Auburn Tigers football statistical leaders

The Auburn Tigers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Auburn Tigers 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 Tigers represent Auburn University in the NCAA's Southeastern Conference.

Although Auburn began competing in intercollegiate football in 1892, ^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1947. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

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

• In 1947, seasons increased from 10 games to 11 games in length. In 2006, seasons increased from 11 games to 12 games in length.
• 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 Tigers have played in 14 bowl games since this decision.
• The Tigers have had two seasons, 2010 and 2013, in which the Tigers run a high-octane offense that racked up 6,989 and 7,018 offensive yards, respectively. In fact, eight of the Tigers' ten seasons with the highest offensive output have come since 2000 under head coaches Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, and Gus Malzahn. ^[1]

These lists are updated through game 13 of the 2022 season.

Passing

Cam Newton set the single-season school passing touchdowns record in 2010, his only season with the Tigers.

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Stan White 8,016 1990 1991 1992 1993 2 Jason Campbell 7,299 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Bo Nix 7,251 [3] 2019 2020 2021 4 Brandon Cox 6,959 2004 2005 2006 2007 5 Pat Sullivan 6,284 1969 1970 1971 6 Dameyune Craig 6,026 1994 1995 1996 1997 7 Jarrett Stidham 5,952 2017 2018 8 Patrick Nix 4,957 1992 1993 1994 1995 9 Reggie Slack 4,697 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Nick Marshall 4,508 [4] 2013 2014

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Dameyune Craig 3,277 1997 2 Jarrett Stidham 3,158 2017 3 Cam Newton 2,854 2010 4 Jarrett Stidham 2,794 2018 5 Jason Campbell 2,700 2004 6 Pat Sullivan 2,586 1970 7 Patrick Nix 2,574 1995 8 Bo Nix 2,542 [3] 2019 9 Nick Marshall 2,532 [4] 2014 10 Bo Nix 2,415 [3] 2020

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Nick Marshall 456 [5] 2014 Alabama 2 Ben Leard 416 1999 Georgia 3 Ben Leard 394 2000 Michigan [6] 4 Dameyune Craig 394 1996 Mississippi State 5 Patrick Nix 387 1995 Arkansas 6 Daniel Cobb 381 2001 Louisiana Tech 7 Bo Nix 377 [7] 2021 Mississippi State 8 Jason Campbell 374 [8] 2004 Tennessee [9] 9 Jarrett Stidham 373 2018 Purdue 10 Patrick Nix 372 1995 Ole Miss

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Pat Sullivan 53 1969 1970 1971 2 Jason Campbell 45 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Brandon Cox 42 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Stan White 40 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 Dameyune Craig 39 1994 1995 1996 1997 Bo Nix 39 [3] 2019 2020 2021 7 Jarrett Stidham 36 2017 2018 8 Nick Marshall 34 [4] 2013 2014 9 Patrick Nix 31 1992 1993 1994 1995 10 Cam Newton 30 2010

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Cam Newton 30 2010 2 Chris Todd 22 2009 3 Pat Sullivan 20 1971 Jason Campbell 20 2004 Nick Marshall 20 [4] 2014 6 Dameyune Craig 18 1997 Jarrett Stidham 18 2017 Jarrett Stidham 18 2018 9 Pat Sullivan 17 1970 10 Pat Sullivan 16 1969 Bo Nix 16 [3] 2019 Payton Thorne 16 [10] 2023

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Bo Jackson 4,303 1982 1983 1984 1985 2 Carnell Williams 3,831 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 James Brooks 3,523 1977 1978 1979 1980 4 Joe Cribbs 3,368 1976 1977 1978 1979 5 Ben Tate 3,321 2006 2007 2008 2009 6 Tre Mason 2,979 2011 2012 2013 7 Tank Bigsby 2,903 2020 2021 2022 8 Stephen Davis 2,811 1993 1994 1995 9 Brent Fullwood 2,789 1983 1984 1985 1986 10 Ronnie Brown 2,707 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Tre Mason 1,816 2013 2 Bo Jackson 1,786 1985 3 Cameron Artis-Payne 1,608 [11] 2014 4 Rudi Johnson 1,567 2000 5 Cam Newton 1,473 2010 6 Brent Fullwood 1,391 1986 Kerryon Johnson 1,391 2017 8 Ben Tate 1,362 2009 9 James Brooks 1,314 1980 10 Carnell Williams 1,307 2003

