Nevada Wolf Pack football statistical leaders

The Nevada Wolf Pack football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Nevada Wolf Pack football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Wolf Pack represent the University of Nevada, Reno in the NCAA's Mountain West Conference (MW).

Colin Kaepernick holds Wolf Pack career records in passing touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, and total offense yards.

Although Nevada began competing in intercollegiate football in 1896,[1] the school's official record book does not include many statistics from before the 1940s, because records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since the 1940s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
  • Additionally, Nevada has been grouped in the same MW football division as Hawaii since divisional play began in 2013, meaning that it plays at Hawaii every other year. This is relevant because the NCAA allows teams that play at Hawaii in a given season to schedule 13 regular-season games instead of the normal 12. However, Nevada has not chosen to play a 13-game schedule in any season since 2013, even though it has had the option to do so twice.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Wolf Pack have played in 10 bowl games since the decision, giving players in those seasons an extra game to accumulate statistics.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 David Neill 10,901 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Colin Kaepernick 10,098 2007 2008 2009 2010 3 Cody Fajardo 9,659[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Eric Beavers 8,629 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Fred Gatlin 8,312 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Chris Vargas 8,130 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Jeff Rowe 7,862 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Ty Gangi 7,378 2016 2017 2018 9 Mike Maxwell 7,256 1993 1994 1995 10 John Dutton 6,276 1996 1997

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Chris Vargas 4,265 1993 2 Mike Maxwell 3,611 1995 3 Mike Maxwell 3,537 1994 4 John Dutton 3,526 1997 5 Zack Threadgill 3,418 2002 6 David Neill 3,402 1999 7 Ty Gangi 3,331 2018 8 David Neill 3,249 1998 9 Colin Kaepernick 3,022 2010 10 Jeff Rowe 2,925 2005

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 David Neill 611 1998 New Mexico State 2 John Dutton 557 1997 Boise State 3 Mike Maxwell 552 1995 UNLV 4 Chris Vargas 538 1993 UNLV 5 Mike Maxwell 535 1995 Louisiana Tech 6 Chris Vargas 518 1993 Utah State 7 Eric Bennett 492 1995 San Jose State 8 David Neill 480 1998 Idaho 9 David Neill 474 2001 San Jose State 10 John Dutton 470 1997 Idaho

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colin Kaepernick 82 2007 2008 2009 2010 2 Eric Beavers 78 1983 1984 1985 1986 3 David Neill 73 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 Fred Gatlin 63 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Mike Maxwell 62 1993 1994 1995 6 Chris Vargas 60 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Jeff Tisdel 59 1974 1975 1976 1977 8 Cody Fajardo 57[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 Ty Gangi 57[3] 2016 2017 2018 10 Jeff Rowe 54 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Chris Vargas 34 1993 2 Mike Maxwell 33 1995 3 Mike Maxwell 29 1994 David Neill 29 1998 5 Eric Beavers 27 1985 6 Jeff Tisdel 26 1976 Zack Threadgill 26 2002 8 Jeff Tisdel 25 1977 Eric Beavers 25 1986 Ty Gangi 25 2017

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chris Vargas 7 1993 UNLV Mike Maxwell 7 1995 UNLV Mike Maxwell 7 1995 Louisiana-Monroe 4 Stan Heath 5 1948 Oklahoma City Larry Worman 5 1978 South Dakota Fred Gatlin 5 1989 Northern Arizona Fred Gatlin 5 1990 Western Illinois Chris Vargas 5 1992 Utah State Mike Maxwell 5 1995 Louisiana Tech John Dutton 5 1996 Arkansas State John Dutton 5 1997 Boise State David Neill 5 1998 Idaho

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Frank Hawkins 5,333 1977 1978 1979 1980 2 Vai Taua 4,588 2007 2008 2009 2010 3 Charvez Foger 4,484 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Chris Lemon 4,246 1996 1997 1998 1999 5 Colin Kaepernick 4,112 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Chance Kretschmer 3,782 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Cody Fajardo 3,482[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 James Butler 3,316[3] 2014 2015 2016 9 Luke Lippincott 3,014 2006 2007 2008 2009 10 Anthony Corley 2,677 1980 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Stefphon Jefferson 1,883 2012 2 Chance Kretschmer 1,732 2001 3 Frank Hawkins 1,719 1980 4 Frank Hawkins 1,683 1979 5 Vai Taua 1,610 2010 6 Vai Taua 1,521 2008 7 Frank Hawkins 1,445 1978 8 Luke Lippincott 1,420 2007 9 B.J. Mitchell 1,399 2005 10 Vai Taua 1,345 2009 James Butler 1,345[4] 2015

