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Akron Football Records
All-time career leaders for Akron Zips football across 10 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Akron Zips team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 20- 1Charlie Frye2001–200411,049
- 2Thomas Woodson2014–20176,864
- 3James Washington1997–20006,699
- 4Luke Getsy2005–20066,117
- 5Kato Nelson2017–20215,583
- 1Charlie Frye2001–200464
- 2Thomas Woodson2014–201753
- 3Luke Getsy2005–200641
- 4James Washington1997–200038
- 5Kato Nelson2017–202137
Career Completions
Top 20- 1Charlie Frye2001–2004913
- 2Thomas Woodson2014–2017543
- 3Kyle Pohl2012–2015482
- 4Luke Getsy2005–2006477
- 5James Washington1997–2000471
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 15- 1Mike Clark1984–19864,257
- 2Jawon Chisholm2011–20143,403
- 3James Black1980–19833,054
- 4Jack Beidleman1967–19703,032
- 5Brandon Payne1999–20022,861
Career Rushing Touchdowns
Top 1- 1Brandon Payne1999–200239
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1Jabari Arthur2004–2007184
- 2Matt Cherry2000–2003149
- 3Domenik Hixon2002–2005141
- 4Lavel Bailey1997–2000138
- 5Jake Schifino1998–2001131
Career Receiving Yards
Top 10- 1Jabari Arthur2004–20072,653
- 2Lavel Bailey1997–20002,577
- 3Dan Ruff1967–19702,531
- 4Domenik Hixon2002–20052,092
- 5Matt Cherry2000–20031,997
Career Receiving Touchdowns
Top 1- 1Dan Ruff1967–197027
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Points
Top 20- 1Robert Stein2012–2015268
- 2Zac Derr1998–2001266
- 3Brandon Payne1999–2002260
- 4Bob Dombroski1986–1989253
- 5Jason Swiger2002–2005229
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 2- 1Steve Cockerham1974–1977715
- 2Brad Reese1978–1981710
Looking for today’s roster? See Akron player ratings in College Football 27.
Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.