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Curtis Kuykendall 307 1944 Miami (FL) 2 Tre Mason 304 [12] 2013 Missouri [9] 3 Bo Jackson 290 1985 Southwestern Louisiana 4 Bo Jackson 256 1983 Alabama 5 Joe Cribbs 250 1978 Georgia 6 Rudi Johnson 249 2000 Louisiana Tech 7 Stephen Davis 246 1994 Arkansas 8 Bo Jackson 242 1985 Georgia Tech 9 Bo Jackson 240 1985 Ole Miss 10 Kamryn Pettway 236 [13] 2016 Ole Miss

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Carnell Williams 45 2001 2002 2003 2004 2 Bo Jackson 43 1982 1983 1984 1985 3 Joe Cribbs 34 1976 1977 1978 1979 4 Tre Mason 32 2011 2012 2013 Kerryon Johnson 32 2015 2016 2017 6 Stephen Davis 30 1993 1994 1995 7 Ronnie Brown 29 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Tank Bigsby 25 2020 2021 2022 9 James Brooks 24 1977 1978 1979 1980 Brent Fullwood 24 1983 1984 1985 1986 Ben Tate 24 2006 2007 2008 2009 Onterio McCalebb 24 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Tre Mason 23 2013 2 Cam Newton 20 2010 3 Kerryon Johnson 18 2017 4 Bo Jackson 17 1985 Carnell Williams 17 2003 6 Joe Cribbs 16 1978 7 Joe Cribbs 14 1979 Stephen Davis 14 1995 9 Rudi Johnson 13 2000 Ronnie Brown 13 2002 Cameron Artis-Payne 13 [11] 2014 Peyton Barber 13 [14] 2015

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Carnell Williams 6 [15] 2003 Mississippi State 2 Kerryon Johnson 5 [16] 2017 Missouri

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Ryan Davis 178 [17] 2016 2017 2018 2 Courtney Taylor 153 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Karsten Bailey 150 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Terry Beasley 141 1969 1970 1971 5 Tyrone Goodson 136 1994 1995 1996 1997 Eli Stove 136 [18] 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 7 Seth Williams 132 [19] 2018 2019 2020 8 Emory Blake 128 2009 2010 2011 2012 9 Frank Sanders 121 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 Anthony Schwartz 117 [20] 2018 2019 2020

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Ryan Davis 84 [17] 2017 2 Ryan Davis 69 [17] 2018 3 Darvin Adams 60 2009 4 Seth Williams 59 [19] 2019 5 Frank Sanders 58 1994 Willie Gosha 58 1995 7 Ronney Daniels 56 1999 8 Terry Beasley 55 1971 9 Courtney Taylor 54 2006 Anthony Schwartz 54 [20] 2020

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Willie Gosha 17 1995 Arkansas 2 Seth Williams 13 [21] 2019 Georgia 3 Ryan Davis 12 2018 Georgia Darvin Adams 12 [22] 2009 Northwestern [23] 5 Terry Beasley 11 1971 Southern Miss Ryan Davis 11 2017 Alabama 7 Thomas Bailey 10 1994 Florida Tyrone Goodson 10 1996 Mississippi State Willie Gosha 10 1996 Army [24] Ronney Daniels 10 1999 Central Emory Blake 10 [25] 2012 Arkansas Ricardo Louis 10 [26] 2015 Jacksonville State Anthony Schwartz 10 [27] 2020 Arkansas

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Terry Beasley 2,507 1969 1970 1971 2 Tyrone Goodson 2,283 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 Karsten Bailey 2,174 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Seth Williams 2,124 [19] 2018 2019 2020 5 Courtney Taylor 2,098 2003 2004 2005 2006 6 Emory Blake 2,022 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Frank Sanders 1,998 1991 1992 1993 1994 8 Darvin Adams 1,978 2008 2009 2010 9 Freddy Weygand 1,946 1985 1986 1987 1988 10 Lawyer Tillman 1,808 1985 1986 1987 1988

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Ronney Daniels 1,068 1999 2 Terry Beasley 1,051 1970 3 Darvin Adams 997 2009 4 Darvin Adams 963 2010 5 Frank Sanders 910 1994 6 Tyrone Goodson 906 1997 7 Sammie Coates 902 [28] 2013 8 Terry Beasley 846 1971 9 Frank Sanders 842 1993 10 Karsten Bailey 840 1997

