Central Michigan Chippewas football statistical leaders

Antonio Brown is the Chippewas' career leader in receptions, and his three seasons at Central Michigan are the three highest single seasons on the receptions list. He also holds the single-game record in receptions.

The Central Michigan Chippewas football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Central Michigan Chippewas 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 Chippewas represent Central Michigan University in the NCAA's Mid-American Conference.

Although Central Michigan began competing in intercollegiate football in 1896, ^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1951. 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:

• Since 1951, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 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 Chippewas have played in eight bowl games since this decision, allowing many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• Similarly, Central Michigan has played in the MAC Championship Game three times (2006, 2007, and 2009), giving yet another game to players in those seasons.

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

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Dan LeFevour 12,905 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Cooper Rush 12,894 [3] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Ryan Radcliff 9,917 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Jeff Bender 6,528 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Pete Shepherd 5,754 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 Daniel Richardson 5,391 [4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Derrick Vickers 5,358 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Kent Smith 5,179 2002 2004 2005 9 Joe Youngblood 4,718 1990 1991 1992 1993 10 Chad Darnell 4,705 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Cooper Rush 3,848 2015 2 Dan LeFevour 3,652 2007 3 Cooper Rush 3,540 [3] 2016 4 Dan LeFevour 3,438 2009 5 Ryan Radcliff 3,358 2010 6 Ryan Radcliff 3,286 2011 7 Shane Morris 3,237 2017 8 Ryan Radcliff 3,158 2012 9 Cooper Rush 3,157 2014 10 Dan LeFevour 3,031 2006

Single game Rank Player Yards Years Opponent 1 Cooper Rush 493 [5] 2014 Western Kentucky 2 Brian Brunner 485 2008 Indiana 3 Shane Morris 467 2017 Kansas 4 Kent Smith 460 2005 Western Michigan 5 Ryan Radcliff 436 [6] 2011 Ball State 6 Chad Darnell 435 1996 Bowling Green 7 Cooper Rush 430 [7] 2015 Syracuse 8 Daniel Richardson 424 [8] 2022 Oklahoma State 9 Tim Crowley 412 1997 Eastern Michigan 10 Cooper Rush 402 [9] 2016 Virginia

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Dan LeFevour 102 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Cooper Rush 90 [3] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Ryan Radcliff 63 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Daniel Richardson 43 [4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 5 Jeff Bender 38 1988 1989 1990 1991 6 Joe Youngblood 35 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Derrick Vickers 34 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Chad Darnell 33 1994 1995 1996 Kent Smith 33 2002 2004 2005 10 Andy MacDonald 27 1950 1951 Shane Morris 27 2017

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dan LeFevour 28 2009 2 Dan LeFevour 27 2007 Cooper Rush 27 2014 Shane Morris 27 2017 5 Dan LeFevour 26 2006 6 Ryan Radcliff 25 2011 Cooper Rush 25 2015 8 Daniel Richardson 24 [4] 2021 9 Ryan Radcliff 23 2012 Cooper Rush 23 [3] 2016

Single game Rank Player TDs Years Opponent 1 Cooper Rush 7 [5] 2014 Western Kentucky 2 Cooper Rush 6 [10] 2016 UNLV 3 Bill Kelly 5 1929 Toledo Kent Smith 5 2004 Eastern Michigan Dan LeFevour 5 2007 Ball State

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Curtis Adams 4,162 1981 1982 1983 1984 2 Walt Hodges 3,886 1973 1974 1975 1976 3 Jesse Lakes 3,702 1969 1970 1971 4 Brian Pruitt 3,693 1992 1993 1994 5 Eric Flowers 3,122 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Lew Nichols III 3,061 [11] 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Walt Beach 2,968 1956 1957 1958 1959 8 Dan LeFevour 2,948 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Willie Todd 2,928 1978 1979 1980 1981 10 Ontario Sneed 2,863 2005 2006 2007 2008

