Colorado State Rams football statistical leaders

The Colorado State Rams football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Colorado State Rams 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 Rams represent Colorado State University in the NCAA's Mountain West Conference.

Garrett Grayson holds the Rams' career and single-season passing yards and single-season touchdowns records.

Kapri Bibbs set school single-season records in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in 2013.

Although Colorado State began competing in intercollegiate football in, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1951. 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 1951, 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.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Rams have played in eight bowl games since this decision, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• In 2013, the Rams not only played in a bowl, but also played a 13-game regular season. The NCAA allows teams that play at Hawaii in a given season to schedule a 13th game. The Rams chose to take advantage of this rule.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Garrett Grayson 9,191 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Nick Stevens 8,550 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Kelly Stouffer 7,142 1984 1985 1986 4 Terry Nugent 7,103 1980 1981 1982 1983 5 Moses Moreno 6,986 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Caleb Hanie 6,337 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Anthoney Hill 6,309 1991 1992 1993 1994 8 Bradlee Van Pelt 6,271 2001 2002 2003 9 Justin Holland 5,668 2002 2003 2004 2005 10 Matt Newton 5,634 1997 1998 1999 2000

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Garrett Grayson 4,006 2014 2 Nick Stevens 3,799 2017 3 Garrett Grayson 3,696 2013 4 Terry Nugent 3,319 1983 5 Justin Holland 3,185 2005 6 Scooter Molander 3,168 1987 7 Billy Farris 2,934 2008 8 Moses Moreno 2,921 1996 9 Bradlee Van Pelt 2,845 2003 10 Kyle Lankenau 2,841 1994

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 K. J. Carta-Samuels 537[3] 2018 Hawaii 2 Scooter Molander 449 1987 Hawaii 3 Nick Stevens 445[4] 2016 Idaho 4 Garrett Grayson 434[5] 2014 Boise State 5 Terry Nugent 434 1983 New Mexico 6 Garrett Grayson 425[6] 2014 UC Davis 7 Patrick O'Brien 420[7] 2019 New Mexico 8 Justin Holland 419 2005 Wyoming 9 Terry Nugent 418 1983 Northern Colorado 10 Steve Fairchild 406 1980 Wyoming

Passing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Nick Stevens 70[8] 2014 2015 2016 2017 2 Garrett Grayson 64 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 Moses Moreno 51 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 Matt Newton 42 1998 1999 2000 5 Terry Nugent 40 1980 1981 1982 1983 6 Anthoney Hill 39 1991 1992 1993 1994 Caleb Hanie 39 2004 2005 2006 2007 8 Bradlee Van Pelt 38 2001 2002 2003 9 Kelly Stouffer 36 1984 1985 1986 Justin Holland 36 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Garrett Grayson 32 2014 Nick Stevens 29 2017 2 Justin Holland 23 2005 Garrett Grayson 23 2013 5 Moses Moreno 22 1997 6 Nick Stevens 21 2015 7 Matt Newton 20 2000 8 Mark Driscoll 19 1974 Matt Newton 19 1999 Bradlee Van Pelt 19 2003 Billy Farris 19 2008 Nick Stevens 19[8] 2016

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Mark Driscoll 6 1974 Nevada 2 Dan Graham 5 1977 Arizona Matt Newton 5 2000 Air Force Garrett Grayson 5[9] 2014 Wyoming Nick Stevens 5[10] 2015 Savannah State Nick Stevens 5[4] 2016 Idaho K. J. Carta-Samuels 5[3] 2018 Hawaii 8 Tom Thenell 4 1981 Mississippi State Scooter Molander 4 1987 New Mexico Matt Newton 4 2000 Colorado Justin Holland 4 2005 Wyoming Grant Stucker 4 2009 Idaho Collin Hill 4[11] 2016 San Diego State Nick Stevens 4[12] 2016 San Diego State Collin Hill 4[13] 2019 Western Illinois

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Steve Bartalo 4,813 1983 1984 1985 1986 2 Damon Washington 3,616 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Dalyn Dawkins 3,185 2015 2016 2017 4 Ron Harris 3,118 1974 1975 1976 1977 5 Kevin McDougal 3,067 1996 1997 1998 1999 6 Lawrence McCutcheon 2,917 1969 1970 1971 7 Gartrell Johnson 2,776 2004 2005 2007 2008 8 Cecil Sapp 2,642 1999 2000 2001 2002 9 Oscar Reed 2,581 1965 1966 1967 10 Alvin Lewis 2,522 1977 1978 1979 1980