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Alexander Wright 263 1989 Pacific 2 Ronney Daniels 249 1999 Georgia 3 Willie Gosha 222 1995 Arkansas 4 Darvin Adams 217 [29] 2010 South Carolina [9] 5 Sammie Coates 206 [5] 2014 Alabama 6 Terry Beasley 194 1971 Kentucky 7 Terry Beasley 176 1970 Florida 8 Frank Sanders 175 1994 9 Frank Sanders 173 1994 East Carolina 10 Robert Baker 161 1996 Ole Miss Seth Williams 161 [30] 2019 Mississippi State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Terry Beasley 29 1969 1970 1971 2 Ben Obomanu 18 2002 2003 2004 2005 3 Karsten Bailey 17 1995 1996 1997 1998 Darvin Adams 17 2008 2009 2010 Seth Williams 17 [19] 2018 2019 2020 6 Emory Blake 16 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Byron Franklin 15 1977 1978 1979 1980 Frank Sanders 15 1991 1992 1993 1994 9 Lawyer Tillman 14 1985 1986 1987 1988 Philip Lutzenkirchen 14 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Terry Beasley 12 1971 2 Terry Beasley 11 1970 3 Darvin Adams 10 2009 4 Byron Franklin 9 1980 Ronney Daniels 9 1999 6 Emory Blake 8 2010 Seth Williams 8 [19] 2019

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[31]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Bo Nix 8,120 [3] 2019 2020 2021 2 Stan White 7,920 1990 1991 1992 1993 3 Jason Campbell 7,606 2001 2002 2003 2004 4 Pat Sullivan 6,843 1969 1970 1971 5 Brandon Cox 6,543 2004 2005 2006 2007 6 Dameyune Craig 6,455 1994 1995 1996 1997 7 Nick Marshall 6,374 [4] 2013 2014 8 Jarrett Stidham 6,106 2017 2018 9 Patrick Nix 4,957 1992 1993 1994 1995 10 Reggie Slack 4,652 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Cam Newton 4,327 2010 2 Nick Marshall 3,330 [4] 2014 3 Jarrett Stidham 3,311 2017 4 Dameyune Craig 3,277 1997 5 Nick Marshall 3,044 2013 6 Bo Nix 2,855 [3] 2019 7 Bo Nix 2,803 [3] 2020 8 Jarrett Stidham 2,795 2018 9 Jason Campbell 2,730 2004 10 Patrick Nix 2,638 1995

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Nick Marshall 505 [5] 2014 Alabama 2 Dameyune Craig 445 1996 Army [24] 3 Jason Campbell 431 [8] 2004 Tennessee [9] 4 Patrick Nix 422 1995 Arkansas 5 Dameyune Craig 417 1997 Central Florida 6 Cam Newton 408 [32] 2010 Kentucky Cam Newton 408 [29] 2010 South Carolina [9] 8 Dameyune Craig 405 1997 Louisiana Tech Payton Thorne 405 [33] 2023 Samford 10 Jarrett Stidham 387 2017 Mercer

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. ^[34]

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Pat Sullivan 71 1969 1970 1971 2 Dameyune Craig 58 1994 1995 1996 1997 3 Nick Marshall 57 [4] 2013 2014 4 Bo Nix 57 2019 2020 2021 5 Jason Campbell 54 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Stan White 51 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Cam Newton 50 2010 8 Carnell Williams 46 2001 2002 2003 2004 Brandon Cox 46 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Jarrett Stidham 43 2017 2018

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Cam Newton 50 2010 2 Nick Marshall 31 [4] 2014 3 Pat Sullivan 26 1970 Nick Marshall 26 2013 5 Dameyune Craig 24 1996 6 Pat Sullivan 23 1969 Jason Campbell 23 2004 Bo Nix 23 [3] 2019 9 Pat Sullivan 22 1971 Dameyune Craig 22 1997 Chris Todd 22 2009 Jarrett Stidham 22 2017

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Buddy McClinton 18 1967 1968 1969 2 Dave Beck 14 1970 1971 1972 3 Don Webb 13 1967 1968 1969 Brian Robinson 13 1992 1993 1994 5 David Langner 12 1971 1972 1973 David King 12 1981 1982 1983 1984 7 Bobby Freeman 11 1951 1952 1953 1954 Larry Willingham 11 1968 1969 1970 Jim McKinney 11 1972 1973 1974 Clifford Toney 11 1978 1979 1980

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Buddy McClinton 9 1969 2 David Langner 8 1972 Brian Robinson 8 1994 4 Larry Willingham 7 1969 5 Junior Rosegreen 6 2004

