Yearly Individual College Football Leaders from West



  By SuperWest Sports Staff

Each year, the leaders in every statistical category in college football are tabulated, if only as footnotes to the season.

We’ve compiled them for players from the West over the past 10 seasons in the tables below.

There were 11 such leader titles in 2024—four by Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty. Oregon’s Bo Nix claimed four leader spots in 2023, and Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. had three.

The 2017 season tops the list of national leaders from the West with 18, followed by 2019 with 15. The 2020 season produced the least with eight, followed by 2015 with nine.

Here are the leaders from 2015 to 2024 with their statistical categories, program, and mark.

2024 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completion %	Shedeur Sanders	Colorado	74.0
Rush Attempts	Ashton Jeanty	Boise St	374
Rushing Yards	Ashton Jeanty	Boise St	2,601
Receiving Touchdowns	Nick Nash	SJSU	16
Plays from Scrimmage	Ashton Jeanty	Boise St	397
Yards from Scrimmage	Ashton Jeanty	Boise St	2,739
TD Responsible For	John Mateer	WSU	44
Kickoff Returns	Jeremiah Patterson	Arizona	27
Solo Tackles	Carson Schwesinger	UCLA	90
Interceptions	Nohl Williams	Cal	7
Points Kicking	Caden Chittenden	UNLV	133

2023 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completions	Bo Nix	Oregon	364
Pass Completion %	Bo Nix	Oregon	77.4
Pass Attempts	Michael Penix Jr.	Washington	555
Passing Yards	Michael Penix Jr.	Washington	4,903
Passing Touchdowns	Bo Nix	Oregon	45
Receiving Yards	Rome Odunze	Washington	1,640
TD Responsible For	Bo Nix	Oregon	51
Punting Yards per Punt	James Ferguson-Reynolds	Boise St	49.7
Punt Returns	Micah Davis	Utah St	28
Punt Return Yds/Return	Zachariah Branch	USC	20.8
Tackles for Loss	Laiatu Latu	UCLA	22
Yds Gained per Game	Michael Penix Jr.	Washington	326.9

2022 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completion %	Clay Millen	Colorado St	72.2
Passing Touchdowns	Caleb Williams	USC	42
Rush Attempts	Brad Roberts	Air Force	345
Rushing Yards	Brad Roberts	Air Force	1,728
Rushing Yds per Attempt	John Lee Eldridge III	Air Force	7.7
TD Responsible For	Caleb Williams	USC	52
Extra Points Made	Denis Lynch	USC	74
Field Goal %	Joshua Karty	Stanford	100.0
Punt Return TDs	Anthony Gould Nikko Remigio	Oregon St Fresno St	2 2
Sacks	Tuli Tuipulotu	USC	13.5
Yds Gained per Game	Michael Penix Jr.	Washington	357

2021 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Rushing Touchdowns	Tyler Allgeier	BYU	23
Field Goal Attempts	Cayden Camper	Colorado St	32
Field Goals Made	Jonah Dalmas	Boise St	26
Field Goal %	Tyler Loop	Arizona	100
Punts	Aaron Rodriquez	New Mexico	81
Punting Yards	Matt Araiza	SDSU	4,044
Punting Yds per Punt	Matt Araiza	SDSU	51.2
Punt Return TDs	Britain Covey	Utah	2
Solo Tackles	Chad Muma	Wyoming	85
Interceptions	Verone McKinley III	Oregon	6
Passes Defended	Cortez Davis	Hawai’i	18
Fumbles Forced	Arron Mosby	Fresno St	6

2020 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Rushing Yds/Attempt	Rachaad White	ASU	10.0
Field Goal %	Jake Oldroyd Ethan Albertson Jadon Redding Blake Mazza	BYU New Mexico St Utah WSU	100 100 100 100
Punt Return TDs	Avery Williams	Boise St	2
Kickoff Return TDs	Avery Williams	Boise St	2
Solo Tackles	Darius Muasau	Hawai’i	68