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Brian Pruitt 1,890 1994 2 Lew Nichols III 1,848 [11] 2021 3 Silas Massey 1,544 1996 4 Chuck Markey 1,513 1972 5 Zurlon Tipton 1,492 2012 6 Walt Hodges 1,463 1974 7 Billy Smith 1,440 1991 8 Curtis Adams 1,431 1983 9 Robbie Mixon 1,363 2002 10 Eric Flowers 1,302 1998

Single game Rank Player Yards Years Opponent 1 Robbie Mixon 377 2002 Eastern Michigan 2 Brian Pruitt 356 1994 Toledo 3 Jesse Lakes 343 1969 UW-Milwaukee 4 Bert Emanuel Jr. 293 [12] 2022 Buffalo 5 Silas Massey 292 1996 Kent State 6 Brian Pruitt 274 1994 UNLV 7 Thomas Rawls 270 2014 Northern Illinois 8 Jim Podoley 258 1954 Northern Iowa 9 Eric Flowers 253 1998 Ball State 10 Donnie Riley 243 1988 Akron Zurlon Tipton 243 [13] 2012 Akron

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Dan LeFevour 47 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Curtis Adams 43 1981 1982 1983 1984 3 Eric Flowers 35 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Willie Todd 34 1978 1979 1980 1981 Zurlon Tipton 34 2010 2011 2012 2013 6 Jesse Lakes 33 1969 1970 1971 7 Brian Pruitt 31 1992 1993 1994 8 Jonathan Ward 28 [14] 2016 2017 2018 2019 9 Walt Hodges 27 1973 1974 1975 1976 10 Ontario Sneed 26 2005 2006 2007 2008 Lew Nichols III 26 [11] 2019 2020 2021 2022

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Brian Pruitt 20 1994 2 Dan LeFevour 19 2007 Zurlon Tipton 19 2012 4 Silas Massey 16 1996 Eric Flowers 16 1998 Lew Nichols III 16 [11] 2021 7 Curtis Adams 15 1983 Jonathan Ward 15 [14] 2019 9 Jesse Lakes 14 1970 Jim Sandy 14 1972 Rodney Stevenson 14 1986

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Antonio Brown 305 2007 2008 2009 2 Bryan Anderson 290 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Cody Wilson 230 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Titus Davis 204 2011 2012 2013 2014 5 Reggie Allen 192 1995 1996 1997 1998 6 Bryan Schorman 187 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Kalil Pimpleton 170 [15] 2019 2020 2021 8 Justin Harper 167 2002 2003 2004 2005 9 Ontario Sneed 157 2005 2006 2007 2008 Corey Willis 157 2014 2015 2016 2017

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Antonio Brown 110 2009 2 Antonio Brown 102 2007 3 Antonio Brown 93 2008 4 Bryan Anderson 90 2007 5 Cody Wilson 83 2010 6 Kalil Pimpleton 82 [15] 2019 7 Cody Wilson 74 2012 8 Bryan Anderson 73 2006 9 Corey Willis 71 2016 10 Reggie Allen 66 1996

Single game Rank Player Rec Years Opponent 1 Antonio Brown 15 2007 Akron 2 Justin Harper 14 2005 Western Michigan 3 Antonio Brown 13 2009 Toledo Antonio Brown 13 2009 Troy Cody Wilson 13 2010 Navy 6 Terrance McMillan 12 1992 Miami (Ohio) Cody Wilson 12 2010 Western Michigan

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Titus Davis 3,700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Bryan Anderson 3,648 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Reggie Allen 3,242 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Antonio Brown 3,199 2007 2008 2009 5 Bryan Schorman 2,968 1995 1996 1997 1998 6 Cody Wilson 2,729 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Corey Willis 2,390 2014 2015 2016 2017 8 Damien Linson 2,279 2003 2004 2005 2006 9 Kalil Pimpleton 2,131 [15] 2019 2020 2021 10 Ken Ealy 2,064 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Reggie Allen 1,229 1996 2 Antonio Brown 1,198 2009 3 Cody Wilson 1,137 2010 4 Bryan Anderson 1,132 2007 5 Titus Davis 1,109 2013 6 Corey Willis 1,087 [16] 2016 7 Jammarl O'Neal 1,085 1999 8 Antonio Brown 1,003 2007 9 Antonio Brown 998 2008 10 Titus Davis 980 2014