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Kapri Bibbs 1,741 2013 2 Cecil Sapp 1,601 2002 3 Gartrell Johnson 1,476 2008 4 Steve Bartalo 1,419 1986 5 Dalyn Dawkins 1,399 2017 6 Steve Bartalo 1,368 1985 7 Kyle Bell 1,288 2005 8 Calvin Branch 1,279 1996 9 Dee Hart 1,275 2014 10 Kevin McDougal 1,164 1999

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Kapri Bibbs 312[14] 2013 Nevada 2 Tony Alford 310 1989 Utah 3 Kapri Bibbs 291[15] 2013 New Mexico 4 Gartrell Johnson 285 2008 Fresno State 5 Chris Nwoke 269[16] 2011 Air Force 6 Kevin McDougal 255 1997 New Mexico 7 Marvin Kinsey Jr. 246[17] 2019 Toledo 8 Henri Childs 237 2001 BYU 9 Chris Nwoke 232[18] 2011 San Diego State 10 Dee Hart 230 2004 New Mexico

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Steve Bartalo 46 1983 1984 1985 1986 2 Kapri Bibbs 31 2013 3 Cecil Sapp 29 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Kevin McDougal 26 1996 1997 1998 1999 Bradlee Van Pelt 26 2001 2002 2003 6 Oscar Reed 24 1965 1966 1967 Damon Washington 24 1995 1996 1997 1998 Gartrell Johnson 24 2004 2005 2007 2008 9 Lawrence McCutcheon 23 1969 1970 1971 E.J. Watson 23 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Kapri Bibbs 31 2013 2 Calvin Branch 21 1996 3 Steve Bartalo 19 1986 4 Cecil Sapp 17 2002 5 Dee Hart 16 2014 6 Kevin McDougal 13 1997 Izzy Matthews 13[19] 2016 8 Steve Bartalo 12 1985 Gartrell Johnson 12 2008 10 Cecil Sapp 11 2000 Bradlee Van Pelt 11 2002

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rk Player Rec Years 1 Rashard Higgins 239 2013 2014 2015 2 David Anderson 223 2002 2003 2004 2005 3 Greg Primus 194 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Jeff Champine 184 1980 1981 1982 1983 5 Johnny Walker 172 2004 2005 2006 2007 6 Keli McGregor 153 1981 1982 1983 1984 7 Willie Miller 148 1972 1973 1974 8 Pete Rebstock 143 1998 1999 2000 2001 9 Kory Sperry 141 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Dallas Davis 140 1997 1998 1999 2000

Single season Rk Player Rec Year 1 Michael Gallup 100[20] 2017 2 Rashard Higgins 96 2014 3 David Anderson 86 2005 4 Warren Jackson 77[21] 2019 5 Michael Gallup 76[20] 2016 6 Rashard Higgins 75 2015 7 David Anderson 72 2003 8 Keli McGregor 69 1983 9 Rashard Higgins 68 2013 10 Greg Primus 67 1991

Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Jeff Champine 14 1983 New Mexico 2 Michael Gallup 13[22] 2016 Air Force 3 Jeff Champine 12 1981 Mississippi State Keli McGregor 12 1983 Air Force Jeff Champine 12 1983 Northern Colorado David Anderson 12 2004 BYU David Anderson 12 2005 Colorado + Single game rushing TD Rashard Higgins 12[23] 2014 Air Force

Receiving yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Rashard Higgins 3,649 2013 2014 2015 2 David Anderson 3,634 2002 2003 2004 2005 3 Greg Primus 3,263 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Jeff Champine 2,811 1980 1981 1982 1983 5 Willie Miller 2,735 1972 1973 1974 6 Johnny Walker 2,223 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Pete Rebstock 2,185 1998 1999 2000 2001 8 Paul Turner 2,060 1993 1994 1995 1997 9 Todd Tyrrell 1,994 1984 1985 1986 1987 10 J.D. Brookhart 1,873 1985 1986 1987

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Rashard Higgins 1,750 2014 2 David Anderson 1,293 2003 3 Michael Gallup 1,272[20] 2016 4 David Anderson 1,221 2005 5 Willie Miller 1,193 1974 6 Warren Jackson 1,119[21] 2019 7 Rashaun Greer 1,114 2008 8 Greg Primus 1,081 1991 9 Rashard Higgins 1,062 2015 10 Greg Primus 1,008 1990

