UMass Minutemen football statistical leaders

The UMass Minutemen football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the UMass Minutemen 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. As of the current 2025 season, the Minutemen represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference.

Although UMass began competing in intercollegiate football in 1879, ^[1] the school's official record book does not generally include entries from before the 1960s, as records from before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.

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

• Since the 1960s, 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.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2019 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Liam Coen 11,031 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Todd Bankhead 7,018 1998 1999 3 Andrew Ford 6,955 [2] 2016 2017 2018 4 Blake Frohnapfel 6,264 2014 2015 5 Dave Palazzi 5,461 1985 1986 1987 1988 6 Jeff Krohn 4,993 2002 2003 7 Peil Pennington 4,687 1971 1972 1973 8 Kyle Havens 3,786 2009 2010 9 Tim Day 3,334 2002 2003 2004 2005 10 Greg Landry 3,131 1965 1966 1967

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Todd Bankhead 3,919 1998 2 Blake Frohnapfel 3,345 2014 3 Todd Bankhead 3,099 1999 4 Liam Coen 3,091 2007 5 Liam Coen 3,016 2006 6 Jeff Krohn 2,961 2003 7 Andrew Ford 2,924 [2] 2017 8 Blake Frohnapfel 2,919 2015 9 Liam Coen 2,749 2008 10 Kyle Havens 2,692 2010

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Blake Frohnapfel 589 2014 Bowling Green 2 Ross Comis 540 [3] 2018 Liberty 3 Kyle Havens 450 2010 New Hampshire 4 Blake Frohnapfel 438 [4] 2014 Toledo 5 Blake Frohnapfel 424 2014 Ball State 6 Liam Coen 421 2007 Southern Illinois 7 Liam Coen 419 2007 Fordham 8 Blake Frohnapfel 409 [5] 2015 Bowling Green 9 Matt Guice 403 2001 New Hampshire 10 Jeff Krohn 401 2002 Northeastern Liam Coen 401 2005 New Hampshire

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Liam Coen 90 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Andrew Ford 57 [2] 2016 2017 2018 3 Todd Bankhead 51 1998 1999 4 Jeff Krohn 44 2002 2003 5 Blake Frohnapfel 39 2014 2015 6 Peil Pennington 38 1971 1972 1973 7 Dave Palazzi 32 1985 1986 1987 1988 8 Tim Day 27 2002 2003 2004 2005 9 Noel Reebenacker 23 1950 1951 1952 10 Jerry Welchel 21 1962 1963 1964 1965

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Todd Bankhead 34 1998 2 Liam Coen 30 2007 3 Jeff Krohn 28 2003 4 Liam Coen 26 2006 5 Andrew Ford 26 [2] 2016 6 Liam Coen 24 2008 7 Tim Day 23 2004 Blake Frohnapfel 23 2014 9 Andrew Ford 22 [2] 2017 10 Noel Reebenacker 20 1952 Kyle Havens 20 2010

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Mike Fallon 5 1977 Youngstown Todd Bankhead 5 1998 Maine Richard Lucero 5 2000 New Haven Matt Guice 5 2001 James Madison Liam Coen 5 2006 Towson Liam Coen 5 2008 Bryant Blake Frohnapfel 5 2014 Bowling Green Blake Frohnapfel 5 [4] 2014 Toledo Andrew Ford 5 2017 Ohio

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Marcel Shipp 6,250 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Steve Baylark 5,332 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Rene Ingoglia 4,623 1992 1993 1994 1995 4 Garry Pearson 3,859 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 Marquis Young 3,618 [6] 2015 2016 2017 2018 6 Frank Alessio 2,887 1993 1994 1995 1996 7 Tony Nelson 2,787 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 Jonathan Hernandez 2,627 2008 2009 2010 2011 9 Kevin Smellie 2,228 1985 1986 1987 1988 10 Jerome Bledsoe 2,216 1988 1989 1990 1991

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Marcel Shipp 2,542 1998 2 Steve Baylark 1,960 2006 3 Marcel Shipp 1,846 1999 4 Garry Pearson 1,631 1982 5 Matt Lawrence 1,585 2007 6 Jerome Bledsoe 1,545 1991 7 Rene Ingoglia 1,505 1994 8 Tony Nelson 1,325 2008 9 Rene Ingoglia 1,284 1993 10 Frank Alessio 1,276 1995

