The Troy Trojans football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Troy Trojans football program in various categories,[ 1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Trojans represent Troy University in the NCAA Division I FBS Sun Belt Conference (SBC).
Although Troy began competing in intercollegiate football in 1909,[ 1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1966. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since the 1960s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers. Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[ 2] The Trojans have played in nine bowl games since this decision, and will play a 10th in 2023, giving many recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics. The SBC has held a championship game since 2018 . Troy played in the 2022 and 2023 editions, giving players in those seasons yet another game to accumulate statistics. Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player, giving everyone who played in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.[ 3] These lists are updated through the 2023 Sun Belt Championship Game . Players active in 2023 are in bold .
Passing
Passing yards Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Corey Robinson 13,477 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 Brandon Silvers 10,684 2014 2015 2016 2017 3 Gunnar Watson 10,275[ 4] 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 4 Brock Nutter 7,687 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 Sim Byrd 7,619 1966 1967 1968 6 Levi Brown 6,284 2008 2009 7 Omar Haugabook 5,376 2006 2007 8 Kaleb Barker 4,793 2016 2017 2018 2019 9 Mike Turk 4,174 1984 1985 1986 1987 10 Kelvin Simmons 4,000 1992 1993
Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Levi Brown 4,254 2009 2 Corey Robinson 3,726 2010 3 Kaleb Barker 3,628 2019 4 Sim Byrd 3,569 1968 Gunnar Watson 3,569[ 4] 2023 6 Corey Robinson 3,411 2011 7 Brandon Silvers 3,290 2017 8 Brandon Silvers 3,180 2016 9 Corey Robinson 3,121 2012 10 Omar Haugabook 2,975 2007
Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Kaleb Barker 504 2019 Southern Miss 2 Corey Robinson 485 2012 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 Levi Brown 477 2009 Florida Atlantic 4 Levi Brown 469 2009 North Texas 5 Sim Byrd 443 1968 Samford 6 Kaleb Barker 421 2019 Georgia State 7 Jacob Free 419 2020 Arkansas State 8 Corey Robinson 417 2012 Arkansas State 9 Levi Brown 413 2009 UAB 10 Corey Robinson 404 2010 UAB
Passing touchdowns Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Sim Byrd 41 1968 2 Kelvin Simmons 31 1993 3 Kaleb Barker 30 2019 4 Corey Robinson 28 2010 5 Gunnar Watson 27[ 4] 2023 6 Levi Brown 23 2009 Brandon Silvers 23 2016 8 Sim Byrd 22 1967 9 Omar Haugabook 21 2006 Corey Robinson 21 2011 Brandon Silvers 20 2015
Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Sim Byrd 6 1968 Concord Sim Byrd 6 1968 Willamette Kaleb Barker 6 2019 Texas State 4 Sim Byrd 5 1968 Texas A&M-International Sim Byrd 5 1968 Samford Sim Byrd 5 1968 McNeese State Kelvin Simmons 5 1993 Alabama State Brandon Silvers 5 2015 New Mexico State
Rushing
Rushing yards Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Kimani Vidal 4,010[ 5] 2020 2021 2022 2023 2 DeWhitt Betterson 3,441 2001 2002 2003 2004 3 Ted Horstead 2,926 1983 1984 1985 1986 4 Shawn Southward 2,793 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 DuJuan Harris 2,636 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Mike Turk 2,533 1984 1985 1986 1987 7 Joe Jackson 2,418 1994 1995 1996 1997 8 Arrid Gregory 2,417 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Eddie Coleman 2,360 1990 1991 1992 10 Jordan Chunn 2,346 2013 2014 2015 2016
Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Kimani Vidal 1,661[ 5] 2023 2 Arrid Gregory 1,337 1996 3 Jordan Chunn 1,288 2016 4 DeWhitt Betterson 1,286 2004 5 B. J. Smith 1,186 2018 6 DeWhitt Betterson 1,161 2003 7 Kimani Vidal 1,131 2022 8 DuJuan Harris 1,128 2008 9 Ted Horstead 1,123 1984 10 Eddie Coleman 1,044 1992
Rushing touchdowns
Receiving
Receptions Single game Rk Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Danny Grant 16 1968 McNeese State 2 Doug Taylor 13 1970 Southeastern Louisiana Vince Green 13 1970 North Alabama Jerrel Jernigan 13 2009 Louisiana-Monroe 5 Kaylon Geiger 12 2019 Coastal Carolina 6 Jerrel Jernigan 11 2007 Georgia Eric Thomas 11 2011 Arkansas State Deondre Douglas 11 2016 Clemson