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Freddie Smith 528 1976 1977 1978 1979 2 Gregg Carr 453 1981 1982 1983 1984 3 Darrel Crawford 424 1988 1989 1990 1991 4 Anthony Harris 400 1992 1993 1994 1995 5 Quentin Riggins 398 1986 1987 1988 1989 6 Chris Martin 374 1979 1980 1981 1982 7 Tracy Rocker 354 1985 1986 1987 1988 8 Dontarrious Thomas 351 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Marcellus Mostella 336 1993 1994 1995 1996 10 Takeo Spikes 331 1995 1996 1997

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Freddie Smith 193 1977 2 Kurt Crain 168 1987 3 Quentin Riggins 165 1989 4 Freddie Smith 162 1979 5 Kurt Crain 156 1986 6 Darrel Crawford 153 1991 7 Ben Thomas 141 1984 8 Gregg Carr 139 1984 9 Gregg Carr 136 1983 Takeo Spikes 136 1997

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Kurt Crain 26 1986 Georgia 2 Freddie Smith 24 1976 Tennessee 3 Freddie Smith 23 1977 Auburn Chris Martin 23 1980 Alabama Quentin Riggins 23 1989 Florida Mike Pelton 23 1991 Vanderbilt 7 Freddie Smith 22 1976 Baylor Freddie Smith 23 1977 Arizona Freddie Smith 22 1979 Auburn Darrel Crawford 22 1989 Alabama

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Gerald Robinson 26.0 1982 1983 1984 1985 Quentin Groves 26.0 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Antonio Coleman 24.5 2006 2007 2008 2009 4 Tracy Rocker 21.0 1985 1986 1987 1988 Craig Ogletree 21.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 6 Dee Ford 20.5 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 7 Derick Hall 19.0 2019 2020 2021 2022 8 Reggie Torbor 18.5 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Willie Whitehead 17.0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Leonardo Carson 17.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 Corey Lemonier 17.0 2010 2011 2012 Marlon Davidson 17.0 [35] 2016 2017 2018 2019

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Nick Fairley 12.0 2010 2 Kevin Greene 11.0 1984 Craig Ogletree 11.0 1989 Gary Walker 11.0 1994 5 Dee Ford 11.0 2013 6 Gerald Robinson 10.0 1985 Mike Pelton 10.0 1994 Antonio Coleman 10.0 2009 9 Reggie Torbor 10.0 2003 Jeff Holland 10.0 2017 Quentin Groves 10.0 2006

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Daniel Carlson 92 [36] 2014 2015 2016 2017 2 Anders Carlson 79 [37] 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 3 Wes Byrum 60 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 John Vaughn 50 2003 2004 2005 2006 5 Win Lyle 45 1987 1988 1989 Damon Duval 45 1999 2000 2001 2002 7 Al Del Greco 42 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Cody Parkey 39 2010 2011 2012 2013 9 Jorge Portela 38 1977 1978 1979 10 Scott Etheridge 34 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Daniel Carlson 28 [36] 2016 2 Daniel Carlson 23 [36] 2015 Daniel Carlson 23 [36] 2017 4 Scott Etheridge 22 1992 5 John Vaughn 20 2006 Anders Carlson 20 [37] 2020 7 Daniel Carlson 18 [36] 2014 Anders Carlson 18 [37] 2019 9 Jim Von Wyl 17 1990 Wes Byrum 17 2007 Wes Byrum 17 2010

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Al Del Greco 6 1982 Kentucky Daniel Carlson 6 [38] 2016 LSU

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Alex McPherson 95.0% [39] 2022 2023 2 Daniel Carlson 80.7% [36] 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Scott Etheridge 79.1% 1992 1993 4 Matt Hawkins 78.8% 1994 1995 5 Win Lyle 76.3% 1987 1988 1989 6 Wes Byrum 75.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Cody Parkey 73.6% 2010 2011 2012 2013 8 Jaret Holmes 73.0% 1996 1997 9 John Vaughn 72.5% 2003 2004 2005 2006 10 Anders Carlson 71.8% [37] 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Alex McPherson 100.0% [39] 2023 2 Wes Byrum 93.8% 2009 3 Anders Carlson 90.9% [37] 2020 4 Daniel Carlson 87.5% [36] 2016 5 Matt Hawkins 86.7% 1995 6 Daniel Carlson 85.2% [36] 2015 7 Win Lyle 84.2% 1989 8 Gardner Jett 83.3% 1970 John Vaughn 83.3% 1986 10 Jaret Holmes 82.4% 1997

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