Southern Miss Golden Eagles football statistical leaders

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 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 Golden Eagles represent the University of Southern Mississippi in the NCAA's Conference USA.

Although Southern Miss began competing in intercollegiate football in 1912,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1947. 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 1947, 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 Golden Eagles have played in 11 bowl games since then, giving players in recent seasons an extra game to accumulate statistics.

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

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Austin Davis 10,892 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Nick Mullens 8,722[3] 2013 2014 2015 3 Brett Favre 7,695 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Dustin Almond 7,342 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Jeff Kelly 7,095 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Lee Roberts 6,289 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Heath Graham 4,053 1994 1995 1996 8 Rick Donegan 3,753 1969 1970 1971 9 Tommy Waters 3,681 1991 1992 1993 1994 10 Reggie Collier 3,662 1979 1980 1981 1982

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Nick Mullens 4,476[3] 2015 2 Austin Davis 3,496 2011 3 Austin Davis 3,128 2008 4 Austin Davis 3,103 2010 5 Dustin Almond 2,860 2005 6 Lee Roberts 2,680 1998 7 Jeff Kelly 2,613 2001 8 Brett Favre 2,588 1989 9 Nick Mullens 2,470 2014 10 Jeff Kelly 2,381 2000

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Austin Davis 461[4] 2008 Rice 2 Nick Mullens 447[5] 2015 Nebraska 3 Nick Mullens 426[6] 2014 Middle Tennessee 4 Jeff Kelly 400 2001 Tulane 5 Lee Roberts 398 1996 Houston 6 Austin Davis 388[7] 2010 UAB 7 Nick Mullens 386[8] 2015 Rice Nick Mullens 386[9] 2015 Louisiana Tech 9 Allan Bridgford 377[10] 2013 Texas State 10 Arsenio Favor 374[11] 2012 UTEP

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Austin Davis 83 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Nick Mullens 63[3] 2013 2014 2015 3 Brett Favre 52 1987 1988 1989 1990 Lee Roberts 52 1995 1996 1997 1998 5 Jeff Kelly 51 1998 1999 2000 2001 Dustin Almond 51 2002 2003 2004 2005 8 Heath Graham 23 1994 1995 1996 Jeremy Young 23 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Jeff Bower 20 1973 1974 1975

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Nick Mullens 38[3] 2015 2 Austin Davis 30 2011 3 Lee Roberts 24 1998 4 Dustin Almond 23 2005 Austin Davis 23 2008 6 Jeff Kelly 21 1999 7 Austin Davis 20 2010 8 Brett Favre 16 1988 Lee Roberts 16 1997 Martevious Young 16 2009

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Lee Roberts 5 1998 Louisiana-Lafayette Dustin Almond 5[12] 2005 UCF Nick Mullens 5[13] 2013 UAB Nick Mullens 5[8] 2015 Rice

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Damion Fletcher 5,302 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Ben Garry 3,595 1974 1975 1976 1977 3 Derrick Nix 3,584 1998 1999 2000 2002 4 Sammy Winder 3,114 1978 1979 1980 1981 5 Sam Dejarnette 2,908 1982 1983 1984 6 Vincent Alexander 2,648 1983 1984 1985 1986 7 Shelton Gandy 2,504 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 8 Reggie Collier 2,304 1979 1980 1981 1982 9 Harold Shaw 2,219 1994 1995 1996 1997 10 Jalen Richard 2,076[14] 2012 1993 2014 2015

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Damion Fletcher 1,586 2007 2 Sam Dejarnette 1,545 1982 3 Damion Fletcher 1,388 2006 4 Damion Fletcher 1,313 2008 5 Ben Garry 1,236 1976 6 Hugh Laurin Pepper 1,227 1952 7 Derrick Nix 1,194 2002 8 Ben Garry 1,134 1977 9 Ito Smith 1,128[15] 2015 10 Jalen Richard 1,098[14] 2015

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Sam Dejarnette 304 1982 Florida State 2 Damion Fletcher 260[16] 2008 UTEP 3 Vic Purvis 238 1965 Memphis 4 Jalen Richard 230[17] 2015 Texas State 4 Damion Fletcher 222[18] 2008 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 Derrick Nix 219 1998 Nevada 6 Damion Fletcher 211[19] 2007 UTEP 7 Ben Garry 206 1976 Louisiana Tech 8 Kendrick Hardy 205[20] 2010 Houston 9 Vic Purvis 203 1965 Richmond

