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UTEP Football Records
All-time career leaders for UTEP Miners football across 15 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
UTEP Miners team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 10- 1Trevor Vittatoe2007–201012,439
- 2Jordan Palmer2003–200611,084
- 3Gavin Hardison2019–20237,962
- 4Billy Stevens1965–19676,485
- 5Sammy Garza1983–19866,130
- 1Trevor Vittatoe2007–201097
- 2Jordan Palmer2003–200688
- 3Billy Stevens1965–196751
- 4Gavin Hardison2019–202340
- 5Sammy Garza1983–198635
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Trevor Vittatoe2007–2010914
- 2Jordan Palmer2003–2006851
- 3Gavin Hardison2019–2023570
- 4Sammy Garza1983–1986483
- 5Billy Stevens1965–1967426
Career Pass Attempts
Top 10- 1Trevor Vittatoe2007–20101,641
- 2Jordan Palmer2003–20061,427
- 3Gavin Hardison2019–20231,061
- 4Billy Stevens1965–1967943
- 5Sammy Garza1983–1986817
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 10- 1Aaron Jones2013–20164,114
- 2John Harvey1985–19883,576
- 3Howard Jackson2001–20043,466
- 4Robert Elliott1974–19772,834
- 5Toraino Singleton1994–19952,635
- 1John Harvey1985–198842
- 2Aaron Jones2013–201633
- 3Pug Gabrel1947–195027
- 4Marcus Thomas2004–200726
- 5Howard Jackson2001–200425
Career Rushing Attempts
Top 10- 1John Harvey1985–1988678
- 2Howard Jackson2001–2004667
- 3Aaron Jones2013–2016658
- 4Robert Elliott1974–1977616
- 5Paul Smith1996–1999603
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 11- 1Lee Mays1998–2001200
- 2Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr.2003–2006190
- 3Brian Natkin1997–2000172
- 4Jeff Moturi2006–2009170
- 5Chuck Hughes1964–1966162
Career Receiving Yards
Top 10- 1Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr.2003–20063,218
- 2Lee Mays1998–20012,908
- 3Chuck Hughes1964–19662,882
- 4Kris Adams2007–20102,657
- 5Jacob Cowing2019–20212,595
- 1Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr.2003–200632
- 2Kris Adams2007–201030
- 3Lee Mays1998–200128
- 4Jeff Moturi2006–200926
- 5Chuck Hughes1964–196619
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Points
Top 10- 1John Harvey1985–1988306
- 2Reagan Schneider2003–2006287
- 3Gavin Baechle2018–2022284
- 4Jay Mattox2013–2016257
- 5Aaron Jones2013–2016240
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 10- 1Barron Wortham1990–1993566
- 2Doug Morgan1986–1989523
- 3Tony Perea1970–1972459
- 4Raymond Morris1980–1983458
- 5Robert Rodriguez2001–2004443
Career Sacks
Top 11- 1Praise Amaewhule2019–202322.5
- 2Gonzalo Floyd1990–199320
- 3Chris Mineo2002–200516.5
- 4Herman Whiting1979–198216
- 4Jadrian Taylor2020–202216
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 11- 1Barron Wortham1990–199345
- 2Gonzalo Floyd1990–199341
- 3Alvin Jones2014–201740
- 4Praise Amaewhule2018–202338
- 5Thomas Howard2002–200534
Career Pass Breakups
Top 10- 1Nik Needham2015–201833
- 2Jahmal Fenner2001–200425
- 3Robert Murray1983–198624
- 3Anthony Hooks1989–199224
- 3Cornelius Brown2006–200924
Looking for today’s roster? See UTEP player ratings in College Football 27.
Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.