Florida Gators football statistical leaders

The Florida Gators football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Florida Gators 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 Gators represent the University of Florida in the NCAA's Southeastern Conference.

Although Florida began competing in intercollegiate football in 1906,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1950.^[2] 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 1950, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• Freshmen were barred from varsity football due to conference rules since 1922, and 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.^[3] The Gators have played in 13 bowl games since then, giving recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• Similarly, the Gators have played in the SEC Championship Game 11 times since it began in 1992, so players in those seasons had 12 games to rack up stats.
• All of the top 10 Gator seasons when ranked by total offensive yards have come under recent coaches Steve Spurrier (1990–2001) and Urban Meyer (2005–2010).^[1] Indeed, the offensive lists are dominated by players who played under one of these coaches.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2015 season.

Passing

Passing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Chris Leak 11,213 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 Danny Wuerffel 10,875 1993 1994 1995 1996 3 Shane Matthews 9,287 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Tim Tebow 9,285 2006 2007 2008 2009 5 Rex Grossman 9,164 2000 2001 2002 6 Kerwin Bell 7,585 1984 1985 1986 1987 7 John Reaves 7,549 1969 1970 1971 8 Wayne Peace 7,206 1980 1981 1982 1983 9 Doug Johnson 7,114 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Steve Spurrier 4,848 1964 1965 1966

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Rex Grossman 3,896 2001 2 Danny Wuerffel 3,625 1996 3 Rex Grossman 3,402 2002 4 Tim Tebow 3,286 2007 5 Danny Wuerffel 3,266 1995 6 Shane Matthews 3,205 1992 7 Chris Leak 3,197 2004 8 Shane Matthews 3,130 1991 9 Shane Matthews 2,952 1990 10 Chris Leak 2,942 2006

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Tim Tebow 482[4] 2009 Cincinnati[5] 2 Rex Grossman 464 2001 LSU 3 Danny Wuerffel 462 1996 Arkansas 4 Doug Johnson 460 1998 Vanderbilt 5 Eric Kresser 458 1995 Northern Illinois 6 Danny Wuerffel 449 1993 Mississippi State 7 Terry Dean 448 1993 Southwestern Louisiana 8 Danny Wuerffel 443 1995 Florida State 9 Kerwin Bell 408 1985 Georgia 10 Rex Grossman 407 2001 Georgia

Passing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Danny Wuerffel 114 1993 1994 1995 1996 2 Chris Leak 88 2003 2004 2005 2006 Tim Tebow 88 2006 2007 2008 2009 4 Rex Grossman 77 2000 2001 2002 5 Shane Matthews 74 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Doug Johnson 62 1996 1997 1998 1999 7 Kerwin Bell 56 1984 1985 1986 1987 8 John Reaves 54 1969 1970 1971 9 Terry Dean 39 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 Steve Spurrier 36 1964 1965 1966

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Danny Wuerffel 39 1996 2 Danny Wuerffel 35 1995 3 Rex Grossman 34 2001 4 Tim Tebow 32 2007 5 Tim Tebow 30 2008 6 Chris Leak 29 2004 7 Shane Matthews 28 1991 8 John Reaves 24 1969 9 Shane Matthews 23 1990 Shane Matthews 23 1992

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Terry Dean 7 1994 New Mexico State Doug Johnson 7 1997 Central Michigan 3 Terry Dean 6 1993 SW Louisiana Danny Wuerffel 6 1995 Tennessee Eric Kresser 6 1995 Northern Illinois Danny Wuerffel 6 1996 Alabama Chris Leak 6[6] 2004 South Carolina 8 various

Rushing

Rushing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Errict Rhett 4,163 1990 1991 1992 1993 2 Emmitt Smith 3,928 1987 1988 1989 3 Neal Anderson 3,234 1982 1983 1984 1985 4 Fred Taylor 3,075 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Earnest Graham 3,065 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Tim Tebow 2,947 2006 2007 2008 2009 7 Tony Green 2,590 1974 1975 1976 1977 8 Jeff Demps 2,470 2008 2009 2010 2011 9 Chris Rainey 2,464 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 10 John L. Williams 2,409 1982 1983 1984 1985

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Emmitt Smith 1,599 1989 2 Emmitt Smith 1,341 1987 3 Jimmy DuBose 1,307 1975 4 Fred Taylor 1,292 1997 5 Errict Rhett 1,289 1993 6 Ciatrick Fason 1,267 2004 7 Mike Gillislee 1,152 2012 8 Errict Rhett 1,109 1991 9 Earnest Graham 1,085 2002 10 Kelvin Taylor 1,035[7] 2015