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Frank Alessio 337 1995 Boston University 2 Rene Ingoglia 313 1994 Rhode Island 3 Garry Pearson 288 1982 AIC 4 Marcel Shipp 270 1998 Maine 5 Paul Metallo 258 1971 Holy Cross 6 Marcel Shipp 257 1998 Connecticut 7 Marcel Shipp 256 1999 Maine 8 Marcel Shipp 244 1998 Georgia Southern 9 Kevin Quinlan 241 2000 Northeastern 10 Marquis Young 240 [7] 2015 Buffalo

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Marcel Shipp 58 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Rene Ingoglia 54 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Steve Baylark 42 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Garry Pearson 35 1979 1980 1981 1982 5 Lou Bush 34 1931 1932 1933 6 Jonathan Hernandez 29 2008 2009 2010 2011 Marquis Young 29 [6] 2015 2016 2017 2018 8 Tony Nelson 25 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Greg Landry 22 1965 1966 1967 10 Kevin Smellie 21 1985 1986 1987 1988

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Marcel Shipp 24 1999 2 Rene Ingoglia 19 1995 3 Marcel Shipp 18 1998 4 Lou Bush 17 1931 5 Matt Lawrence 16 2007 6 Paul Metallo 15 1972 Garry Pearson 15 1980 Steve Baylark 15 2006 9 Lou Bush 14 1932 Rene Ingoglia 14 1993 Rene Ingoglia 14 1994 R. J. Cobbs 14 2002

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Lou Bush 5 1932 Cooper Union R. J. Cobbs 5 2002 Rhode Island

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 Tajae Sharpe 277 2012 2013 2014 2015 2 Andy Isabella 231 [8] 2015 2016 2017 2018 3 Adrian Zullo 187 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 J. J. Moore 185 2003 2004 2005 2006 5 Julian Talley 162 2008 2009 2010 2011 6 Brandon London 148 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Victor Cruz 131 2005 2006 2007 2008 8 Marcel Shipp 126 1997 1998 1999 2000 9 Jason Peebler 123 2001 2002 2003 2004 10 Rob Blanchflower 109 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Tajae Sharpe 111 2015 2 Andy Isabella 102 [8] 2018 3 Jimmy Moore 92 1998 4 Tajae Sharpe 85 2014 5 Adrian Zullo 81 1999 6 J. J. Moore 80 2007 7 Kerry Taylor 74 1998 8 Victor Cruz 71 2008 9 Adam Breneman 70 [9] 2016 10 Andy Isabella 65 [8] 2017

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Tajae Sharpe 15 [10] 2015 FIU Andy Isabella 15 [11] 2018 Georgia 3 J. J. Moore 13 2005 Colgate Brandon London 13 2005 Hofstra Victor Cruz 13 2008 James Madison Tajae Sharpe 13 2014 Bowling Green Tajae Sharpe 13 2014 Eastern Michigan Tajae Sharpe 13 2014 Ball State Tajae Sharpe 13 [5] 2015 Bowling Green Andy Isabella 13 [12] 2018 South Florida

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Andy Isabella 3,526 [8] 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Tajae Sharpe 3,486 2012 2013 2014 2015 3 Adrian Zullo 2,892 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 J. J. Moore 2,420 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 5 Jason Peebler 2,395 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Julian Talley 2,090 2008 2009 2010 2011 7 Brandon London 2,022 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Victor Cruz 1,958 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Rasheed Rancher 1,794 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Chip Mitchell 1,684 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Andy Isabella 1,698 [8] 2018 2 Jimmy Moore 1,494 1998 3 Tajae Sharpe 1,319 2015 4 Tajae Sharpe 1,281 2014 5 Adrian Zullo 1,253 1999 6 J. J. Moore 1,100 2007 7 Victor Cruz 1,064 2008 8 Andy Isabella 1,020 [8] 2017 9 Rasheed Rancher 1,007 2007 10 Jason Peebler 1,003 2003

