Arizona: Getting to 10K yards is one thing, doing it without transferring is anoth…
ArizonaHowever, those former Big 12 QBs did so at a different school than where they began their careers, each transferring into the Big Ten for their final seasons. "So many other people have jumped ship and taken the money or gone to something different, or would look for something new, or the grass is always greener," UA coach Brent Brennan said after Saturday's game.
"But that guy stayed here and watered the grass here and made it into something truly special. "The whole country should be talking about this kid, not just based on how he plays, but who he is and the choices he's made throughout his career here.
Of that group, only 22 accomplished this without switching schools, and most were not in power conferences. Entering this season, it was a given that Noah Fifita would become the all-time passing yardage leader at Arizona .
The last to do it before Fifita was Cade Klubnik , who finished with 10,123 yards in 49 games with Clemson from 2022-25. He was one of five QBs to get to 10,000 career yards last season, but the other four had split their time between two (or three) schools.
KEY POINTS
- Getting to 10K yards is one thing, doing it without transferring is another He officially broke Nick Foles ' mark in the fourth quarter of Saturday night's 42-17 win over Northern Illinois .
- Since 2021, when the NCAA did away with having to sit out a year following a transfer, 46 FBS quarterbacks finished their careers with at least 10,000 passing yards.
- Along the way Fifita became the 168 th player in FBS history to reach 10,000 passing yards, the third this season along with Josh Hoover of Indiana and Rocco Becht of Penn State .
- Fifita has gotten to 10K all in one place, bucking the trend of players moving from school to school during the transfer portal era despite plenty of opportunities to do so.