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Damion Fletcher 44 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Sammy Winder 39 1978 1979 1980 1981 3 Harold Shaw 32 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 Ben Garry 30 1998 1999 2000 2002 Derrick Nix 30 1974 1975 1976 1977 6 Doyle Orange 26 1971 1972 1973 Reggie Collier 26 1979 1980 1981 1982 Shelton Gandy 26 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 9 Dawayne Woods 25 1998 1999 2000 2001 Austin Davis 25 2008 2009 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Sammy Winder 20 1980 2 Harold Shaw 16 1997 3 Sam Dejarnette 14 1982 Damion Fletcher 14 2007 Jalen Richard 14[14] 2015 7 Doyle Orange 12 1971 Ricky Floyd 12 1979 Reggie Collier 12 1981 Sammy Winder 12 1981 Reggie Collier 12 1982

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Austin Davis 5[21] 2008 UAB 2 Doyle Orange 4 1972 Texas-Arlington Shelton Gandy 4 1986 Mississippi State Chris Windsor 4 1996 Louisiana-Lafayette Austin Davis 4[20] 2010 Houston Jalen Richard 4[17] 2015 Texas State Jalen Richard 4[22] 2015 Old Dominion

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Sherrod Gideon 193 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Shawn Nelson 157 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 Todd Pinkston 149 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 LeRoy Handy 138 1999 2000 2001 2002 5 Casey Martin 135[23] 2014 2015 6 DeAndre Brown 134 2008 2009 2010 7 Marvin Young 115 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Michael Thomas 112[24] 2014 2015 9 Chris Johnson 111 2000 2001 2002 10 Antwon Courington 110 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rank Player Rec Year 1 Casey Martin 80[23] 2015 2 Michael Thomas 71[24] 2015 3 DeAndre Brown 67 2008 4 Sherrod Gideon 66 1998 5 LeRoy Handy 59 2001 6 Kelvin Bolden 58 2011 7 Shawn Mills 55 2000 DJ Thompson 55[25] 2015 9 Sherrod Gideon 54 1997 10 Cliff Coggin 53 1949

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Sherrod Gideon 13 1998 Penn State 2 Todd Pinkston 12 1998 Nevada 3 Shawn Nelson 12[26] 2008 Auburn DeAndre Brown 12[4] 2008 Rice Tyre'oune Holmes 12[10] 2013 Texas State

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Sherrod Gideon 3,214 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Todd Pinkston 2,366 1996 1997 1998 1999 3 DeAndre Brown 2,207 2008 2009 2010 4 Shawn Nelson 2,054 2005 2006 2007 2008 5 LeRoy Handy 1,890 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Michael Thomas 1,793 2014 2015 7 Marvin Young 1,717 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Antwon Courington 1,561 2002 2003 2004 2005 9 Darryl Tillman 1,478 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Louis Lipps 1,477 1980 1981 1982 1983

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Michael Thomas 1,391[24] 2015 2 Sherrod Gideon 1,186 1998 3 DeAndre Brown 1,117 2008 4 Cliff Coggin 1,087 1949 5 Sherrod Gideon 1,008 1997 6 Todd Pinkston 977 1999 7 Casey Martin 925[23] 2015 8 LeRoy Handy 823 2001 9 Louis Lipps 800 1983 10 DeAndre Brown 785 2009

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Kendrick Lee 260 1996 Houston 2 DeAndre Brown 221[4] 2008 Rice 3 Todd Pinkston 203 1998 Nevada 4 Rickey Bradley, Jr. 193[10] 2013 Texas State 5 Sherrod Gideon 192 1998 Alabama 6 Michael Thomas 190[27] 2015 Washington[28] 7 Gerald Baptiste 186[29] 2009 Houston 8 Sherrod Gideon 179 1997 Nevada 9 Sherrod Gideon 176 1998 Penn State 10 Cliff Coggin 173 1949 Louisiana Tech

