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James Madison record book

The school’s records in every stat, career, season and game, and its record year by year, as James Madison’s Wikipedia lists give them from the school’s media guide. Names lead to each player’s page where he has one.

Chasing the record

This season’s players already in the school’s top five, as the lists stood when Wikipedia’s editors last updated them.

Passing

Passing yards

Career

  1. 7,078Bryan Schor 2014–⁠17
  2. 6,511Cole Johnson 2016–⁠21
  3. 6,482Mike Cawley 1993–⁠95
  4. 5,912Justin Rascati 2004–⁠06
  5. 5,716Ben DiNucci 2018–⁠19

Season

  1. 3,779Cole Johnson 2021
  2. 3,657Jordan McCloud 2023
  3. 3,462Vad Lee 2014
  4. 3,441Ben DiNucci 2019
  5. 3,222Bryan Schor 2017

Game

  1. 468Todd Centeio 2022 vs. Georgia Southern
  2. 457Jordan McCloud 2023 vs. Connecticut
  3. 433Vad Lee 2014 vs. Richmond
  4. 406Vad Lee 2014 vs. Villanova
  5. 398Cole Johnson 2018 vs. New Hampshire

Passing touchdowns

Career

  1. 62Bryan Schor 2014–⁠17
  2. 58Cole Johnson 2016–⁠21
  3. 51Vad Lee 2014–⁠15
  4. 51Justin Rascati 2004–⁠06
  5. 49Alonza Barnett III 2022–⁠25

Season

  1. 41Cole Johnson 2021
  2. 35Jordan McCloud 2023
  3. 30Vad Lee 2014
  4. 29Ben DiNucci 2019
  5. 29Bryan Schor 2016

Game

  1. 6Cole Johnson 2021 vs. Towson
  2. 6Cole Johnson 2021 vs. Elon
  3. 6Todd Centeio 2022 vs. Middle Tennessee
  4. 5Michael Birdsong 2013 vs. Stony Brook
  5. 5Vad Lee 2015 vs. Towson

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career

  1. 4,168Warren Marshall 1982–⁠86
  2. 3,678Khalid Abdullah 2013–⁠16
  3. 3,503Percy Agyei-Obese 2018–⁠22
  4. 3,477Rodney Landers 2005–⁠08
  5. 3,332Dae’Quan Scott 2009–⁠13

Season

  1. 1,809Khalid Abdullah 2016
  2. 1,770Rodney Landers 2008
  3. 1,719Curtis Keaton 1999
  4. 1,373Wayne Knight 2025
  5. 1,304Dae’Quan Scott 2011

Game

  1. 276Vad Lee 2015 vs. SMU
  2. 265Cardon Johnson 2017 vs. ECU
  3. 264Warren Marshall 1986 vs. William & Mary
  4. 251Dae’Quan Scott 2011 vs. UMass
  5. 247Warren Marshall 1984 vs. Liberty

Rushing touchdowns

Career

  1. 41Khalid Abdullah 2013–⁠16
  2. 39Percy Agyei-Obese 2018–⁠22
  3. 32Dae’Quan Scott 2009–⁠13
  4. 32Eriq Williams 1989–⁠92
  5. 31Rodney Landers 2005–⁠08

Game

  1. 5Kelvin Jeter 1995 vs. Morgan State
  2. 5Curtis Keaton 1999 vs. Connecticut
  3. 4Mike Cawley 1994 vs. Connecticut
  4. 4Alonza Barnett III 2025 vs. Old Dominion

Receiving

Receptions

Career

  1. 185Earnest Payton 1997–⁠00
  2. 169Riley Stapleton 2016–⁠19
  3. 168Kris Thornton 2020–⁠22
  4. 160Brandon Ravenel 2013–⁠16
  5. 158David McLeod 1990–⁠93

Season

  1. 83Antwane Wells Jr. 2021
  2. 83Kris Thornton 2021
  3. 82Earnest Payton 1998
  4. 82Elijah Sarratt 2023
  5. 74Brandon Polk 2019

Game

  1. 13Earnest Payton 1998 vs. UMass
  2. 13Earnest Payton 1998 vs. Rhode Island
  3. 13Elijah Sarratt 2023 vs. Connecticut
  4. 12Kris Thornton 2021 vs. New Hampshire
  5. 12Kris Thornton 2022 vs. Middle Tennessee

Receiving yards

Career

  1. 2,899David McLeod 1990–⁠93
  2. 2,863Gary Clark 1980–⁠83
  3. 2,807Earnest Payton 1997–⁠00
  4. 2,540Kris Thornton 2020–⁠22
  5. 2,250Brandon Ravenel 2013–⁠16

Season

  1. 1,250Antwane Wells Jr. 2021
  2. 1,207David McLeod 1993
  3. 1,191Elijah Sarratt 2023
  4. 1,179Brandon Polk 2019
  5. 1,097Kris Thornton 2021

