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Penn State Football Records
All-time career leaders for Penn State Nittany Lions football across 17 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 18- 1Sean Clifford2018–202210,661
- 2Trace McSorley2015–20189,899
- 3Christian Hackenberg2013–20158,457
- 4Drew Allar2022–20257,402
- 5Zack Mills2001–20047,212
- 1Sean Clifford2018–202286
- 2Trace McSorley2015–201877
- 3Drew Allar2022–202561
- 4Christian Hackenberg2013–201548
- 5Matt McGloin2009–201246
- 1Todd Blackledge1980–198241
- 2Zack Mills2001–200439
- 3Chuck Fusina1975–197832
- 4Sean Clifford2018–202231
- 4Christian Hackenberg2013–201531
Career Completions
Top 18- 1Sean Clifford2018–2022833
- 2Trace McSorley2015–2018720
- 3Christian Hackenberg2013–2015693
- 4Drew Allar2022–2025633
- 5Zack Mills2001–2004606
Career Pass Attempts
Top 18- 1Sean Clifford2018–20221,356
- 2Christian Hackenberg2013–20151,235
- 3Trace McSorley2015–20181,215
- 4Zack Mills2001–20041,082
- 5Drew Allar2022–20251,002
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Kaytron Allen2022–20254,180
- 2Evan Royster2007–20103,932
- 3Saquon Barkley2015–20173,843
- 4Nicholas Singleton2022–20253,461
- 5Curt Warner1979–19823,398
- 1Nicholas Singleton2022–202545
- 2Saquon Barkley2015–201743
- 3Kaytron Allen2022–202539
- 4Lydell Mitchell1969–197138
- 5Curtis Enis1995–199736
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 20- 1Kaytron Allen2022–2025769
- 2Evan Royster2007–2010686
- 3Saquon Barkley2015–2017671
- 4Tony Hunt2003–2006654
- 5Curt Warner1979–1982649
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 20- 1DaeSean Hamilton2014–2017214
- 2Jahan Dotson2018–2021183
- 3Deon Butler2005–2008179
- 4Allen Robinson2011–2013177
- 5Bobby Engram1991–1995167
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Bobby Engram1991–19953,026
- 2DaeSean Hamilton2014–20172,842
- 3Deon Butler2005–20082,771
- 4Jahan Dotson2018–20212,757
- 5Allen Robinson2011–20132,479
- 1Bobby Engram1991–199531
- 2Jahan Dotson2018–202125
- 2Kenny Jackson1980–198325
- 4Deon Butler2005–200822
- 5Tyler Warren2020–202419
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 20- 1Sean Clifford2018–202211,734
- 2Trace McSorley2015–201811,596
- 3Christian Hackenberg2013–20158,215
- 4Drew Allar2022–20258,134
- 5Zack Mills2001–20047,796
Career Points
Top 21- 1Kevin Kelly2005–2008425
- 2Jake Pinegar2018–2022342
- 3Nicholas Singleton2022–2025332
- 4Saquon Barkley2015–2017318
- 5Craig Fayak1990–1993282
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 20- 1Dan Connor2004–2007419
- 2Paul Posluszny2003–2006372
- 3Greg Buttle1973–1975343
- 4Sean Lee2005–2009325
- 5Marcus Allen2014–2017321
Career Sacks
Top 16- 1Courtney Brown1996–199933
- 2Larry Kubin1977–198030
- 3Shane Conlan1983–198625.5
- 3Michael Haynes1999–200225.5
- 5Tyoka Jackson1990–199324.5
Career Interceptions
Top 23- 1Neal Smith1967–196919
- 2Pete Harris1976–198015
- 2Darren Perry1988–199115
- 4Kim Herring1993–199613
- 5Junior Powell1961–196312
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 17- 1Courtney Brown1996–199970
- 2Brandon Short1996–199951
- 3Larry Kubin1977–198045
- 4Bruce Clark1976–197943
- 4Justin Kurpeikis1997–200043
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.