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Sherrod Gideon 30 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 DeAndre Brown 24 2008 2009 2010 3 Todd Pinkston 22 1996 1997 1998 1999 4 Michael Thomas 19[24] 2014 2015 5 Marvin Young 17 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Shawn Nelson 16 2005 2006 2007 2008 7 Martin Harvey 14 1977 1978 1979 1980 8 Chris McGee 13 1984 1985 1986 1987 Antwon Courington 13 2002 2003 2004 2005 Kelvin Bolden 13 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Michael Thomas 14[24] 2015 2 Sherrod Gideon 13 1998 3 DeAndre Brown 12 2008 4 Todd Pinkston 11 1999 5 Cliff Coggin 9 1949 Billy Mikel 9 1969 Sherrod Gideon 9 1997 DeAndre Brown 9 2009 9 Kendrick Lee 7 1996 Marvin Young 7 2003 Kelvin Bolden 7 2011 Casey Martin 7[23] 2015

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 DeAndre Brown 4[4] 2008 Rice Kendrick Lee 3 1996 Houston Sherrod Gideon 3 1997 Memphis Sherrod Gideon 3 1998 Louisiana-Lafayette Todd Pinkston 3 1999 Louisiana-Lafayette Gerald Baptiste 3[29] 2009 Houston Michael Thomas 3[30] 2015 North Texas

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[31]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Austin Davis 12,267 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Nick Mullens 8,566[3] 2013 2014 2015 3 Brett Favre 7,606 1987 1988 1989 1990 4 Dustin Almond 7,602 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Jeff Kelly 7,113 1998 1999 2000 2001 6 Lee Roberts 5,777 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Reggie Collier 5,966 1979 1980 1981 1982 8 Damion Fletcher 5,305 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Jeremy Young 4,147 2004 2005 2006 2007 10 Jeff Bower 4,062 1973 1974 1975

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Nick Mullens 4,384[3] 2015 2 Austin Davis 3,848 2011 3 Austin Davis 3,636 2008 4 Austin Davis 3,555 2010 5 Dustin Almond 2,763 2005 6 Jeff Kelly 2,645 2001 7 Brett Favre 2,563 1989 8 Lee Roberts 2,532 1998 9 Nick Mullens 2,509 2014 10 Jeff Kelly 2,435 2000

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Austin Davis 445[4] 2008 Rice 2 Nick Mullens 439[6] 2014 Middle Tennessee 3 Nick Mullens 422[5] 2015 Nebraska 4 Arsenio Favor 416[11] 2012 UTEP 5 Jeff Kelly 415 2001 Tulane 6 Martevious Young 404[29] 2009 Houston Austin Davis 404[20] 2010 Houston 8 Austin Davis 394[7] 2010 UAB 9 Nick Mullens 386[8] 2015 Rice 10 Jeff Bower 376 1973 Texas-Arlington

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Austin Davis 108 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Nick Mullens 68[3] 2013 2014 2015 3 Dustin Almond 64 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Jeff Kelly 59 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 Brett Favre 53 1987 1988 1989 1990 6 Lee Roberts 52 1995 1996 1997 1998 7 Damion Fletcher 45 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 Reggie Collier 42 1979 1980 1981 1982 9 Sammy Winder 39 1978 1979 1980 1981 10 Harold Shaw 32 1994 1995 1996 1997 Jeremy Young 32 2004 2005 2006 2007

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Nick Mullens 41[3] 2015 2 Austin Davis 34 2011 3 Austin Davis 32 2008 4 Austin Davis 30 2010 5 Dustin Almond 25 2005 6 Lee Roberts 24 1998 7 Jeff Kelly 22 1999 8 Sammy Winder 20 1980 9 Jeff Kelly 19 2000 10 Reggie Collier 18 1981

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Dustin Almond 6[12] 2005 UCF Austin Davis 6[21] 2008 UAB Austin Davis 6[20] 2010 Houston Nick Mullens 6[13] 2013 UAB

Defense

Note: The 2014 Southern Miss Football Media Guide does not give a full top 10 for defensive statistics.^[1]

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Bubba Phillips 25 1947 1948 1949 1950 2 Ray Guy 18 1970 1971 1972 3 Patrick Surtain 16 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 Billy Devrow 15 1964 1965 1966 5 Kerry Valrie 14 1987 1988 1989 1990

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Bubba Phillips 8 1949 Billy Devrow 8 1965 Ray Guy 8 1972 4 Frank Spruiell 7 1948 Bubba Phillips 7 1948 Steve Fore 7 1967

