SuperWest NCAA Football Annual Touchdown Leaders

CFB TD leaders in rushing, passing, receiving, total scored & total responsible for in last 65 years

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Posted on August 25, 2022


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

Several SuperWest players have won individual NCAA touchdown championships and we’ve compiled lists of them over the last 65 years, in five categories: Rushing, Passing, Receiving, Total Scored and Total Responsible For.

Some highlights:

• The last rushing leader was BYU’s Tyler Allgeier with 23 touchdowns in 2021.

• Boise State’s Bart Hendricks was the most recent passing TD leader with 35 in 2000.

• The most recent receiving leader was USC’s Dwayne Jarrett with 16 TDs in 2005.

• Oregon’s Marcus Mariota was the last touchdowns responsible for leader with 58 in 2014.

• The most recent total TD scored leader was Boise State’s Jay Ajayi with 32 in 2014.

Tables with annual winners in all five lists appear below.

NCAA Rushing TD Leaders by Year

Former BYU running back Tyler Allgeier | Rick Bowmer/Associated Press

Year	Player	TDs	Program
2021	Tyler Allgeier	23	BYU
2009	Toby Gerhart	28	Stanford
2006	Ian Johnson	25	Boise State
2005	Lendale White	24	USC
2001	Luke Staley	24	BYU
1996	Corey Dillon	22	Washington
1994	Rashaan Salaam	24	Colorado
1991	Tommy Vardell	22	Stanford
1987	Paul Hewitt	18	SDSU
1981	Marcus Allen	22	USC
1968	O.J. Simpson	23	USC

NCAA Passing TD Leaders by Year

Former Boise State QB Bart Hendricks | BSU Athletics

Year	Player	TDs	Program
2000	Bart Hendricks	35	Boise State
1994	John Walsh	29	BYU
1988	Scott Mitchell	29	Utah
1987	Todd Santos	26	SDSU
1985	Robbie Bosco	30	BYU
1984	Robbie Bosco	33	BYU
1983	Steve Young	33	BYU
1982	John Elway	24	Stanford
1980	Jim McMahon	47	BYU
1979	Marc Wilson	29	BYU
1978	Steve Dils	22	Stanford
1976	Gifford Nielsen	30	BYU
1974	Gary Sheide	23	BYU
1973	Danny White	23	ASU
1970	Brian Sipe	23	SDSU
1969	Dennis Shaw	39	SDSU
1963	Bob Berry	16	Oregon
1963	Gordon Queen	16	Oregon State
1962	Terry Baker	15	Oregon State
1957	John Hangartner	14	ASU

NCAA Receiving TD Leaders by Year

Former USC WR Dwayne Jarrett | Los Angeles Times

Year	Player	TDs	Program
2005	Dwayne Jarrett	16	USC
1993	J.J. Stokes	17	UCLA
1992	Sean Dawkins	14	Cal
1985	Mark Bellini	14	BYU
1984	Doug Allen	14	ASU
1983	Kirk Pendleton	11	BYU
1980	Clay Brown	15	BYU
1977	James Lofton	12	Stanford
1977	Ronnie Smith	12	SDSU
1976	Keith Hartwig	10	Arizona
1973	Keith Denson	11	SDSU
1972	Steve Sweeney	13	Cal
1969	Tom Reynolds	18	SDSU
1963	Vern Burke	9	Oregon State
1962	Hal Bedsole	11	USC
1960	Hugh Campbell	10	WSU
1957	Jack Fanning	9	WSU

NCAA Total TD Scored Leaders by Year

Year	Player	TDs	Program
2014	Jay Ajayi	32	Boise State
2010	LaMichael James	24	Oregon
2009	Toby Gerhart	29	Stanford
2006	Ian Johnson	25	Boise State
2005	Lendale White	26	USC
2003	Steven Jackson	22	Oregon State
2002	Brock Forsey	32	Boise State
2001	Luke Staley	28	BYU
1997	Skip Hicks	26	UCLA
1996	Corey Dillon	23	Washington
1994	Rashaan Salaam	24	Colorado
1993	Marshall Faulk	24	SDSU
1991	Marshall Faulk	23	SDSU
1987	Paul Hewitt	24	SDSU
1981	Marcus Allen	23	USC
1968	O.J. Simpson	23	USC
1957	Leon Burton	16	ASU

NCAA Passing TDs Responsible For Leaders by Year

Former Oregon QB Marcus Mariota | USATSI

Year	Player	TDS	Program
2014	Marcus Mariota	58	Oregon
2000	Bart Hendricks	41	Boise State
1991	Ty Detmer	39	BYU
1985	Robbie Bosco	32	BYU
1984	Robbie Bosco	35	BYU
1983	Steve Young	41	BYU
1980	Jim McMahon	53	BYU
1979	Marc Wilson	33	BYU
1976	Gifford Nielsen	31	BYU
1973	Danny White	28	ASU
1972	Danny White	28	ASU
1969	Dennis Shaw	45	SDSU
1966	Virgil Carter	30	BYU
1962	Terry Baker	24	Oregon State