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Emmitt Smith 316 1989 New Mexico 2 Emmitt Smith 224 1987 Alabama 3 Red Bethea 218 1930 Chicago 4 Ciatrick Fason 210[8] 2004 Kentucky 5 Jimmy DuBose 204 1975 Florida State 6 Emmitt Smith 202 1989 Vanderbilt 7 Chuck Hunsinger 199 1949 Furman 8 Neal Anderson 197 1982 Kentucky Kelvin Taylor 197[9] 2014 Georgia 10 Errict Rhett 196 1993 Auburn

Rushing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Tim Tebow 57 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Emmitt Smith 36 1987 1988 1989 3 Errict Rhett 34 1990 1991 1992 1993 4 Earnest Graham 33 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Fred Taylor 31 1994 1995 1996 1997 6 Neal Anderson 30 1982 1983 1984 1985 7 DeShawn Wynn 25 2003 2004 2005 2006 8 Buford Long 25 1950 1951 1952 9 Larry Smith 24 1966 1967 1968 10 Jeff Demps 23 2008 2009 2010 2011 Kelvin Taylor 23[7] 2013 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Tim Tebow 23 2007 2 Buford Long 14 1952 Emmitt Smith 14 1989 Tim Tebow 14 2009 5 Emmitt Smith 13 1987 Fred Taylor 13 1997 Kelvin Taylor 13[7] 2015 7 Tommy Durrance 12 1969 Tim Tebow 12 2008 9 Errict Rhett 11 1993 Earnest Graham 11 2002

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Tim Tebow 5[10] 2007 South Carolina Trey Burton 5[11] 2010 Kentucky 3 Rammy Ramsdell 4 1915 Mercer Tommy Owens 4 1928 Mercer Fred Taylor 4 1997 Florida St. Jesse Palmer 4 2000 Kentucky 7 various 3

Receiving

Carlos Alvarez, pictured in 1970, is Florida's career leader in receiving yards and is second in receptions.

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Andre Caldwell 185 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2 Carlos Alvarez 172 1969 1970 1971 3 Willie Jackson 162 1990 1991 1992 1993 4 Errict Rhett 153 1990 1991 1992 1993 5 Dallas Baker 151 2003 2004 2005 2006 6 Chris Doering 149 1992 1993 1994 1995 7 Jack Jackson 143 1992 1993 1994 8 Reche Caldwell 141 1999 2000 2001 9 Jabar Gaffney 138 2000 2001 10 Taylor Jacobs 133 1999 2000 2001 2002

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Carlos Alvarez 88 1969 Chad Jackson 88 2005 3 Reidel Anthony 72 1996 4 Jabar Gaffney 71 2000 Taylor Jacobs 71 2002 6 Chris Doering 70 1995 Travis McGriff 70 1998 8 Aaron Hernandez 68 2009 9 Darrell Jackson 67 1999 Jabar Gaffney 67 2001

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Carlos Alvarez 15 1969 Miami (FL) Demarcus Robinson 15[12] 2014 Kentucky 3 Travis McGriff 13 1998 South Carolina Andre Caldwell 13[13] 2007 Florida Atlantic Percy Harvin 13[14] 2008 Ole Miss 6 various 12

Receiving Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Carlos Alvarez 2,563 1969 1970 1971 2 Jabar Gaffney 2,375 2000 2001 3 Andre Caldwell 2,349 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Reidel Anthony 2,274 1994 1995 1996 5 Jack Jackson 2,266 1992 1993 1994 6 Dallas Baker 2,236 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Ike Hilliard 2,214 1990 1991 1992 1993 8 Jacquez Green 2,181 1995 1996 1997 9 Willie Jackson 2,172 1990 1991 1992 1993 10 Chris Doering 2,107 1992 1993 1994 1995

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Travis McGriff 1,357 1998 2 Carlos Alvarez 1,329 1969 3 Reidel Anthony 1,293 1996 4 Jabar Gaffney 1,191 2001 5 Jabar Gaffney 1,184 2000 6 Darrell Jackson 1,156 1999 7 Taylor Jacobs 1,088 2002 8 Reche Caldwell 1,059 2001 9 Chris Doering 1,045 1995 10 Jacquez Green 1,024 1997

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Taylor Jacobs 246[15] 2002 UAB 2 Carlos Alvarez 237 1969 Miami (FL) 3 Travis McGriff 222 1998 South Carolina 4 Demarcus Robinson 216[12] 2014 Kentucky 5 Travis McGriff 213 1998 Alabama 6 Chris Doering 199 1993 Mississippi State 7 Reidel Anthony 193 1996 Florida State 8 Ike Hilliard 192 1995 Florida State 9 Reidel Anthony 189 1996 Arkansas 10 Wes Chandler 187 1976 North Carolina

