New Mexico State Aggies football statistical leaders

The New Mexico State Aggies football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the New Mexico State Aggies 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 Aggies represent New Mexico State University in the NCAA Division I FBS Conference USA (CUSA).

Although New Mexico State began competing in intercollegiate football in 1894, ^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1954. 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 1954, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• Additionally, NCAA rules allow teams that play at Hawaii to schedule an extra game in that season. The Aggies most recently played at Hawaii in 2023, which allowed them to play 13 regular-season games instead of the standard 12.
• 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] At that time, the Aggies had not played in a bowl game since 1960, and they have only played in three since then (2017, 2022, 2023). Nevertheless, this gave players in those seasons an extra game in which to compile statistics.
• The Aggies accumulated many yards of offense during Hal Mumme's four-year stint as head coach from 2005 through 2008.
• Since 2018, players have been allowed to participate in as many as four games in a redshirt season; previously, playing in even one game "burned" the redshirt. ^[3] Since 2024, postseason games have not counted against the four-game limit. ^[4] These changes to redshirt rules have given very recent players several extra games to accumulate statistics.
• CUSA has held a championship game since 2005. New Mexico State appeared in this game in its first CUSA season in 2023, giving players in that season yet another game to compile statistics.
• Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player, giving everyone who played in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four. ^[5]

These lists are updated through the end of the 2023 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Chase Holbrook 11,846 2006 2007 2008 2 Tyler Rogers 10,372 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Cody Ledbetter 7,480 1991 1993 1994 1995 4 Joe Pisarcik 5,770 1971 1972 1973 5 K. C. Enzminger 5,416 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Tyler Adkins 5,151 2018 2019 7 Buck Pierce 4,927 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Jamie McAlister 4,864 1979 1980 1981 1982 9 Diego Pavia 4,423 [6] 2022 2023 10 Andrew Manley 4,260 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Chase Holbrook 4,619 2006 2 Tyler Rogers 4,016 2017 3 Chase Holbrook 3,866 2007 4 Cody Ledbetter 3,501 1995 5 Chase Holbrook 3,361 2008 6 Diego Pavia 2,973 [6] 2023 7 Charles Puleri 2,788 1992 8 Tyler Rogers 2,779 2014 9 Andrew Manley 2,764 2012 10 Jonah Johnson 2,705 2021

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Cody Ledbetter 546 1995 UNLV 2 David Spriggs 536 1978 Southern Illinois 3 Chase Holbrook 529 2006 Boise State 4 Chase Holbrook 514 2006 Louisiana Tech 5 Chase Holbrook 506 2006 UTEP 6 Chase Holbrook 486 2008 Louisiana Tech 7 Chase Holbrook 475 2006 New Mexico 8 Tyler Rogers 474 2017 Texas State 9 Chase Holbrook 473 2007 New Mexico 10 Tyler Rogers 451 2017 South Alabama

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Chase Holbrook 85 2006 2007 2008 2 Tyler Rogers 69 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Cody Ledbetter 55 1991 1993 1994 1995 4 Charley Johnson 40 1958 1959 1960 Sal Olivas 40 1964 1965 1966 1967 6 K. C. Enzminger 39 1998 1999 2000 2001 Diego Pavia 39 [6] 2022 2023 8 Jamie McAlister 36 1979 1980 1981 1982 9 Ty Houghtaling 31 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Joe Pisarcik 30 1971 1972 1973 Buck Pierce 30 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Chase Holbrook 34 2006 2 Cody Ledbetter 30 1995 3 Tyler Rogers 27 2017 4 Chase Holbrook 26 2007 Diego Pavia 26 [6] 2023 6 Chase Holbrook 25 2008 7 Ty Houghtaling 20 1998 8 Sal Olivas 19 1967 Tyler Rogers 19 2014 10 Charley Johnson 18 1959 Andrew Manley 18 2012

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Sal Olivas 5 1967 Northern Arizona Sal Olivas 5 1967 New Mexico Joe Pisarcik 5 1971 West Texas State Cody Ledbetter 5 1995 Louisiana Tech Chase Holbrook 5 2008 UTEP

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Denvis Manns 4,692 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Larry Rose III 4,558 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Ron “Po” James 3,885 1968 1969 1970 1971 4 Preacher Pilot 2,971 1961 1962 1963 5 Jim Bohl 2,858 1964 1965 1966 6 James Hebert 2,447 1981 1982 1983 1984 7 Jason Huntley 2,182 2016 2017 2018 2019 8 Joe Kelly 2,141 1955 1956 1957 1958 9 Kenton Keith 2,134 1998 1999 2000 2001 10 Kim Locklin 2,119 1981 1982 1983 1984

