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Southern Miss Football Records

All-time career leaders for Southern Miss Golden Eagles football across 25 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026

Passing records

Career Passing Yards

Top 5
  1. 1Nick Mullens2013–201611,994
  2. 2Austin Davis2008–201110,892
  3. 3Brett Favre1987–19907,695
  4. 4Dustin Almond2002–20057,342
  5. 5Jeff Kelly1998–20017,095

Career Passing Touchdowns

Top 6
  1. 1Nick Mullens2013–201687
  2. 2Austin Davis2008–201183
  3. 3Brett Favre1987–199052
  4. 3Lee Roberts1995–199852
  5. 5Dustin Almond2002–200551

Career Completions

Top 5
  1. 1Austin Davis2008–2011933
  2. 2Nick Mullens2013–2016928
  3. 3Brett Favre1987–1990613
  4. 4Jeff Kelly1998–2001571
  5. 5Dustin Almond2002–2005538

Career Pass Attempts

Top 5
  1. 1Nick Mullens2013–20161,546
  2. 2Austin Davis2008–20111,527
  3. 3Brett Favre1987–19901,169
  4. 4Dustin Almond2002–20051,052
  5. 5Jeff Kelly1998–2001975

Career Completion Percentage

Top 5
  1. 1Jack Abraham2018–202069.3
  2. 2Austin Davis2008–201161.1
  3. 3Nick Mullens2013–201559
  4. 4Jeff Kelly1998–200158
  5. 5Lee Roberts1995–199856.8

Rushing records

Career Rushing Yards

Top 5
  1. 1Damion Fletcher2006–20095,302
  2. 2Ito Smith2014–20174,538
  3. 3Frank Gore,Jr.2020–20234,022
  4. 4Ben Garry1974–19773,595
  5. 5Derrick Nix1998–20023,584

Career Rushing Touchdowns

Top 6
  1. 1Damion Fletcher2006–200944
  2. 2Ito Smith2014–201742
  3. 3Sammy Winder1978–198139
  4. 4Harold Shaw1994–199732
  5. 5Ben Garry1974–197730

Career Rushing Attempts

Top 5
  1. 1Damion Fletcher2006–20091,009
  2. 2Ito Smith2014–2017820
  3. 3Derrick Nix1998–2002768
  4. 4Frank Gore,Jr.2020–2023759
  5. 5Sammy Winder1978–1981736

Receiving records

Career Receptions

Top 5
  1. 1Sherrod Gideon1996–1999193
  2. 2Quez Watkins2017–2019159
  3. 3Shawn Nelson2005–2008157
  4. 4Tim Jones2017–2020150
  5. 5Todd Pinkston1996–1999149

Career Receiving Yards

Top 5
  1. 1Sherrod Gideon1996–19993,214
  2. 2Quez Watkins2017–20192,404
  3. 3Todd Pinkston1996–19992,366
  4. 4DeAndre Brown2008–20102,207
  5. 5Jason Brownlee2020–20222,144

Career Receiving Touchdowns

Top 5
  1. 1Sherrod Gideon1996–199930
  2. 2DeAndre Brown2008–201024
  3. 3Todd Pinkston1996–199922
  4. 4Jason Brownlee2020–202221
  5. 5Mike Thomas2014–201519

Total Offense & Scoring records

Career Total Offense

Top 5
  1. 1Austin Davis2008–201112,267
  2. 2Nick Mullens2013–201511,784
  3. 3Brett Favre1987–19907,606
  4. 4Dustin Almond2002–20057,602
  5. 5Jeff Kelly1998–20017,113

Career All-Purpose Yards

Top 5
  1. 1Ito Smith2014–20176,534
  2. 2Damion Fletcher2006–20096,253
  3. 3Bubba Phillips1947–19504,968
  4. 4Frank Gore,Jr.2020–20234,714
  5. 5Tracy Lampley2009–20124,498

Career Points

Top 10
  1. 1Darren McCaleb2003–2006345
  2. 2Ito Smith2014–2017294
  3. 3Danny Hrapmann2009–2011289
  4. 4Damion Fletcher2006–2009278
  5. 5Parker Shaunfield2015–2018269
Full top 10

Defense records

Career Tackles

Top 5
  1. 1Rod Davis2000–2003526
  2. 2Clump Taylor1976–1979510
  3. 3Onesimus Henry1984–1987438
  4. 3Sidney Coleman1984–1987438
  5. 5Mike Dennery1971–1973431

Career Sacks

Top 5
  1. 1Adalius Thomas1996–199934.5
  2. 2Cordarro Law2008–201128
  3. 2Michael Boley2001–200428
  4. 4Cedric Scott1997–200026
  5. 5Jamie Collins2009–201221

Career Interceptions

Top 5
  1. 1Bubba Phillips1947–195025
  2. 2Ray Guy1970–197218
  3. 3Patrick Surtain1994–199716
  4. 4Billy Devrow1964–196615
  5. 5Kerry Valrie1987–199014

Career Tackles for Loss

Top 5
  1. 1Rod Davis2000–200360.5
  2. 2Adalius Thomas1996–199956
  3. 2Michael Boley2001–200456
  4. 4T.J. Slaughter1995–199954
  5. 5Cordarro Law2008–201153.5

Career Pass Breakups

Top 6
  1. 1Greg Brooks2000–200345
  2. 2Kalan Reed2012–201535
  3. 3Patrick Surtain1994–199731
  4. 4C.J. Bailey2007–201029
  5. 4Cornell Armstrong2014–201729

Career Forced Fumbles

Top 7
  1. 1Cordarro Law2008–201114
  2. 2Brandon Sumrall2004–20079
  3. 2Michael Boley2001–20049
  4. 4Chad Williams1998–20018
  5. 5Jamie Collins2009–20127

Career Fumble Recoveries

Top 7
  1. 1Melvin Ratcliff1992–199510
  2. 2Rod Davis2000–20039
  3. 3Kerry Valrie1987–19908
  4. 4Etric Pruitt2000–20036
  5. 4George Tillman1979–19826

Kicking records

Career Field Goals Made

Top 5
  1. 1Darren McCaleb2003–200669
  2. 2Danny Hrapmann2009–201153
  3. 3Parker Shaunfield2015–201847
  4. 4Corey Acosta2011–201443
  5. 5Steve Clark1981–198341

Career Extra Points Made

Top 5
  1. 1Darren McCaleb2003–2006138
  2. 2Danny Hrapmann2009–2011130
  3. 3Parker Shaunfield2015–2018128
  4. 4Briggs Bourgeois2017–202295
  5. 5Brant Hanna1998–200192

Returns records

Career Kick Return Yards

Top 5
  1. 1John Eubanks2002–20051,845
  2. 2Darryl Tillman1986–19891,656
  3. 3Freddie Parham2008–20091,581
  4. 4Tracy Lampley2009–20121,482
  5. 5Tory Harrison2006–20091,217

Career Punt Return Yards

Top 1
  1. 1Andrew Mott1983–19861,280

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

Sources & notes

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

Last updated Oct 6, 2026.