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Bisi Johnson 265[4] 2016 Idaho 2 Greg Primus 256 1991 Hawaii 3 David Anderson 232 2004 BYU 4 Willie Miller 230 1974 Arizona State 5 Jeff Champine 219 1983 Northern Colorado 6 Warren Jackson 214[7] 2019 New Mexico 7 Michael Gallup 213[22] 2016 Air Force 8 Rashaun Greer 211 2008 UNLV 9 David Anderson 199 2003 Air Force 10 Jeff Raikes 196 1982 UNLV

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Rashard Higgins 31 2013 2014 2015 2 Jeff Champine 21 1980 1981 1982 1983 3 David Anderson 20 2002 2003 2004 2005 Kory Sperry 20 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 Paul Turner 19 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Willie Miller 18 1972 1973 1974 7 Mark R. Bell 17 1975 1976 1977 1978 Greg Primus 17 1989 1990 1991 1992 9 Dion Morton 15 2006 2007 2008 2009

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Rashard Higgins 17 2014 2 Michael Gallup 14[20] 2016 3 Jeff Champine 10 1981 Dion Morton 10 2008 5 Willie Miller 9 1974 Mark R. Bell 9 1977 Paul Turner 9 1995 David Anderson 9 2003 9 Greg Primus 8 1991 David Anderson 8 2005 Rashard Higgins 8 2015 Warren Jackson 8[21] 2019

Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Rashard Higgins 4[24] 2014 Tulsa 2 Willie Miller 3 1974 Nevada Cecil Stockdale 3 1979 Wyoming Greg Primus 3 1992 UTEP Dustin Osborn 3 2005 Minnesota Kory Sperry 3 2007 Colorado Kory Sperry 3 2008 San Diego State Dion Morton 3 2008 Wyoming Rashard Higgins 3[25] 2015 UNLV Michael Gallup 3[12] 2016 San Diego State Michael Gallup 3[4] 2016 Idaho

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[26]

Total offense yards

Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Garrett Grayson 9,512 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Bradlee Van Pelt 8,579 2001 2002 2003 3 Anthoney Hill 7,428 1991 1992 1993 1994 4 Moses Moreno 6,728 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Kelly Stouffer 6,666 1984 1985 1986 6 Caleb Hanie 6,523 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Terry Nugent 6,298 1980 1981 1982 1983 8 Justin Holland 5,377 2002 2003 2004 2005 9 Matt Newton 5,376 1997 1998 1999 2000 10 Steve Bartalo 4,910 1983 1984 1985 1986

Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Garrett Grayson 3,960 2014 2 Garrett Grayson 3,815 2013 3 Bradlee Van Pelt 3,754 2003 4 Terry Nugent 3,043 1983 5 Justin Holland 3,011 2005 6 Anthoney Hill 2,999 1994 7 Moses Moreno 2,903 1996 8 Billy Farris 2,900 2008 9 Bradlee Van Pelt 2,892 2002 10 Scooter Molander 2,754 1987

Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 K. J. Carta-Samuels 562[3] 2018 Hawaii 2 Nick Stevens 450[4] 2016 Idaho 3 Garrett Grayson 445[27] 2013 Boise State 4 Garrett Grayson 431[6] 2014 UC Davis 5 Garrett Grayson 428[5] 2014 Boise State 6 Garrett Grayson 421[28] 2013 Air Force 7 Bradlee Van Pelt 416 2003 Colorado 8 Scooter Molander 413 1987 Hawaii 9 Terry Nugent 408 1983 Utah 10 Terry Nugent 407 1983 Northern Colorado Pete Thomas 407[29] 2011 San Jose State Patrick O'Brien 407[7] 2019 New Mexico

Total touchdowns

Career Rk Player TDs Years 1 Garrett Grayson 68 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Bradlee Van Pelt 64 2001 2002 2003 3 Moses Moreno 55 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 Anthoney Hill 52 1991 1992 1993 1994 5 Matt Newton 47 1997 1998 1999 2000 Caleb Hanie 47 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Terry Nugent 46 1980 1981 1982 1983 Steve Bartalo 46 1983 1984 1985 1986 Nick Stevens 46[8] 2014 2015 2016 10 Kelly Stouffer 38 1984 1985 1986

Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Garrett Grayson 32 2014 2 Kapri Bibbs 31 2013

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rk Player Ints Years 1 Ray Jackson 20 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Selwyn Jones 15 1988 1989 1990 1991 3 Gary Glick 14 1953 1954 1955 Bill Kishman 14 1966 1967 1968 Greg Myers 14 1992 1993 1994 1995 6 Ron Cortell 13 1985 1986 1987 1988 Myron Terry 13 1995 1996 1997 1998 8 Jim King 12 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Erik Olson 12 1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season Rk Player Ints Year 1 Gary Glick 8 1954 2 Cliff Featherstone 7 1977 Jim King 7 1986 Ray Jackson 7 1994