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Chance Kretschmer 327 2001 UTEP 2 Lucius Floyd 305 1986 Montana State 3 Frank Hawkins 293 1978 San Francisco State 4 Anthony Corley 274 1982 Weber State 5 Frank Hawkins 268 1980 Idaho 6 Vai Taua 263[5] 2008 Fresno State 7 Otto Kelly 252 1983 Idaho 8 Stefphon Jefferson 247[6] 2012 Northwestern State 9 Chance Kretschmer 242 2001 Louisiana Tech 10 Luke Lippincott 241[7] 2007 Utah State

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Colin Kaepernick 59 2007 2008 2009 2010 2 Chris Lemon 53 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 Charvez Foger 52 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Vai Taua 45 2007 2008 2009 2010 5 Cody Fajardo 44[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 6 Frank Hawkins 39 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Chance Kretschmer 35 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Luke Lippincott 34 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Stefphon Jefferson 30 2010 2011 2012 10 James Butler 27[3] 2014 2015 2016

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Stefphon Jefferson 24 2012 2 Colin Kaepernick 20 2010 3 Chris Lemon 19 1997 Vai Taua 19 2010 5 Colin Kaepernick 17 2008 6 Colin Kaepernick 16 2009 7 Frank Hawkins 15 1978 Chance Kretschmer 15 2001 Luke Lippincott 15 2007 Vai Taua 15 2008

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chance Kretschmer 6 2001 UTEP Stefphon Jefferson 6[8] 2012 Hawai’i 3 Johnny Gordon 5 1984 Texas A&M-Kingsvhille Mike Ball 5[9] 2009 UNLV 5 Frank Hawkins 4 1980 Idaho Lucius Floyd 4 1986 Montana State Ray Whalen 4 1990 Furman[10] Chris Lemon 4 1997 New Mexico State B.J. Mitchell 4[11] 2005 Idaho Luke Lippincott 4[12] 2007 Louisiana Tech Luke Lippincott 4[13] 2007 Boise State Colin Kaepernick 4[14] 2009 Idaho

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Trevor Insley 298 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Geoff Noisy 295 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Brandon Wimberly 261 2009 2010 2012 2013 4 Nate Burleson 248 2000 2001 2002 5 Bryan Reeves 234 1991 1992 1993 6 Alex Van Dyke 227 1994 1995 7 Nichiren Flowers 214 2002 2003 2004 8 Caleb Spencer 189 2004 2005 2006 9 Richy Turner 184[15] 2012 2013 2014 10 Jeff Wright 175 1976 1977 1978 1979

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Nate Burleson 138 2002 2 Trevor Insley 134 1999 3 Alex Van Dyke 129 1995 4 Damond Wilkins 114 1996 5 Alex Van Dyke 98 1994 Geoff Noisy 98 1996 7 Brandon Wimberly 97 2013 8 Geoff Noisy 94 1998 9 Bryan Reeves 91 1993 Nichiren Flowers 91 2004 Rishard Matthews 91 2011

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Nate Burleson 19 2002 UTEP 2 Alex Van Dyke 18 1995 UNLV Alex Van Dyke 18 1995 Toledo Geoff Noisy 18 1996 Arkansas State Geoff Noisy 18 1997 Oregon 6 Trevor Insley 17 1999 Colorado State 7 Bryan Reeves 16 1992 Cal State-Fullerton Alex Van Dyke 16 1995 Louisiana Tech 9 Ross Ortega 15 1990 Furman[10] Bryan Reeves 15 1992 San Jose State Alex Van Dyke 15 1994 Fresno State Alex Van Dyke 15 1995 Louisiana-Monroe Brandon Wimberly 15[16] 2013 Air Force

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Trevor Insley 5,005 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Geoff Noisy 4,249 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Bryan Reeves 3,408 1991 1992 1993 4 Nate Burleson 3,287 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Alex Van Dyke 3,100 1994 1995 6 Brandon Wimberly 3,049 2009 2010 2012 2013 7 Jeff Wright 3,034 1976 1977 1978 1979 8 Tony Logan 2,922 1985 1986 1987 9 Marko Mitchell 2,763 2006 2007 2008 10 Nichiren Flowers 2,648 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Trevor Insley 2,060 1999 2 Alex Van Dyke 1,854 1995 3 Nate Burleson 1,629 2002 4 Geoff Noisy 1,435 1996 5 Geoff Noisy 1,405 1998 6 Rishard Matthews 1,364 2011 7 Alex Van Dyke 1,246 1994 8 Bryan Reeves 1,228 1993 9 Trevor Insley 1,220 1998 10 Geoff Noisy 1,184 1997