Receiving Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Chris Doering 31 1992 1993 1994 1995 2 Ike Hilliard 29 1994 1995 1996 3 Jack Jackson 29 1992 1993 1994 4 Jabar Gaffney 27 2000 2001 5 Reidel Anthony 26 1994 1995 1996 6 Willie Jackson 24 1990 1991 1992 1993 7 Jacquez Green 23 1995 1996 1997 8 Wes Chandler 22 1974 1975 1976 1977 9 Dallas Baker 21 2003 2004 2005 2006 10 Carlos Alvarez 19 1969 1970 1971

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Reidel Anthony 18 1996 2 Chris Doering 17 1995 3 Jack Jackson 15 1994 4 Ike Hilliard 15 1995 5 Jabar Gaffney 14 2000 6 Jabar Gaffney 13 2001 7 Carlos Alvarez 12 1969 8 Jack Jackson 11 1993 9 various 10

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Jack Jackson 4 1994 New Mexico State Ike Hilliard 4 1995 Tennessee 3 various 3

Total offense

Tim Tebow holds Florida career, single-season, and single-game records in total offense and total touchdowns.

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[16]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Tim Tebow 12,232 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Chris Leak 11,350 2003 2004 2005 2006 3 Danny Wuerffel 10,500 1993 1994 1995 1996 4 Shane Matthews 9,241 1989 1990 1991 1992 5 Rex Grossman 9,031 2000 2001 2002 6 John Reaves 7,283 1969 1970 1971 7 Kerwin Bell 7,032 1984 1985 1986 1987 8 Wayne Peace 6,946 1980 1981 1982 1983 9 Doug Johnson 6,765 1996 1997 1998 1999 10 Steve Spurrier 5,290 1964 1965 1966

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Tim Tebow 4,181 2007 2 Rex Grossman 3,904 2001 3 Tim Tebow 3,805 2009 4 Danny Wuerffel 3,525 1996 5 Tim Tebow 3,805 2008 6 Rex Grossman 3,337 2002 7 Chris Leak 3,276 2004 8 Shane Matthews 3,176 1992 9 Shane Matthews 3,140 1991 10 Danny Wuerffel 3,125 1995

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Tim Tebow 533[4] 2009 Cincinnati[5] 2 Danny Wuerffel 466 1996 Arkansas 3 Rex Grossman 463 2001 LSU 4 Eric Kresser 460 1995 Northern Illinois 5 Doug Johnson 442 1998 Vanderbilt 6 Danny Wuerffel 428 1993 Mississippi State 7 Tim Tebow 427[17] 2007 Ole Miss 8 Tim Tebow 424[10] 2007 South Carolina 9 Terry Dean 418 1993 Southwestern Louisiana 10 Rex Grossman 416 2001 Georgia

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Tim Tebow 145 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Danny Wuerffel 122 1993 1994 1995 1996 3 Chris Leak 101 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Rex Grossman 83 2000 2001 2002 5 Shane Matthews 81 1989 1990 1991 1992 6 Doug Johnson 64 1996 1997 1998 1999 7 Kerwin Bell 60 1984 1985 1986 1987 8 John Reaves 59 1969 1970 1971 9 Terry Dean 42 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 Wayne Peace 40 1980 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Tim Tebow 55 2007 2 Tim Tebow 42 2008 3 Danny Wuerffel 41 1996 4 Rex Grossman 39 2001 5 Danny Wuerffel 37 1995 6 Tim Tebow 35 2009 7 Chris Leak 31 2004 8 Shane Matthews 29 1991 9 Shane Matthews 27 1990 10 Chris Leak 26 2005 Chris Leak 26 2006

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Terry Dean 7 1994 New Mexico State Danny Wuerffel 7 1995 Tennessee Doug Johnson 7 1997 Central Michigan Tim Tebow 7[10] 2007 South Carolina 5 Terry Dean 6 1993 Southwestern Louisiana Eric Kresser 6 1995 Northern Illinois Danny Wuerffel 6 1996 Alabama Chris Leak 6[6] 2004 South Carolina Trey Burton 6 2010 Kentucky

