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Nebraska Football Records
All-time career leaders for Nebraska Cornhuskers football across 16 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
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Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 20- 1Tommy Armstrong Jr.2013–20168,871
- 2Adrian Martinez2018–20218,491
- 3Taylor Martinez2010–20137,258
- 4Zac Taylor2005–20065,850
- 5Joe Ganz2006–20085,125
- 1Tommy Armstrong Jr.2013–201667
- 2Taylor Martinez2010–201356
- 3Adrian Martinez2018–202145
- 3Zac Taylor2005–200645
- 5Joe Ganz2006–200844
- 1Tommy Armstrong Jr.2013–201644
- 2Dave Humm1972–197436
- 3Adrian Martinez2018–202130
- 4Taylor Martinez2010–201329
- 5Eric Crouch1998–200125
Career Completions
Top 20- 1Adrian Martinez2018–2021670
- 2Tommy Armstrong Jr.2013–2016625
- 3Taylor Martinez2010–2013575
- 4Zac Taylor2005–2006470
- 5Joe Ganz2006–2008381
Career Pass Attempts
Top 20- 1Tommy Armstrong Jr.2013–20161,172
- 2Adrian Martinez2018–20211,055
- 3Taylor Martinez2010–2013962
- 4Zac Taylor2005–2006821
- 5Dave Humm1972–1974637
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Mike Rozier1981–19834,780
- 2Ameer Abdullah2011–20144,588
- 3Ahman Green1995–19973,880
- 4Eric Crouch1998–20013,434
- 5Roy Helu Jr.2007–20103,404
- 1Eric Crouch1998–200159
- 2Mike Rozier1981–198349
- 3Ahman Green1995–199742
- 4Calvin Jones1991–199340
- 5Ameer Abdullah2011–201439
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 20- 1Ameer Abdullah2011–2014813
- 2Mike Rozier1981–1983668
- 3Eric Crouch1998–2001648
- 4Rex Burkhead2009–2012635
- 5Cory Ross2002–2005597
- 1Mike Rozier1981–198326
- 2Ameer Abdullah2011–201424
- 3Ahman Green1995–199720
- 4Eric Crouch1998–200117
- 5Calvin Jones1991–199316
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1Stanley Morgan Jr.2015–2018189
- 2Kenny Bell2011–2014181
- 3JD Spielman2017–2019170
- 4Jordan Westerkamp2013–2016167
- 5Nate Swift2005–2008166
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Stanley Morgan Jr.2015–20182,747
- 2Kenny Bell2011–20142,689
- 3JD Spielman2017–20192,546
- 4Johnny Rodgers1970–19722,479
- 5Nate Swift2005–20082,476
- 1Johnny Rodgers1970–197225
- 2Nate Swift2005–200822
- 2Stanley Morgan Jr.2015–201822
- 4Kenny Bell2011–201421
- 5Jordan Westerkamp2013–201618
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Points
Top 20- 1Alex Henery2007–2010397
- 2Kris Brown1995–1998388
- 3Eric Crouch1998–2001368
- 4Drew Brown2014–2017355
- 5Josh Brown1999–2002315
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Barrett Ruud2001–2004432
- 2Jerry Murtaugh1968–1970342
- 3Luke Reimer2019–2023293
- 4Mike Brown1996–1999287
- 5Lavonte David2010–2011285
Career Sacks
Top 20- 1Trev Alberts1990–199329.5
- 2Grant Wistrom1994–199726.5
- 3Ndamukong Suh2006–200924
- 4Broderick Thomas1985–198822.5
- 5Travis Hill1989–199216.5
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 20- 1Grant Wistrom1994–199758.5
- 2Ndamukong Suh2006–200957
- 3Barrett Ruud2001–200450
- 4Trev Alberts1990–199345
- 5Broderick Thomas1985–198839
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.