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Andy Isabella 303 [3] 2018 Liberty 2 Victor Cruz 262 2008 James Madison 3 Tajae Sharpe 239 2014 Ball State 4 Andy Isabella 219 [11] 2018 Georgia 5 Adrian Zullo 210 1999 Richmond 6 Rasheed Rancher 198 2007 Fordham Andy Isabella 198 [13] 2018 Ohio 8 Tajae Sharpe 193 2014 Eastern Michigan 9 Andy Isabella 191 [12] 2018 South Florida 10 Anthony Nelson 190 2010 New Hampshire

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Adrian Zullo 32 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2 Andy Isabella 30 [8] 2015 2016 2017 2018 3 Jason Peebler 27 2001 2002 2003 2004 4 Jimmy Moore 16 1998 Rasheed Rancher 16 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Tajae Sharpe 16 2012 2013 2014 2015 7 Tim Berra 15 1971 1972 1973 Brandon London 15 2003 2004 2005 2006 J. J. Moore 15 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Chip Mitchell 14 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Jimmy Moore 16 1998 2 Jason Peebler 13 2003 Andy Isabella 13 [8] 2018 4 Tim Berra 12 1973 5 Jason Peebler 10 2004 Andy Isabella 10 [8] 2017 7 Steve Schubert 9 1972 Adrian Zullo 9 1999 Adrian Zullo 9 2002 Brandon London 9 2006 Rasheed Rancher 9 2007

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Jimmy Moore 4 1998 Connecticut Adrian Zullo 4 1999 New Hampshire Brandon London 4 2006 Towson

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. ^[14]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Liam Coen 10,871 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Todd Bankhead 6,821 1998 1999 3 Dave Palazzi 6,725 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Andrew Ford 6,658 [2] 2016 2017 2018 5 Marcel Shipp 6,250 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 Blake Frohnapfel 6,233 2014 2015 7 Steve Baylark 5,350 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Peil Pennington 4,907 1971 1972 1973 9 Jeff Krohn 4,816 2002 2003 10 Greg Landry 4,763 1965 1966 1967

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Todd Bankhead 3,756 1998 2 Blake Frohnapfel 3,261 2014 3 Todd Bankhead 3,065 1999 4 Liam Coen 2,997 2007 5 Blake Frohnapfel 2,972 2015 6 Liam Coen 2,954 2006 7 Jeff Krohn 2,860 2003 8 Dave Palazzi 2,802 1988 9 Andrew Ford 2,787 2017 10 Liam Coen 2,741 2008

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Blake Frohnapfel 570 2014 Bowling Green 2 Ross Comis 566 [3] 2018 Liberty 3 Kyle Havens 434 2010 New Hampshire 4 Blake Frohnapfel 431 2014 Ball State Blake Frohnapfel 431 [4] 2014 Toledo 6 Liam Coen 419 2007 Fordham 7 Matt Guice 416 2001 New Hampshire 8 Dave Palazzi 407 1988 New Hampshire 9 Liam Coen 406 2007 Southern Illinois Andrew Ford 406 2017 Ohio

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Liam Coen 93 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Todd Bankhead 64 1998 1999 3 Andrew Ford 61 [2] 2016 2017 2018 4 Marcel Shipp 58 1997 1998 1999 2000 5 Rene Ingoglia 54 1992 1993 1994 1995 6 Peil Pennington 51 1971 1972 1973 7 Dave Palazzi 49 1985 1986 1987 1988

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Todd Bankhead 41 1998 2 Liam Coen 30 2007 3 Jeff Krohn 28 2003 Andrew Ford 28 [2] 2016 5 Liam Coen 26 2006 Liam Coen 26 2008 7 Tim Day 25 2004 8 Peil Pennington 24 1973 Marcel Shipp 24 1999 Andrew Ford 24 2017

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Shannon James 20 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2 Steven Rogers 18 1967 1968 1969 Grady Fuller 18 1980 1981 1982 1983 4 Don Caparotti 17 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Jeremy Robinson 15 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Kevin Sullivan 14 1977 1978 1979 7 Dwayne Lopes 13 1980 1981 1982 Breon Parker 13 1993 1994 1995 Tracy Belton 13 2003 2004 2005 2006 10 Jerard White 12 1996 1997 1998 1999 Steve Costello 12 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Don Junkins 8 1952 Steven Rogers 8 1968 John Beerworth 8 1978 Kevin Sullivan 8 1978 Shannon James 8 2004 6 Steven Rogers 7 1969 Don Caparotti 7 1992 Breon Parker 7 1993 Jerard White 7 1999

Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Steven Rogers 4 1968 Delaware

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 John McKeown 543 1985 1986 1987 1988 2 Khari Samuel 495 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Kole Ayi 478 1997 1998 1999 2000 4 Vito Perrone 465 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Jeremy Cain 363 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 6 Tyler Holmes 361 2008 2009 2010 2011 7 Jason Hatchell 360 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 8 Justin Riemer 358 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Perry McIntyre 354 2009 2010 2011 2012 10 Shannon James 341 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 John McKeown 177 1988 2 Kole Ayi 165 1998 3 Khari Samuel 160 1998 4 George Karelas 150 1989 Justin Riemer 150 1995 6 Kole Ayi 147 1999 7 Justin Riemer 144 1996 8 Jovan Santos-Knox 143 2014 9 Joe McLaughlin 142 1978 10 George Karelas 140 1988

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 John McKeown 23 1986 Delaware Charles Walker 23 2004 Delaware 2 Bryton Barr 21 2018 Charlotte Kole Ayi 21 1998 New Hampshire 3 Jovan Santos-Knox 20 2015 Toledo

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Mario Perry 33.0 1989 1990 1992 1993 2 Todd Rundle 31.5 1984 1985 1986 1987 3 Brian Corcoran 30.0 1991 1992 1993 1994 4 Matthew Tulley 26.0 1988 1989 1990 1991 5 Valdamar Brower 24.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 6 David Burris 22.0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Rich Kane 21.0 1989 1990 1991 8 Khari Samuel 19.0 1995 1996 1997 1998 9 Scott Assencoa 18.0 1990 1991 1992 1993 Mike Ziccardi 18.0 2001 2002 2003

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Mario Perry 15.0 1992 2 Brian Corcoran 13.0 1994 3 Mike Dwyer 12.5 1985 4 Todd Rundle 12.0 1987 Brian Corcoran 12.0 1993 6 Todd Rundle 10.0 1986 Mike Ziccardi 10.0 2002 8 Todd Rundle 9.5 1985 Valdamar Brower 9.5 2001 David Burris 9.5 2007

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Scott Assencoa 5.0 1992 Connecticut

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Cameron Carson 32 [15] 2020 2021 2022 2023 2 Armando Cuko 31 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Silvio Bonvini 30 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Sandro Vitiello 29 1978 1979 5 Doug White 27 1999 2000 2001 2002 Chris Koepplin 27 2006 2007 7 Eric Oke 26 1993 1994 1995 1996

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Armando Cuko 19 2009 2 Sandro Vitiello 16 1978 Chris Koepplin 16 2006 4 Eric Oke 14 1993 5 Sandro Vitiello 13 1979 Cameron Carson 13 [15] 2022 Jacob Lurie 13 [16] 2024 8 Chris Koepplin 11 2007 Cameron Carson 11 [15] 2023 10 George Papoutsidis 10 1983 Silvio Bonvini 10 1986 Eric Oke 10 1994 Doug White 10 2000

Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 George Papoutsidis 4 1984 Ball State Brendon Levengood 4 2013 Northern Illinois

Field goal percentage

Career Rk Player FG% Years 1 Brendon Levengood 81.0% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 Cooper Garcia 80.0% [17] 2018 2019 3 Doug White 77.1% 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Chris Koepplin 71.1% 2006 2007 5 Armando Cuko 68.9% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 6 Jason Cherry 68.2% 1998 1999 2000 2001

Single season Rk Player FG% Year 1 Doug White 90.9% 2000 2 Cooper Garcia 81.8% [17] 2018 3 David Croasdale 80.0% 1975 Doug White 80.0% 2002 5 Armando Cuko 79.2% 2009 6 Cooper Garcia 77.8% [17] 2019 7 Silvio Bonvini 76.9% 1986

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