Five players have thrown for 3,000 yards and rushed for 1,000 yards in a season, but only one has done it in a 12-game regular season:
Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M, 2012)
12 games: 3,419 passing / 1,181 rushing (4,600 total)
13 games: Stats from the Cotton Bowl (1/4/2013) to be added
The other four needed yardage from conference championship games and bowl games to reach the 3,000/1,000 mark.
Vince Young (Texas, 2005)
12 games: 2,769 passing / 850 rushing (3,619 total)
13 games (bowl): 3,036 passing / 1,050 rushing (4,086 total)
Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan, 2007)
12 games: 3,175 passing / 838 rushing (4,013 total)
13 games (conf. champ.): 3,360 passing / 1,008 rushing (4,368 total)
14 games (bowl): 3,652 passing / 1,122 rushing (4,774 total)
Colin Kaepernick (Nevada, 2010)
12 games: 2,671 passing / 1,029 rushing (3,700 total)
13 games (conf. champ.): 2,830 passing / 1,184 rushing (4,014 total)
14 games (bowl): 3,022 passing / 1,206 rushing (4,228 total)
Chandler Harnish (Northern Illinois, 2011)
12 games: 2,692 passing / 1,351 rushing (4,043 total)
13 games (conf. champ.): 2,942 passing / 1,382 rushing (4,324 total)
14 games (bowl): 3,216 passing / 1,379 rushing (4,595 total)
Armanti Edwards
As of the 2008 season, Brett Favre with 442.
The record for the most passing yards by a college quarterback in his career is held by Timmy Chang. Chang played for University of Hawaii from 2000-2004 and managed to throw for an astonishing 17,072 yards.
Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie completed 16 of 37 passes for 287
The quarterback threw three passing touchdowns in the game.
The quarterback accumulated 250 passing yards in the game.
Alternate passing yards in football refer to the total passing yards gained by a team's backup quarterback, while passing yards typically refer to the total passing yards gained by the starting quarterback.
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Passing yards are a key statistic in evaluating a quarterback's performance because they measure the distance the quarterback has thrown the ball down the field. High passing yards typically indicate that the quarterback is effectively moving the ball and making successful plays, which is important for a team's offensive success.
The quarterback scored three passing touchdowns in the game.
John Elway
Drew Brees.