2019 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completions	Anthony Gordon	WSU	493
Pass Attempts	Anthony Gordon	WSU	689
Passing Interceptions	Jordan Love	Utah St	17
Receiving Yds/Reception	Geraud Sanders	Air Force	24.9
Total Plays	Anthony Gordon	WSU	740
Field Goal %	Jake Koehnke	Air Force	100
Punt Returns	Austin Conway	Wyoming	34
Punt Return TDs	Avery Williams	Boise St	2
Solo Tackles	Evan Weaver	Cal	103
Total Tackles	Evan Weaver	Cal	182
Tackles for Loss	Hamilcar Rashed Jr.	Oregon St	23
Interceptions	Lugman Barcoo	SDSU	9
Passes Defended	Lugman Barcoo Darren Hall	SDSU SDSU	16 16
Yds Gained per Game	Anthony Gordon	WSU	429.2

2018 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Competions	Gardner Minshew	WSU	468
Pass Attempts	Gardner Minshew	WSU	662
Receiving TDs	John Ursua	Hawai’i	16
Plays from Scrimmage	Eno Benjamin	ASU	335
Total Plays	Gardner Minshew	WSU	720
Field Goal %	Cooper Rothe	Wyoming	94.1
Punt Yds per Return	Marcus Hayes	New Mexico	21.2
Kickoff Return Yds/Return	Savon Scarver	Utah St	33.7
Kickoff Return TDs	Jason Huntley	New Mexico St	3
Assisted Tackles	Javahn Fergurson	New Mexico St	90
Total Tackles	Ben Burr-Kirven	Washington	176
Interception Return TDs	Anthoula Kelly Ugo Amadi	Fresno St Oregon	2 2
Yds Gained per Game	Gardner Minshew	WSU	367.6

2017 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Attempts	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico St	566
Passing Interceptions	Tyler Rogers	New Mexico St	18
Rush Attempts	Phillip Lindsay	Colorado	301
Rushing Yards	Rashaad Penny	SDSU	2,248
Rushing Yds/Attempt	Khalil Tate	Arizona	9.2
Yds From Scrimmage	Rashaad Penny	SDSU	2,383
Field Goal Attempts	Matt Gay	Utah	34
Field Goals Made	Matt Gay	Utah	30
Punt	Tim Zaleski	Wyoming	87
Punt Return Yards	Dante Pettis	Washington	428
Punt Return Yds/Return	Dante Pettis	Washington	20.4
Punt Return TDs	Dante Pettis	Washington	4
Kickoff Returns	Ashtyn Davis Cameron Scarlett	Cal Stanford	39 39
Kickoff Return Yards	Cameron Scarlett	Stanford	1,008
Solo Tackles	Frank Ginda	SJSU	94
Total Tackles	Frank Ginda	SJSU	173
Interception Return TDs	Jalen Davis	Utah St	3

2016 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completions	Luke Falk	WSU	443
Pass Attempts	Luke Falk	WSU	633
Rush Attempts	Donnel Pumphrey Brian Hill	SDSU Wyoming	349 349
Rushing Yards	Donnel Pumphrey	SDSU	2,133
Receiving Yds/Reception	Jalen Robinette	Air Force	27.4
Plays From Scrimmage	Donnel Pumphrey	SDSU	376
Yards From Scrimmage	Donnel Pumphrey	SDSU	2,364
Punt Returns	Boobie Hobbs	Utah	35
Punt Return Yards	Adoree Jackson	USC	315
Assisted Tackles	Rodney Butler	New Mexico St	102
Total Tackles	Rodney Butler	New Mexico St	165
Passes Defended	Ahkello Witherspoon	Colorado	22

2015 College Football Leaders

Category	Player	Team	Mark
Pass Completions	Luke Falk	WSU	448
Pass Attempts	Luke Falk	WSU	645
Passing Yds/Attempt	Vernon Adams	Oregon	10.2
Adjusted Pass Yds/Attempt	Vernon Adams	Oregon	11.2
Passing Efficiency Rating	Vernon Adams	Oregon	179.1
Yards From Scrimmage	Christian McCaffrey	Stanford	2,664
Total Plays	Luke Falk	WSU	727
Field Goal Attempts	Zane Gonzalez	ASU	34
Yds Gained per Game	Luke Falk	WSU	380.5