 11,436 | 94 | 30 | 13,343 | 27 |
| 3 | Quinn Ewers | 2022–2024 | 36 | 9,128 | 68 | 27 | 9,069 | 24 |
| 4 | Arch Manning | 2023–2026 | 30 | 5,430 | 46 | 22 | 6,043 | 14 |
| 5 | Vince Young | 2004–2005 | 25 | 4,885 | 38 | 24 | 7,014 | 21 |
| 6 | David Ash | 2011–2014 | 29 | 4,728 | 31 | 20 | 5,107 | 18 |
| 7 | Shane Buechele | 2016–2018 | 23 | 4,636 | 30 | 12 | 4,894 | 16 |
| 8 | Case McCoy | 2010–2013 | 34 | 3,689 | 24 | 22 | 3,659 | 20 |
| 9 | Garrett Gilbert | 2009–2011 | 23 | 3,301 | 13 | 15 | 3,701 | 23 |
| 10 | Tyrone Swoopes | 2013–2016 | 39 | 3,038 | 17 | 18 | 4,004 | 13 |
| 11 | Casey Thompson | 2019–2021 | 19 | 2,422 | 30 | 12 | 2,632 | 9 |
| 12 | Hudson Card | 2020–2022 | 15 | 1,523 | 11 | 9 | 1,597 | 2 |
| 13 | Maalik Murphy | 2023 | 6 | 477 | 3 | 6 | 459 | 3 |
| 14 | Jevan Snead | 2006 | 5 | 371 | 2 | 3 | 458 | 2 |
| 15 | Matthew Caldwell | 2025 | 5 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 0 |
| 16 | Miles Onyegbule | 2011 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 | 1 |
Also at Texas: 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.