Single game Rank Player Yards Years Opponent 1 Norm Tellar 284 1929 Toledo 2 Reggie Allen 229 1996 Bowling Green 3 Titus Davis 208 [17] 2012 Western Michigan 4 Damien Linson 204 2005 Miami (Ohio) 5 David Blackburn 194 [6] 2011 Ball State 6 Titus Davis 192 [18] 2011 Kent State 7 Damien Linson 191 2006 Ohio 8 Greg Hoefler 187 1966 Wayne State Reggie Allen 187 1996 Western Michigan Titus Davis 187 [19] 2013 Ball State

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Titus Davis 37 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Bryan Anderson 28 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Corey Willis 23 2014 2015 2016 2017 4 Antonio Brown 22 2007 2008 2009 5 John DeBoer 19 1982 1983 1984 1985 Reggie Allen 19 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Damien Linson 17 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Ken Ealy 16 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Greg Hoefler 15 1965 1966 1967 Kito Poblah 15 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jacorey Sullivan 15 [20] 2018 2019 2020 2021

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Titus Davis 13 2014 2 Bryan Anderson 10 2007 Jacorey Sullivan 10 [20] 2021 4 John DeBoer 9 1984 Ken Ealy 9 1990 Reggie Allen 9 1996 Antonio Brown 9 2009 Corey Willis 9 2016 Corey Willis 9 2017 10 Greg Hoefler 8 1966 Titus Davis 8 2011 Dallas Dixon 8 [21] 2021

Single game Rank Player TDs Years Opponent 1 Titus Davis 4 [5] 2014 Western Kentucky 2 Norm Tellar 3 1929 Toledo John DeBoer 3 1984 Northern Michigan Ken Ealy 3 1990 Kent State Justin Harper 3 2004 Eastern Michigan Ontario Sneed 3 2006 Temple Bryan Anderson 3 2007 Purdue Titus Davis 3 [22] 2014 Miami (Ohio)

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[23]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Dan LeFevour 15,853 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Cooper Rush 12,786 [3] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Ryan Radcliff 9,747 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Jeff Bender 6,518 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Kent Smith 6,079 2002 2004 2005 6 Pete Shepherd 5,747 1997 1998 1999 2000 7 Derrick Vickers 5,747 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Daniel Richardson 5,287 [4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 9 Chad Darnell 4,925 1994 1995 1996 10 Joe Youngblood 4,585 1990 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Dan LeFevour 4,774 2007 2 Dan LeFevour 4,151 2009 3 Cooper Rush 3,896 2015 4 Dan LeFevour 3,552 2006 5 Cooper Rush 3,519 2016 6 Dan LeFevour 3,376 2008 7 Shane Morris 3,330 2017 8 Ryan Radcliff 3,259 2010 9 Kent Smith 3,242 2005 10 Ryan Radcliff 3,217 2011

Single game Rank Player Yards Years Opponent 1 Cooper Rush 519 [5] 2014 Western Kentucky 2 Dan LeFevour 514 2007 Akron 3 Dan LeFevour 506 2007 Ball State 4 Shane Morris 499 2017 Kansas 5 Kent Smith 480 2005 Western Michigan 6 Kent Smith 478 2005 Miami (Ohio) 7 Brian Brunner 460 2008 Indiana 8 Kent Smith 446 2004 Toledo 9 Dan LeFevour 434 2007 Kent State 10 Chad Darnell 429 1996 Bowling Green

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. ^[24]

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Dan LeFevour 149 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Cooper Rush 95 [3] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Ryan Radcliff 65 2009 2010 2011 2012 4 Kent Smith 51 2002 2004 2005 5 Curtis Adams 44 1981 1982 1983 1984 Daniel Richardson 44 [4] 2019 2020 2021 2022 7 Jeff Bender 42 1988 1989 1990 1991 8 Derrick Vickers 39 2000 2001 2002 2003 9 Chad Darnell 38 1994 1995 1996 10 Joe Youngblood 36 1990 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dan LeFevour 46 2007 2 Dan LeFevour 43 2009 3 Dan LeFevour 33 2006 4 Shane Morris 30 2017 5 Cooper Rush 28 2015 6 Dan LeFevour 27 2008 7 Cooper Rush 27 2014 8 Kent Smith 26 2004 9 Ryan Radcliff 25 2011 10 Chad Darnell 24 1996 Daniel Richardson 24 [4] 2021