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Larry Ussery 4 1967 Louisiana Tech 2 George Sekul 3 1957 Houston David Odom 3 1979 Louisville Labarion Rankins 3 1992 East Carolina Etric Pruitt 3 2002 Army

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Rod Davis 526 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Clump Taylor 510 1976 1977 1978 1979 3 Onesimus Henry 438 1984 1985 1986 1987 Sidney Coleman 438 1984 1985 1986 1987 5 Mike Dennery 431 1971 1972 1973

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Mike Dennery 185 1972 2 Ron Cheatham 177 1974 3 Rod Davis 168 2002 4 Rod Davis 164 2003 5 Michael Boley 151 2003

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 T.J. Slaughter 26 1999 Texas A&M 2 Rod Davis 22 2003 Cincinnati 3 Thad McDowell 21 1989 Louisiana-Lafayette William Kirksey 21 1989 Louisiana-Lafayette Leo Barnes 21 1999 Texas A&M Gerald McRath 21[32] 2007 UCF

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Adalius Thomas 34.5 1996 1997 1998 1999 2 Michael Boley 28.0 2001 2002 2003 2004 Cordarro Law 28.0 2008 2009 2010 2011 4 Cedric Scott 26.0 1997 1998 1999 2000 5 Jamie Collins 21.0 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Adalius Thomas 12.5 1998 2 Cedric Scott 12.0 2000 3 Michael Boley 11.0 2003 4 Rod Davis 10.5 2002 5 Chris Jackson 10.0 2012 6 Jamie Collins 10.0 1983

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Chris Jackson 4.0 1983 Louisiana Tech Cedric Scott 4.0 2000 Houston 3 Chris Jackson 3.0 1983 Ole Miss Rod Reed 3.0 1988 Tulane Michael Tobias 3.0 1993 Pittsburgh Jeffrey Posey 3.0 1996 Tulane Roy Magee 3.0 2000 Houston Michael Boley 3.0 2003 East Carolina Tom Johnson 3.0[12] 2005 UCF Jamie Collins 3.0[33] 2012 UAB

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Darren McCaleb 69 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 Danny Hrapmann 53 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Corey Acosta 43 2011 2012 2013 2014 4 Steve Clark 41 1981 1982 1983 5 Rex Banks 37 1983 1984 1985 1986 6 Brant Hanna 33 1998 1999 2000 2001 7 Justin Estes 29 2007 2008 2009 2010 8 Johnny Lomoro 27 1992 1993 1994 1995 9 Chris Seroka 23 1987 1988 Chris Pierce 23 1994 1995 Tim Hardaway 23 1997 1998

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Danny Hrapmann 26 2010 2 Darren McCaleb 23 2005 Danny Hrapmann 23 2011 4 Corey Acosta 19 2014 5 Steve Clark 17 1982 6 Steve Clark 16 1983 Rex Banks 16 1984 Darren McCaleb 16 2004 Darren McCaleb 16 2006 10 Jim Taylor 15 1990 Curt Jones 15 2002 Justin Estes 15 2007

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Danny Hrapmann 5 2010 East Carolina Danny Hrapmann 5 2011 UCF 3 Rex Banks 4 1984 Georgia Chris Seroka 4 1988 Memphis Darren McCaleb 4 2005 East Carolina Darren McCaleb 4 2005 Tulane Stephen Brauchle 4[34] 2015 UTSA

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Darren McCaleb 78.4% 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 Danny Hrapmann 73.6% 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Chris Pierce 71.9% 1994 1995 Tim Hardaway 71.9% 1997 1998 5 Lance Nations 69.2% 1991 1992 6 Justin Estes 69.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 Steve Clark 68.3% 1981 1982 1983 8 Chris Seroka 67.6% 1987 1988 9 Corey Acosta 67.2% 2011 2012 2013 2014 10 Winston Walker 66.7% 1979 1980

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Darren McCaleb 84.2% 2004 2 Danny Hrapmann 83.9% 2010 3 Chris Pierce 82.4% 1995 Darren McCaleb 82.4% 2003 5 Darren McCaleb 82.1% 2005 6 Tim Hardaway 81.3% 1997 7 Stephen Brauchle 78.6% 2015 8 Lance Nations 77.8% 1992 9 Justin Estes 76.9% 2009 10 Corey Acosta 76.0% 2014

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