Game

  1. 202Reggie Brown 2023 vs. Connecticut
  2. 192David McLeod 1993 vs. Villanova
  3. 189Riley Stapleton 2017 vs. Weber State
  4. 187David McLeod 1993 vs. New Hampshire
  5. 185David McLeod 1992 vs. Youngstown State

Receiving touchdowns

Career

  1. 25Macey Brooks 1993–⁠96
  2. 23Kris Thornton 2020–⁠22
  3. 22Riley Stapleton 2016–⁠19
  4. 21David McLeod 1990–⁠93
  5. 21Antwane Wells Jr. 2020–⁠21

Season

  1. 15Antwane Wells Jr. 2021
  2. 14Macey Brooks 1996
  3. 13Kris Thornton 2021
  4. 11Brandon Polk 2019
  5. 10Riley Stapleton 2019

Game

  1. 4Kris Thornton 2021 vs. Campbell
  2. 3Gary Clark 1981 vs. C.W. Post
  3. 3Gary Clark 1983 vs. Liberty
  4. 3Macey Brooks 1996 vs. McNeese State
  5. 3Macey Brooks 1996 vs. Boston University

Total offense

Total offense yards

Career

  1. 8,241Bryan Schor 2014–⁠17
  2. 7,678Eriq Williams 1989–⁠92
  3. 7,292Vad Lee 2014–⁠15
  4. 7,249Mike Cawley 1993–⁠95
  5. 7,111Justin Rascati 2004–⁠06

Season

  1. 4,288Vad Lee 2014
  2. 4,050Cole Johnson 2021
  3. 4,010Ben DiNucci 2019
  4. 3,933Jordan McCloud 2023
  5. 3,571Bryan Schor 2016

Game

  1. 565Vad Lee 2015 vs. SMU
  2. 512Todd Centeio 2022 vs. Georgia Southern
  3. 487Alonza Barnett III 2024 vs. North Carolina
  4. 478Vad Lee 2014 vs. Villanova
  5. 455Vad Lee 2014 vs. Richmond

Defense

Interceptions

Career

  1. 18Jimmy Moreland 2014–⁠18
  2. 14Raven Greene 2013–⁠17
  3. 13Rashad Robinson 2015–⁠19
  4. 13Jordan Brown 2014–⁠17
  5. 13Clint Kent 2002–⁠05

Season

  1. 9Jordan Brown 2017
  2. 8Jimmy Moreland 2017
  3. 8Tony Booth 1997
  4. 7Rashad Robinson 2017
  5. 7Terry Hansrote 1977

Game

  1. 3Jimmy Moreland 2017 vs. South Dakota State
  2. 3Chris Jacobs 1985 vs. Georgia Southern
  3. 3Bob Logan 1976 vs. Emory & Henry

Tackles

Career

  1. 506Charles Haley 1982–⁠85
  2. 503Clyde Hoy 1978–⁠81
  3. 487Dale Caparaso 1976–⁠79
  4. 445Stephon Robertson 2010–⁠13
  5. 438Woody Bergeria 1974–⁠77

Season

  1. 167Clyde Hoy 1981
  2. 166Dale Caparaso 1978
  3. 166Dale Caparaso 1976
  4. 161Dennard Melton 2003
  5. 157Derrick Lloyd 2001

Game

  1. 26Clyde Hoy 1981 vs. Towson
  2. 26Clyde Hoy 1980 vs. U.S. Merchant
  3. 25Dean McCullough 1986 vs. Massachusetts
  4. 25Dale Caparaso 1976 vs. Davidson
  5. 24Clyde Hoy 1981 vs. Furman

Sacks

Career

  1. 33.0Chris Morant 1998–⁠00
  2. 29.0Arthur Moats 2006–⁠09
  3. 28.0Woody Bergeria 1974–⁠77
  4. 27.5John Daka 2016–⁠19
  5. 26.0Andrew Ankrah 2014–⁠17

Season

  1. 16.5John Daka 2019
  2. 15.5Jalen Green 2023
  3. 13.5Sage Harold 2014
  4. 13.0Eric O’Neill 2024
  5. 12.0Ron’Dell Carter 2019

Kicking

Field goals made

Career

  1. 101Ethan Ratke 2017–⁠21
  2. 39John Coursey 1993–⁠96
  3. 37Cameron Starke 2010–⁠13
  4. 32David Rabil 2003–⁠06
  5. 32Scott Norwood 1978–⁠81

Season

  1. 29Ethan Ratke 2021
  2. 27Ethan Ratke 2019
  3. 17Ethan Ratke 2018
  4. 16Camden Wise 2023
  5. 16Noe Ruelas 2024

Game

  1. 6Ethan Ratke 2021 vs. William & Mary
  2. 5Ethan Ratke 2021 vs. Delaware
  3. 4Ethan Ratke 2018 vs. Elon
  4. 4Ethan Ratke 2021 vs. Richmond
  5. 4Morgan Suarez 2026 vs. Old Dominion

From Wikipedia’s record book and season list for the program (CC BY-SA), which cite the school’s media guide. Browse every program’s in the data.