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Texas Football Records
All-time career leaders for Texas Longhorns football across 11 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Texas Longhorns team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 15- 1Colt McCoy2006–200913,253
- 2Sam Ehlinger2017–202011,436
- 3Major Applewhite1998–20018,353
- 4James Brown1994–19977,638
- 5Peter Gardere1989–19927,396
Career Passing Touchdowns
Top 1- 1Colt McCoy2006–2009112
Career Completions
Top 1- 1Colt McCoy2006–20091,157
Career Pass Attempts
Top 5- 1Colt McCoy2006–20091,645
- 2Sam Ehlinger2017–20201,476
- 3Major Applewhite1998–20011,065
- 4Peter Gardere1989–19921,025
- 5James Brown1994–19971,003
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 1- 1Ricky Williams1995–19986,279
- 1Ricky Williams1995–199872
- 2Cedric Benson2001–200464
- 3Earl Campbell1974–197740
- 4Vince Young2003–200537
- 5Cody Johnson2008–201136
Receiving records
Career Receiving Yards
Top 13- 1Roy Williams2000–20033,866
- 2Jordan Shipley2006–20093,191
- 3Mike Adams1992–19963,032
- 4Mike Davis2010–20132,753
- 5Collin Johnson2016–20192,624
- 1Roy Williams2000–200336
- 2Jordan Shipley2006–200933
- 3Xavier Worthy202121
- 4Limas Sweed2004–200720
- 5Quan Cosby2005–200819
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Points
Top 12- 1Ricky Williams1995–1998452
- 2Cedric Benson2001–2004404
- 3Cameron Dicker2018–2021386
- 4Dusty Mangum2001–2004358
- 5Phil Dawson1994–1997339
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 10- 1Britt Hager1984–1988499
- 2Doug Shankle1978–1981478
- 3Derrick Johnson2001–2004458
- 4Anthony Curl1989–1992403
- 5Chris Carter1993–1996401
Career Sacks
Top 16- 1Kiki DeAyala1980–198240.5
- 2Tim Campbell1975–197939.5
- 3Tony Degrate1981–198431
- 4Kenneth Sims1978–198129
- 4Bill Acker1975–197929
Looking for today’s roster? See Texas player ratings in College Football 27.
Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.