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Northwestern Football Records

All-time career leaders for Northwestern Wildcats football across 5 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.

Northwestern Wildcats team pageUpdated Jul 6, 2026

Passing records

Career Passing Yards

Top 20
  1. 1Clayton Thorson2015–201810,731
  2. 2Brett Basanez2002–200510,580
  3. 3Len Williams1990–19937,487
  4. 4C.J. Bacher2005–20087,319
  5. 5Trevor Siemian2011–20145,931
Full top 20

Rushing records

Career Rushing Yards

Top 20
  1. 1Justin Jackson2014–20175,440
  2. 2Damien Anderson1998–20014,336
  3. 3Tyrell Sutton2005–20083,886
  4. 4Darnell Autry1994–19963,617
  5. 5Dennis Lundy1991–19943,062
Full top 20

Career Rushing Touchdowns

Top 20
  1. 1Justin Jackson2014–201741
  2. 2Damien Anderson1998–200137
  3. 3Tyrell Sutton2005–200831
  4. 4Darnell Autry1994–199630
  5. 5Jason Wright2000–200332
Full top 20

Receiving records

Career Receiving Yards

Top 20
  1. 1D'Wayne Bates1995–19983,128
  2. 2Richard Buchanan1987–19902,474
  3. 3Jeremy Ebert2008–20112,400
  4. 4Ross Lane2005–20082,068
  5. 5Eric Peterman2005–20082,011
Full top 20

Career Receiving Touchdowns

Top 20
  1. 1D'Wayne Bates1995–199825
  2. 2Richard Buchanan1987–199022
  3. 3Jeremy Ebert2008–201121
  4. 4Sam Simmons1998–200114
  5. 5Austin Carr2013–201614
Full top 20

Looking for today’s roster? See Northwestern player ratings in College Football 27.

Sources & notes

  • CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.

Last updated Jul 6, 2026.