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Larry Rose III 1,651 2015 2 Denvis Manns 1,469 1998 3 Bob Gaiters 1,338 1960 4 Ron “Po” James 1,291 1968 5 Preacher Pilot 1,278 1961 6 Preacher Pilot 1,247 1962 7 Jim Bohl 1,192 1965 8 Ron “Po” James 1,182 1969 9 Jim Bohl 1,148 1966 10 Chris Barnes 1,131 2000

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Preacher Pilot 319 1961 Hardin-Simmons 2 Preacher Pilot 262 1962 North Texas 3 Larry Rose III 260 2015 New Mexico 4 Ron “Po” James 256 1968 Wichita State 5 Jim Bohl 252 1965 Eastern New Mexico 6 Pervis Atkins 237 1959 New Mexico 7 Chris Barnes 233 2000 Tulsa 8 Larry Rose III 229 2014 Louisiana-Monroe 9 Jim Germany 228 1974 Drake 10 Denvis Manns 221 1997 Cal State Northridge

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Preacher Pilot 37 1961 1962 1963 2 Ron “Po” James 33 1968 1969 1970 1971 3 Bob Gaiters 31 1959 1960 4 Larry Rose III 27 2014 2015 2016 5 Jim Bohl 24 1964 1965 1966 6 Jim Germany 23 1972 1973 1974 Denvis Manns 23 1995 1996 1997 1998 8 Kim Locklin 20 1981 1982 1983 1984 Paul Dombrowski 20 2002 2003 2004 2005 10 Pervis Atkins 19 1958 1959 1960

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Bob Gaiters 23 1960 2 Preacher Pilot 20 1961 3 Preacher Pilot 15 1962 4 Pervis Atkins 14 1959 Jim Germany 14 1974 Larry Rose III 14 2015 7 Jim Bohl 13 1966 8 Ron “Po” James 12 1968 9 Lawrence Truehill 11 1992 Kenton Keith 11 2001

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Robert Foster 7 1917 New Mexico

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 A. J. Harris 269 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Chris Williams 246 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 OJ Clark 200 2016 2017 2018 4 Duane Gregory 181 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Austin Franklin 160 2011 2012 2013 6 Ryan Shaw 153 1996 1997 1998 1999 7 Lucious Davis 147 1992 1993 1994 1995 8 Derek Dubois 136 2005 2006 2007 9 Jason Huntley 134 2016 2017 2018 2019 10 Brandon Allen 132 2004 2005 2006 2007

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Chris Williams 92 2006 2 Chris Williams 86 2008 3 A. J. Harris 81 2007 4 Paul Dombrowski 78 2005 A. J. Harris 78 2008 6 Jaleel Scott 76 2017 7 Teldrick Morgan 75 2014 8 Austin Franklin 74 2012 9 A. J. Harris 71 2006 10 Duane Gregory 68 1996

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Paul Dombrowski 16 2005 San Jose State 2 Jeff Evans 15 1978 Southern Illinois 3 Duane Gregory 13 1996 Idaho Chris Williams 13 2006 Boise State Austin Franklin 13 2013 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 Ryan Shaw 12 1998 Idaho Chris Williams 12 2006 Louisiana Tech A. J. Harris 12 2007 Utah State Chris Williams 12 2008 San Jose State

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Chris Williams 3,555 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Lucious Davis 2,769 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Duane Gregory 2,641 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 A. J. Harris 2,561 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Austin Franklin 2,439 2011 2012 2013 6 Ryan Shaw 2,315 1996 1997 1998 1999 7 Derek Dubois 1,881 2005 2006 2007 8 OJ Clark 1,807 2016 2017 2018 2019 9 Alvin Warren 1,780 1987 1988 1989 1990 10 P. J. Winston 1,724 1999 2000 2001 2002

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Chris Williams 1,425 2006 2 Chris Williams 1,271 2008 3 Austin Franklin 1,245 2012 4 Hank Cook 1,111 1973 5 Jaleel Scott 1,079 2017 6 Taveon Rogers 1,048 2011 7 Lucious Davis 1,018 1995 8 Lucious Davis 985 1994 9 Taveon Rogers 975 2011 10 Ronshay Jenkins 928 2003