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Jim Bowman 16 1981 1982 1983 1984 2 Jamie Gent 15 1962 1963 1964 1965 3 Steve Bograkos 14 1972 1973 1974 David Johnson 14 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Joe Kellogg 13 1984 1985 1986 1987 6 Robert Jackson 12 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Howard Young 11 1984 1985 1986 1987 Quincy Wright 11 1993 1994 1995 1996 Tedaro France 11 1998 1999 2000 2001 Josh Cox 11 2014 2015 2016 2017

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Jim Bowman 8 1983 2 John Blackstock 6 1962 Jamie Gent 6 1963 Paul Fleszar 6 1975 Howard Young 6 1987 David Johnson 6 1988

Single game Rank Player Ints Years Opponent 1 Steve Bograkos 3 1972 Indiana State Josh Gordy 3 2007 Army

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Brian Leigeb 490 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Red Keith 474 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Nick Bellore 472 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Ray Bentley 443 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 James King 408 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Rich Curtiss 402 1987 1988 1989 1990 7 Justin Cherocci 399 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Bryan Gross 396 1976 1977 1978 9 Mike Bevier 352 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Shawn Williams 352 1995 1996 1997 1998

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Ray Bentley 173 1982 2 Malik Fountain 155 2018 3 Jim Schulte 151 1973 4 Mike Bevier 148 1984 Red Keith 148 2007 Nick Bellore 148 2008 7 Brian Leigeb 147 2000 8 Ray Bentley 146 1981 9 Bill Schmidt 144 1974 10 James King 143 2003

Single game Rank Player Tackles Years Opponent 1 Brian Leigeb 26 2000 Northern Illinois 2 Ray Bentley 23 1980 Bowling Green Cory Gildersleeve 23 1995 Eastern Michigan Rodrico Epps 23 2000 Ball State

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Dan Bazuin 35.0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 Joe Ostman 27.0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Frank Zombo 25.0 2006 2007 2008 2009 4 Jon McCall 22.0 1996 1997 1998 5 Mike Nettie 21.0 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Pat Brackett 18.0 1981 1982 1983 1984 7 Bubba Hester 17.0 1994 1995 1996 8 Troy Hairston II 15.5 [25] 2018 2019 2020 2021 9 Phil Zielinski 15.0 1984 1985 1986 1987 Mark Dennis 15.0 1987 1988 1989 Mike Kyler 15.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 Thomas Incoom 15.0 [26] 2021 2022

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Dan Bazuin 16.0 2005 2 Joe Ostman 14.0 2017 3 Thomas Incoom 11.5 [26] 2022 4 Dan Bazuin 10.0 2006 5 Kevin Egnatuk 9.0 1983 Mike Nettie 9.0 1991 Jon McCall 9.0 1998 Joe Adam 9.0 1999 Frank Zombo 9.0 2008

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Kevin Nicholl 56 1986 1987 1988 1989 2 Rade Savich 49 1975 1976 1977 1978 3 Chuck Selinger 43 1990 1991 1992 1993 4 Andrew Aguila 42 2007 2008 2009 5 Paul Savich 39 1998 1999 2000 2001

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Kevin Nicholl 20 1989 2 Andrew Aguila 17 2009 Marshall Meeder 17 [27] 2021 4 Kevin Nicholl 16 1987 Andrew Aguila 16 2008 Brian Eavey 16 2015 7 Rade Savich 15 1978 Chuck Selinger 15 1991 David Harman 15 2012 10 Rade Savich 14 1976 Brad Blasy 14 1995 Mike Gruzwalski 14 2002

Single game Rank Player FGs Years Opponent 1 Andrew Aguila 5 2009 Troy

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