Receiving yards Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Jerrel Jernigan 3,128 2007 2008 2009 2010 2 Danny Grant 2,907 1966 1967 1968 1969 3 Eric Thomas 2,655 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Vince Green 2,281 1967 1968 1969 1970 5 Jason Samples 2,224 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Kelvin Murdock 2,143 1978 1979 1980 1981 7 Perry Griggs 1,975 1973 1974 1975 1976 8 Chip Reeves 1,968 2008 2009 2010 2012 9 Tez Johnson 1,809 2020 2021 2022 10 Heyward Skipper 1,800 2000 2001 2002
Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Rufus Cox 1,169 1984 2 Jerrel Jernigan 1,101 2009 3 Chip Reeves 1,050 2012 4 Vince Green 1,030 1970 5 Danny Grant 1,002 1968 6 Jabre Barber 999[ 8] 2023 7 Heyward Skipper 995 2001 8 Eric Thomas 993 2013 9 Orlando Parker 983 1993 10 Bobby Enslen 970 1968
Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Danny Grant 225 1968 McNeese State 2 Rufus Cox 212 1984 Central State 3 Jerrel Jernigan 209 2010 Arkansas State 4 Doug Taylor 204 1970 Southeastern Louisiana 5 Perry Griggs 196 1974 North Alabama 6 Vince Green 193 1970 North Alabama 7 Kelvin Murdock 172 1980 Jacksonville State 8 Heyward Skipper 169 2001 Louisiana-Monroe 9 Orlando Parker 168 1993 McNeese State 10 Heyward Skipper 165 2001 Cal State Northridge
Receiving touchdowns Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Danny Grant 14 1966 Danny Grant 14 1968 3 Bobby Enslen 12 1968 Robert Kilow 12 1993 Eric Thomas 12 2013 6 Danny Grant 10 1967 Vince Green 10 1970 Chris Lewis 10[ 9] 2023
Single game Rk Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Danny Grant 5 1968 McNeese State
Total offense Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 10]
Total offense yards Career Rk Player Yards Years 1 Corey Robinson 13,141 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 Gunnar Watson 9,848 [ 4] 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 3 Brandon Silvers 7,522 2014 2015 2016 4 Sim Byrd 7,373 1966 1967 1968 5 Brock Nutter 7,332 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Mike Turk 6,707 1984 1985 1986 1987 7 Levi Brown 6,308 2008 2009 8 Omar Haugabook 6,306 2006 2007 9 Kaleb Barker 5,473 2016 2017 2018 2019 10 Kelvin Simmons 5,020 1992 1993
Single season Rk Player Yards Year 1 Levi Brown 4,261 2009 2 Kaleb Barker 3,765 2019 3 Corey Robinson 3,626 2010 4 Omar Haugabook 3,592 2007 5 Gunnar Watson 3,463 [ 4] 2023 6 Sim Byrd 3,443 1968 7 Corey Robinson 3,333 2011 8 Brandon Silvers 3,308 2016 9 Kelvin Simmons 3,250 1993 10 Corey Robinson 3,108 2013
Single game Rk Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Sim Byrd 545 1968 Samford 2 Kaleb Barker 485 2019 Southern Miss 3 Levi Brown 476 2009 North Texas Corey Robinson 476 2012 Louisiana–Lafayette 5 Omar Haugabook 420 2007 Oklahoma State 6 Kaleb Barker 416 2019 Georgia State 7 Brandon Silvers 413 2016 South Alabama 8 Corey Robinson 406 2011 Arkansas 9 Levi Brown 405 2008 North Texas 10 Corey Robinson 404 2010 UAB Corey Robinson 404 2012 Arkansas State
Touchdowns responsible for "Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns.[ 11]
Single season Rk Player TDs Year 1 Sim Byrd 41 1968 2 Kelvin Simmons 37 1993 3 Kaleb Barker 32 2019 4 Omar Haugabook 30 2007 5 Corey Robinson 28 2010 Gunnar Watson 28 [ 4] 2023 7 Brandon Silvers 27 2016 8 Omar Haugabook 26 2006 9 Jeremy Rowell 24 1994 Levi Brown 24 2009
Defense
Interceptions Single game Rk Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Tyrone Ferguson 3 1968 Jacksonville State Ronnie Shelley 3 1968 North Alabama Jerome Crowe 3 1977 Northern Michigan Chris Archie 3 1999 Sam Houston State Sherrod Martin 3 2008 Alcorn State Montres Kitchens 3 2014 Idaho
Tackles Single season Rk Player Tackles Year 1 Gerrick Pimienta 198 1987 2 Anthony Rabb 155 1999 3 Dennis Anderson 151 1973 4 Robert Bradley 149 1985 5 Robert Bradley 141 1983 6 Bryan Hubbard 137 1987 7 Robert Bradley 135 1984 Carlton Martial 135 2022 9 Gerrick Pimienta 131 1986 10 Al Lucas 129 1999 Naazir Yamini 129 2000
Sacks
Kicking
Field goals made Single game Rk Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Greg Whibbs 4 2007 Florida Atlantic Scott Taylor Renfroe 4[ 16] 2023 Army
Field goal percentage
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