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jeff Evans 310 1978 Southern Illinois 2 Ryan Shaw 240 1998 Boise State 3 Austin Franklin 236 2012 Sacramento State 4 Chris Williams 221 2007 UTEP Chris Williams 221 2008 Hawaii 6 Tyrian Taylor 206 2015 Georgia State 7 Taveon Rogers 203 2011 Nevada 8 Lucious Davis 202 1993 UNLV Teldrick Morgan 202 2014 UTEP 10 Ronshay Jenkins 200 2003 New Mexico

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Chris Williams 32 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Lucious Davis 31 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Ryan Shaw 22 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Austin Franklin 19 2011 2012 2013 5 A. J. Harris 16 2005 2006 2007 2008 6 Mike Carroll 15 1965 1966 1967 7 Duane Gregory 14 1994 1995 1996 1997 David Patterson 14 1995 1996 1997 1998 Derek Dubois 14 2005 2006 2007 Jaleel Scott 14 2016 2017

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Ryan Shaw 13 1998 2 Lucious Davis 12 1995 Chris Williams 12 2006 4 Lucious Davis 11 1994 Chris Williams 11 2007 6 Trent Hudson 10 [7] 2023 7 Mike Carroll 9 1966 Chris Williams 9 2008 Marcus Anderson 9 2008 Taveon Rogers 9 2011 Austin Franklin 9 2012

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Lucious Davis 4 1993 UNLV

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[8]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Chase Holbrook 11,557 2006 2007 2008 2 Cody Ledbetter 8,207 1991 1993 1994 1995 3 Tyler Rogers 6,955 2014 2015 2016 4 K. C. Enzminger 6,776 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 Diego Pavia 5,854 [6] 2022 2023 6 Buck Pierce 5,661 2001 2002 2003 2004 7 Joe Pisarcik 5,582 1971 1972 1973 8 Tyler Adkins 5,309 2018 2019 9 Jamie McAlister 4,890 1979 1980 1981 1982 10 Ty Houghtaling 4,778 1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Chase Holbrook 4,541 2006 2 Diego Pavia 3,896 [6] 2023 3 Chase Holbrook 3,871 2007 4 Cody Ledbetter 3,724 1995 5 Tyler Rogers 3,206 2016 6 Chase Holbrook 3,165 2008 7 Tyler Rogers 2,979 2014 8 Jonah Johnson 2,871 2021 9 David Spriggs 2,802 1978 10 Andrew McDonald 2,753 2013

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Cody Ledbetter 559 1995 UNLV 2 Chase Holbrook 518 2006 Louisiana Tech 3 Chase Holbrook 517 2006 Boise State 4 David Spriggs 510 1978 Southern Illinois 5 Chase Holbrook 482 2006 UTEP 6 Tyler Rogers 470 2016 Troy 7 Matt Christian 467 2011 Nevada 8 Chase Holbrook 463 2007 New Mexico 9 Chase Holbrook 453 2006 New Mexico 10 Jonah Johnson 450 2021 UMass

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. ^[9]

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Chase Holbrook 93 2006 2007 2008 2 Cody Ledbetter 68 1991 1993 1994 1995 3 K. C. Enzminger 55 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 Diego Pavia 52 [6] 2022 2023 5 Sal Olivas 49 1964 1965 1966 1967 Tyler Rogers 49 2014 2015 2016 7 Buck Pierce 44 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Charley Johnson 43 1958 1959 1960 9 Jamie McAlister 40 1979 1980 1981 1982 10 Preacher Pilot 37 1961 1962 1963 Ty Houghtaling 37 1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Chase Holbrook 38 2006 2 Diego Pavia 33 [6] 2023 3 Cody Ledbetter 32 1995 4 Chase Holbrook 28 2007 5 Chase Holbrook 27 2008 6 Bob Gaiters 23 1960 7 Sal Olivas 22 1967 K. C. Enzminger 22 1999 9 Preacher Pilot 21 1961 Ty Houghtaling 21 1998 Tyler Rogers 21 2014

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Robert Foster 7 1917 New Mexico

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Hartwell Menefee 16 1961 1964 1965 Abelardo Alba 16 1965 1966 1967 3 Kelly Olive 15 1965 1966 1967 1968 4 Tommy Feezel 14 1964 1965 1966 5 Jascon Willis 12 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 James Ferebee 11 1978 1979 1980 1981 Calvin Henry 11 1983 1984 1985 1987 Davon House 11 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jaden Wright 11 2014 2015 2016 2017 10 Donald Stowers 10 1990 1991 1992 1993