Tackles

Career Rk Player Tackles Years 1 Willie Taylor 433 1995 1996 1997 1998 2 Jeff Harper 423 1980 1981 1982 1983 3 Ron Cortell 402 1985 1986 1987 1988 4 Nate Kvamme 385 1995 1996 1997 1998 5 Rick Crowell 370 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 Max Morgan 348 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 Aaron Davis 345 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Brian Schneider 339 1990 1991 1992 1993 9 Kevin McLain 336 1974 1975 10 Gary Thompson 321 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Kevin McLain 198 1974 2 Eric Tippeconnic 185 1990 3 Jeff Harper 160 1982 4 Steve Krum 154 1976 5 Dale Carr 147 1986 6 Willie Taylor 146 1996 7 Gary Thompson 145 1988 8 Kevin McLain 138 1975 9 Brian Schneider 136 1992 10 Max Morgan 134 2013

Single game Rk Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Jeff Harper 32 1982 Wyoming 2 Eric Tippeconnic 27 1984 Arkansas 3 Kevin McLain 23 1975 BYU Karl Ballard 23 1989 Air Force 5 Gary Thompson 22 1990 Colorado Otis Hamilton 22 1990 Arkansas Kevin McDougal 22 1990 Nebraska 8 Dale Carr 21 1995 Arizona State Andy Byrne 21 1996 Arkansas

Sacks

Career Rk Player Sacks Years 1 Clark Haggans 33.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Brady Smith 28.5 1992 1993 1994 1995 3 Mike Bell 25.0 1975 1976 1977 1978 4 Cory James 24.0 2012 2013 2014 2015 5 Adrian Ross 22.5 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Joey Porter 20.0 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Steve Hodge 19.0 1991 1992 1993 1994 8 Eric Shaller 18.0 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Robert Chirico 18.0 1987 1988 1989 1990 Shaquil Barrett 18.0 2010 2011 2012 2013

Single season Rk Player Sacks Year 1 Brady Smith 16.0 1995 2 Joey Porter 14.0 1998 3 Clark Haggans 12.0 1997 Shaquil Barrett 12.0 2013 5 Clint Hjelm 11.0 1987 6 Mike Bell 10.0 1977 Andy Poremba 10.0 1982 Keith Pitts 10.0 1983 Adrian Ross 10.0 1997 Clark Haggans 10.0 1998 Nordly Capi 10.0 2011

Single game Rk Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Guy Miller 4.5 2010 UNLV 2 Mike Bell 4.0 1977 Arizona State Brady Smith 4.0 1995 BYU 4 Nordly Capi 3.5 2011 New Mexico Joe Kawulok 3.5 2014 Tulsa

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rk Player FGs Years 1 Jeff Babcock 51 2002 2003 2004 2 Mike Brown 45 1988 1989 1990 1991 Jason Smith 45 2005 2006 2007 2008 4 Steve DeLine 42 1984 1985 1986 Jared Roberts 42 2012 2013 2014 6 Jon Poole 38 1980 1981 1982 1983 7 Ben DeLine 36 2008 2009 2010 2011 8 Derek Franz 28 1997 1998 9 Clark Kemble 27 1973 1974 1975 C.W. Hurst 27 1997 1998 1999 2000 Wyatt Bryan 27[30] 2015 2016

Single season Rk Player FGs Year 1 Jeff Babcock 24 2002 2 Derek Franz 21 1998 Jared Roberts 21 2013 4 Steve DeLine 19 1986 5 Jon Poole 16 1980 Jason Smith 16 2007 Ben DeLine 16 2010 Wyatt Bryan 16 2015 9 Tom Drake 14 1976 Mike Brown 14 1989 Jeff Babcock 14 2004

Field goal percentage

Career Rk Player FG% Years 1 Jared Roberts 77.8% 2012 2013 2014 2 Jason Smith 77.6% 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Derek Franz 75.7% 1995 1996 1997 1998 4 Jeff Babcock 75.0% 2002 2003 2004 Wyatt Bryan 75.0%[30] 2015 2016 6 Steve DeLine 72.4% 1984 1985 1986 7 Ben DeLine 70.6% 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rk Player FG% Year 1 Jason Smith 92.3% 2008 2 Jason Smith 90.0% 2005 Jared Roberts 90.0% 2012 4 Jared Roberts 87.5% 2013 5 Jeff Babcock 82.4% 2004 6 Derek Franz 80.8% 1998 Jason Smith 80.0% 2007

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