FanPost

All-Time Top 20 -- Week 10 Back on Track Edition

Real life and work got in the way of this post last week. But, uh, let's face it there wasn't a lot of production in that game anyway. Ugh.

But a solid win over Wisconsin and we're back on track! Hooray Rutgers is Next!

The (LW) designation shows the player's position at the end of last week.

Passing Attempts, Season
1 Christian Hackenberg 1,235 2014
--
---
---
---
15
Tony Sacca
292
1991
-
Todd Blackledge
292
1982
17
Wally Richardson
279
1996
18 (LW NL)
Trace McSorley
269
2018
19
Zack Mills
268
2004

Trace enters with his first seasonal entry on the All-Time Top 20

Passing Attempts, Career
1 Christian Hackenberg 1,235 2013-15
2 (LW 3)
Trace McSorley
1,143 2015-18
3 Zack Mills
1,082
2001-04

Passing Completions, Season
1 Trace McSorley
284 2017
--
---
---
---
17
Todd Blackledge
161
1982
18
Zack Mills
155
2004
T19 (LW NL)
Trace McSorley
146
2018
-
Mike McQueary
146 1997

Passing Completions, Career
1 Christian Hackenberg 693 2013-15
2 (LW 2)
Trace McSorley
676
2015-18
3 Zack Mills 606 2001-04

Passing Yards, Career
1 (LW 2)
Trace McSorley
9,240
2015-18
2
Christian Hackenberg 8,457 2013-15
3 Zack Mills 7,212 2001-04

Passing TDs, Career
1 (LW 1)
Trace McSorley 72
2015-18
2 Christian Hackenberg
48 2013-15
3 Matt McGloin
46
2009-12

Passing Interceptions, Career
1
Todd Blackledge
41
1980-82
--
---
---
---
6
Tony Sacca
24
1988-91
-
John Shaffer
24
1983-86
8 (LW T8)
Trace McSorley
23
2015-18
9
Michael Robinson
21
2002-05
-
Kerry Collins
21
1991-94
11
Doug Strang
20
1981-84

Rushing Attempts, Career
1
Evan Royster
686
2007-10
--
---
---
---
14
Charlie Pittman
454
1967-69
15
Booker Moore
448
1977-80
16 (LW 16)
Trace McSorley
436
2015-18
17
Jon Williams
399
1980-83

Rushing Yds Per Attempt, Season (Min 150 Attempts)
1
Ki-Jana Carter
7.77
1994
--
---
---
---
5
Lydell Mitchell
6.17
1971
6
Curt Warner
6.11
1981
7 (LW NL)
Miles Sanders
6.07
2018
8
Tony Hunt
6.02
2005


The first appearance on the list for Miles Sanders. He also becomes the 16th Nittany Lion with 1,000+ rushing yards in a season

Rushing TDs, Career
1
Saquon Barkley
43
2015-17
--
---
---
---
6
Evan Royster
29
2007-10
-
Richie Anderson
29
1989-92
-
John Cappelletti
29
1972-73
9 (LW T9)
Trace McSorley
27
2015-18
10
Larry Johnson
26
1999-2002
-
Matt Suhey
26
1976-79

Extra Points Made, Season
1
Tyler Davis
71
2017
--
---
---
---
7
Collin Wagner
46
2009
8
Kevin Kelly
44
2007
-
Travis Forney
44
1999
10 (LW 12)
Jake Pinegar
43
2018
11
Robbie Gould
42
2002
-
Craig Fayak
42
1991

All Time Top Ten with Rutgers and Maryland (and a bowl game) to go...

Total Offense (Rush+Pass), Season
1
Trace McSorley
4,061
2017
--
--- ---
---
8
Daryll Clark
2,874
2008
9
Kerry Collins
2,660
1994
10
Anthony Morelli
2,638
2007
11
Zack Mills
2,618
2002
12 (LW 16)
Trace McSorley
2,491
2018
13
Christian Hackenberg
2,445
2015

Total Offense (Rush+Pass), Career
1 (LW 1)
Trace McSorley
10,759
2015-18
2
Christian Hackenberg
8,175
2013-15
3
Zack Mills
7,796
2001-04

More Career Total Offense Yards than Matt Leinart had in his college career.

Punt Average, Season
1 Ralph Giacomarro
43.60 1981
--
---
---
---
7
John Bruno Jr.
42.92
1985
8
Blake Gillikin
42.8
2016
9 (LW 12)
Blake Gillikin
42.69 2018

Punt Average, Career
1 Jeremy Boone 43.126 2006-09
2
George Reynolds
43.00
1980-83
3 (LW 2)
Blake Gillikin
42.878 2016-18

Kickoff Return Average, Season
1 Gary Brown
43.0 1990
--
---
---
---
13
Bob Riggle
27.4
1965
14
Chaz Powell
27.1
2011
15 (LW 11)
KJ Hamler
26.89 2018

Kickoff Return Average, Career
1 Larry Joe
29.6 1946-48
--
---
---
---
4
Saquon Barkley
27.8
2015-17
5
Gary Hayman
26.9
1972-73
6 (LW 4)
KJ Hamler
26.89 2018
7
Blair Thomas
26.3
1985-89

Not listed but interesting to know: Yetur Gross-Matos becomes the 25th Nittany Lion with 8+ sacks in a season. He's the first one since Carl Nassib set the All-Time record (15.5) in 2015

Team Scoring Average, Season
1 Penn State
47.0 1994
--
---
---
---
6
Penn State
37.3
1973
7
Penn State
36.5
1991
8 (LW NL)
Penn State
35.7 2018
9
Penn State
35.6
1912


It doesn't feel like it, but so far this is one of the best scoring seasons in Penn State history. Huh.

You created a Fanpost! Good for you! Any content from a premium site will be deleted once we catch wind of it--as will any inappropriate content. If you simply want to share a link, quote, or video, please consider using Fanshots instead.