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Fred Weary 15 1994 1995 1996 1997 2 Teako Brown 14 1995 1996 1997 1998 3 Will White 14 1989 1990 1991 1992 4 Ahmad Black 13 2007 2008 2009 2010 5 Bruce Bennett 13 1963 1964 1965 6 Keiwan Ratliff 12 2000 2001 2002 2003 7 Louis Oliver 11 1985 1986 1987 1988 8 Wayne Fields 11 1972 1973 1974 9 Steve Tannen 11 1967 1968 1969 10 Walter Mayberry 11 1935 1936 1937

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Keiwan Ratliff 9 2003 2 Ryan Smith 8 2006 3 John Clifford 7 1970 4 Randy Talbot 7 1974 5 Will White 7 1990 6 Ahmad Black 7 2008 7 various 6

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Joe Brodsky 3 1956 Mississippi State Bruce Bennett 3 1963 Georgia John Clifford 3 1970 North Carolina State Will White 3 1990 Alabama Keiwan Ratliff 3[18] 2003 Arkansas 6 various 2

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 David Little 475 1977 1978 1979 1980 2 Scot Brantley 467 1976 1977 1978 1979 3 Sammy Green 457 1972 1973 1974 1975 4 Charlie Williams 409 1974 1975 1976 1977 5 Ed Robinson 363 1990 1991 1992 1993 6 Ralph Ortega 357 1972 1973 1974 7 Fernando Jackson 353 1979 1980 1981 1982 8 Robin Fisher 348 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 Wilber Marshall 343 1980 1981 1982 1983 10 Alonzo Johnson 335 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Single season[19] Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Sammy Green 202 1976 2 Scot Brantley 193 1978 3 Glenn Cameron 185 1974 4 Bam Hardmon 168 2002 5 David Little 161 1980 6 Charlie Williams 153 1977 7 Scot Brantley 145 1976 8 Carlton Miles 142 1992

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Alex Brown 33.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2 Alonzo Johnson 27.0 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 3 Huey Richardson 26.5 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Clifford Charlton 25.0 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Wilber Marshall 23.0 1980 1981 1982 1983 6 Kevin Carter 21.5 1991 1992 1993 1994 7 David Galloway 21.0 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 8 Robin Fisher 21.0 1978 1979 1980 1981 9 Derrick Harvey 20.5 2005 2006 2007 10 Jermaine Cunningham 19.5 2006 2007 2008 2009

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Alex Brown 13.0 1999 2 Huey Richardson 12.5 1989 3 Alonzo Johnson 12.0 1985 4 Kevin Carter 11.8 1994 5 Wilber Marshall 11.0 1981 Alonzo Johnson 11.0 1984 Clifford Charlton 11.0 1986 Derrick Harvey 11.0 2006 9 Alex Brown 10.5 2001 10 Rhondy Weston 10.0 1988

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Caleb Sturgis 70 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2 Jeff Chandler 67 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Brian Clark 43 1979 1980 1981 Bobby Raymond 43 1983 1984 Matt Leach 43 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 David Posey 33 1973 1974 1975 1976 Arden Czyzewski 33 1988 1989 1990 1991 8 Judd Davis 32 1992 1993 1994 9 Jeff Dawson 30 1985 1986 10 Berj Yepremian 29 1976 1977 1978

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Caleb Sturgis 24 2012 2 Bobby Raymond 23 1984 3 Caleb Sturgis 22 2009 Caleb Sturgis 22 2011 5 Jeff Chandler 21 1999 Matt Leach 21 2003 7 Bobby Raymond 20 1983 8 Jeff Chandler 19 2001 9 Brian Clark 18 1981 10 Jeff Dawson 17 1985 John David Francis 17 1988

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Bobby Raymond 6 1983 Florida State 2 Bobby Raymond 6 1984 Kentucky 3 Brian Clark 5 1980 Ole Miss

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Bobby Raymond 87.8% 1983 1984 2 Jeff Chandler 83.8% 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Berj Yepremian 82.9% 1976 1977 1978 4 Judd Davis 82.1% 1992 1993 1994 5 Francisco Velez 81.8% 2013 2014 6 Caleb Sturgis 79.5% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 7 Jeff Dawson 78.9% 1985 1986 8 Arden Czyzewski 75.0% 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Brian Clark 70.5% 1979 1980 1981 10 Matt Leach 68.3% 2001 2002 2003 2004

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Jonathan Phillips 92.3% 2008 2 Bobby Raymond 88.5% 1984 3 Jeff Chandler 87.5% 1999 4 Bobby Raymond 87.0% 1983 5 Jeff Chandler 86.4% 2001 6 Caleb Sturgis 85.7% 2012 7 Francisco Velez 85.7% 2014 8 Caleb Sturgis 84.6% 2011 9 Jeff Chandler 84.2% 2000 10 Matt Leach 77.8% 2003

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