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Nate Burleson 326 2001 San Jose State 2 Alex Van Dyke 314 1995 San Jose State 3 Treamelle Taylor 299 1989 Montana 4 Geoff Noisy 296 1996 Utah State 5 Geoff Noisy 283 1998 New Mexico State 6 Alex Van Dyke 272 1995 Louisiana Tech 7 Trevor Insley 263 1999 North Texas 8 Geoff Noisy 259 1998 Idaho 9 Trevor Insley 254 1999 Idaho 10 Bryan Reeves 249 1993 Utah State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Trevor Insley 35 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Bryan Reeves 32 1990 1991 1992 1993 3 Jeff Wright 27 1976 1977 1978 1979 Tony Logan 27 1985 1986 1987 1988 5 Alex Van Dyke 26 1994 1995 6 Bryan Calder 22 1983 1984 1985 1986 Nate Burleson 22 1999 2000 2001 2002 Marko Mitchell 22 2006 2007 2008 9 Geoff Noisy 21 1995 1996 1997 1998 10 Scott Threde 18 1983 1984 1985 1986 Brandon Wimberly 18 2009 2010 2012 2013

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Bryan Reeves 17 1993 2 Alex Van Dyke 16 1995 3 Trevor Insley 13 1999 4 Tony Logan 12 1987 Steve McHenry 12 1995 Nate Burleson 12 2002 7 Jeff Wright 11 1978 Trevor Insley 11 1998 9 Tony Logan 10 1988 Bryan Reeves 10 1992 Alex Van Dyke 10 1994 Marko Mitchell 10 2008

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Chris Singleton 4 1991 Eastern Washington

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[17]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Colin Kaepernick 14,210 2007 2008 2009 2010 2 Cody Fajardo 13,141[3] 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 David Neill 11,145 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 Eric Beavers 9,028 1983 1984 1985 1986 5 Fred Gatlin 8,568 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Jeff Rowe 8,423 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Chris Vargas 8,181 1990 1991 1992 1993 8 Mike Maxwell 7,129 1993 1994 1995 9 John Dutton 6,216 1996 1997 10 Jeff Tisdel 6,050 1974 1975 1976 1977

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Chris Vargas 4,332 1993 2 Colin Kaepernick 4,228 2010 3 Colin Kaepernick 3,979 2008 4 Cody Fajardo 3,907 2012 5 Mike Maxwell 3,623 1995 6 David Neill 3,611 1999 7 Cody Fajardo 3,544[3] 2014 8 Zack Threadgill 3,534 2002 9 John Dutton 3,522 1997 10 Mike Maxwell 3,498 1994

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 David Neill 582 1998 New Mexico State 2 John Dutton 568 1997 Boise State 3 Mike Maxwell 543 1995 UNLV 4 Mike Maxwell 540 1995 Louisiana Tech 5 Chris Vargas 537 1993 UNLV 6 Chris Vargas 507 1993 Utah State 7 David Neill 507 2001 San Jose State 8 Chris Vargas 501 1993 San Jose State 9 David Neill 498 1998 Idaho 10 Eric Bennett 494 1995 San Jose State

Total touchdowns

The 2014 Nevada Wolf Pack Media Guide does not have any lists for total touchdowns responsible for,[1] and since the Wolf Pack did not play in the FBS (formerly I-A) until 1992, most Internet statistical listing do not list the full history of Nevada's statistics. However, as Colin Kaepernick is the school leader in both passing touchdowns and rushing touchdowns, it is safe to say his 142 total touchdowns are the school record (82 passing, 59 rushing, 1 receiving).

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Greg Grouwinkel 20 1972 1973 1974 Joe Peterson 19 1983 1984 1985 1986 3 Alex Willis 18 1975 1976 1977 1978 4 Ken Byrne 17 1967 1968 1969 1970 5 Tony Shaw 17 1981 1982 1983 Patrick Hunter 15 1982 1983 1984 1985 Mike Brown 15 1985 1986 1987 1988 Darnell Hasson 15 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Xavier Kairy 14 1989 1990 1991 1992 Nick Hawthrone 14 2003 2004 2005 2006

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Greg Grouwinkel 9 1974 Tony Shaw 9 1983 3 Greg Grouwinkel 7 1972 Joe Peterson 7 1986 5 Jim Jamison 6 1966 Lee Fobbs 6 1979 Patrick Hunter 6 1985 Mike Brown 6 1987 Bernard Ellison 6 1987 William Duckett 6 1989 William Duckett 6 1991 Darnell Hasson 6 1996 Joe Garcia 6 2006 Dameon Baber 6 2015