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Abelardo Alba 8 1966 Jim Miller 8 1985 3 Tommy Feezel 6 1965 Hartwell Menefee 6 1965 Kelly Olive 6 1966 Loy Hayes 6 1967 Donyae Coleman 6 2011

Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Abelardo Alba 3 1966 Wichita State Abelardo Alba 3 1967 New Mexico Rory Palmore 3 1977 UTEP Donald Stowers 3 1992 UNLV

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Darryl Ford 511 1984 1985 1986 1988 2 Sam Dickey 473 1986 1987 1988 1989 3 Jim Cottrell 463 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Fredd Young 393 1980 1981 1982 1983 5 Dalton Harrington 391 2014 2015 2016 2017 6 Leo Barker 378 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Rodney Butler 378 2013 2014 2015 2016 8 Bob Kinder 373 1983 1984 1985 1986 9 Dwayne Taylor 364 1998 1999 2000 2001 10 Cedric Walton 345 1992 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Jim Cottrell 179 2005 2 Sam Dickey 169 1989 3 Steve Campbell 165 1991 Rodney Butler 165 2016 5 Darryl Ford 164 1988 6 Tim Mauck 158 1993 7 Darryl Ford 154 1985 8 Mark Thompson 151 1976 9 Matt Griebel 149 2005 10 Sam Dickey 147 1988

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Sam Dickey 26 1989 New Mexico

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Joe Campbell 26.0 1984 1985 1986 1987 2 Terry Shively 24.0 1972 1973 1974 3 Bill Stuersel 23.0 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Cedric Wilcots II 19.5 2016 2017 2018 2019 5 Andre Anderson 16.0 1975 1976 1977

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Joe Campbell 19.0 1986 2 Terry Shively 16.0 1973 3 Bill Stuersel 13.0 1989 4 Fredd Young 12.0 1983 5 Kim Spears 11.0 1977

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Fredd Young 6.0 1983 Louisiana Tech

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Dario Aguiniga 47 2000 2001 2002 2003 Ethan Albertson 47 [10] 2020 2021 2022 2023 3 Dat Ly 40 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Skip Vernon 39 1975 1976 1977 1978 5 Dylan Brown 33 2017 2018 2019 6 Andy Weiler 32 1983 1984 1985 7 Bubba Culin 31 1992 1993 1994 1995 8 Nick Cecava 27 1996 1997 1998 1999 9 Tyler Stampler 25 2010 2011 2012 Parker Davidson 25 2015 2016

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Ethan Albertson 19 [10] 2023 2 Abraham Montano 18 [11] 2024 3 Dat Ly 17 1988 Ethan Albertson 17 2021 5 Tyler Stampler 16 2010 6 Parker Davidson 15 2016 7 Andy Weiler 14 1985 8 Nick Cecava 13 1998 Dylan Brown 13 2019 10 Skip Vernon 12 1976 Dat Ly 12 1989 Ryan Guardia 12 2004 Paul Young 12 2007

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Dat Ly 5 1988 Kansas

Field goal percentage

Career Rk Player FG% Years 1 Ethan Albertson 78.3% [10] 2020 2021 2022 2023 2 Abraham Montano 78.3% [11] 2024 3 Dat Ly 70.2% 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Parker Davidson 69.4% 2015 2016 5 Nick Cecava 69.2% 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Dylan Brown 68.8% 2017 2018 2019 7 Maxwell Johnson 65.4% 2012 2013 2014 8 Bubba Culin 62.0% 1992 1993 1994 1995 9 Dario Aguiniga 61.8% 2000 2001 2002 2003 10 Skip Vernon 60.9% 1975 1976 1977 1978

Single season Rk Player FG% Year 1 Nick Cecava 92.9% 1998 2 Tyler Stampler 84.2% 2010 3 Maxwell Johnson 83.3% 2013 4 Dat Ly 81.0% 1988 5 Ethan Albertson 80.8% 2021 6 Ethan Albertson 79.2% [10] 2023 7 Parker Davidson 78.9% 2016 8 Abraham Montano 78.3% [11] 2024 9 Dat Ly 76.9% 1978 Skip Vernon 76.9% 1990

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