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Greg Grouwinkel 4 1974 Portland State

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 DeShone Myles 528 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 Matt Clafton 388 1988 1989 1990 1991 3 Daryl Towns 322 2000 2001 2002 2003 4 Brock Marion 306 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Jorge Cordova 301 2000 2001 2002 2003 6 James-Michael Johnson 295 2008 2009 2010 2011 Duke Williams 295 2009 2010 2011 2012 8 Steve Knapp 292 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 Scott Lommori 286 1985 1986 1987 10 John Ramatici 279 1980 1981

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 John Ramatici 162 1981 2 DeShone Myles 138 1994 3 Albert Rosette 135 2012 4 DeShone Myles 133 1995 5 DeShone Myles 132 1997 6 Matt Clafton 128 1990 7 Scott Lommori 125 1987 Matt Clafton 125 1989 DeShone Myles 125 1996 10 John Ramatici 117 1980

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Albert Rosette 25[18] 2012 Air Force

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Jorge Cordova 31.0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Dontay Moch 30.0 2007 2008 2009 2010 3 Henry Rolling 28.5 1983 1984 1985 1986 4 Mark Drahos 25 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Kevin Basped 23.5 2007 2008 2009 6 Brock Hekking 21.5 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 Lenny Jones 20.0 2012 2013 2014 2015 8 Derek Kennard 18.0 2000 2001 2002 2003 Brett Roy 18.0 2008 2009 2010 2011 Ian Seau 18.0 2013 2014 2015 10 J.J. Milan 16.5 2002 2003 2004 2006 Ezra Butler 16.5 2004 2005 2006 2007

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Henry Rolling 15.5 1986 2 Mark Drahos 12 1990 3 Jorge Cordova 11.5 2003 Dontay Moch 11.5 2008 4 Derek Kennard 10.5 2003 5 Kevin Basped 10.0 2008 Brett Roy 10.0 2011 Ian Seau 10.0 2015 8 J.J. Milan 9.5 2006 Kevin Basped 9.5 2009 10 Brock Hekking 9.0 2013 Dom Peterson 9.0[19] 2019

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Marty Zendejas 72 1984 1985 1986 1987 2 Tony Zendejas 70 1981 1982 1983 3 Brett Jaekle 50 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Damon Fine 50 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Brent Zuzo 49[20] 2013 2014 2015 2016 6 Damon Shea 41 1995 1996 1997 7 Kevin McKelvie 33 1989 1990 8 Charlie Lee 29 1972 1973 1974 1975 Fernando Serrano 29 1977 1978 1979

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Tony Zendejas 26 1982 2 Tony Zendejas 23 1983 3 Marty Zendejas 22 1984 4 Tony Zendejas 21 1981 Kevin McKelvie 21 1990 Brandon Talton 21[21] 2019 7 Damon Shea 20 1996 8 Marty Zendejas 19 1985 9 Marty Zendejas 17 1987 Brent Zuzo 17[20] 2015

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Tony Zendejas 5 1982 Weber State Tony Zendejas 5 1982 Northern Arizona Tony Zendejas 5 1983 Idaho Marty Zendejas 5 1984 Idaho State Marty Zendejas 5 1985 Northern Arizona Damon Fine 5 2001 Rice 7 Charlie Lee 4 1974 Cal State-Northridge Marty Zendejas 4 1987 Idaho State Kevin McKelvie 4 1990 Eastern Washington Brett Jaekle 4[22] 2006 Miami (FL)[23] Brandon Talton 4[24] 2019 Weber State

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Brandon Talton 84.0%[21] 2019 2 Tony Zendejas 81.4% 1981 1982 1983 3 Allen Hardison 81.0% 2011 2012 4 Marty Zendejas 80.0% 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Brent Zuzo 79.0%[20] 2013 2014 2015 2016 6 Damon Shea 78.8% 1995 1996 1997 7 Kevin McKelvie 78.6% 1989 1990 8 Brett Jaekle 78.1% 2005 2006 2007 2008 9 Anthony Martinez 70.0% 2011 2012 10 Damon Fine 66.7% 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Damon Shea 90.9% 1996 2 Allen Hardison 90.0% 2012 3 Brent Zuzo 89.5%[20] 2015 4 Tony Zendejas 87.5% 1981 Kevin McKelvie 87.5% 1990 6 Brandon Talton 84.0%[21] 2019 7 Marty Zendejas 82.4% 1986 Brett Jaekle 82.4% 2008 Brent Zuzo 82.4% 2014 10 Marty Zendejas 81.5% 1984

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