2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - On 3rd Down, 4-6 Yards To Go through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 11 | 31 | 21 | 67.7 | 343 | 4 | 0 | 203.27 | 70 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 10 | 22 | 20 | 90.9 | 304 | 3 | 0 | 251.98 | 70 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 1 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 11 | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 166 | 2 | 0 | 129.01 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 12 | 27 | 19 | 70.4 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 117.04 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 10 | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 140.26 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 12 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 90.32 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Andrew Marty | N'western | SR | QB | 5 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 170.22 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 5 | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 104.11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Artur Sitkowski | Illinois | SO | QB | 5 | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 83.57 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 11 | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 146.43 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 11 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 113.93 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 11 | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 83.10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 7 | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 83.18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Alex Padilla | Iowa | SO | QB | 6 | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 48.80 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 13 | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 32.04 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 5 | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 53.10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 10 | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 176 | 2 | 3 | 112.08 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 1st: First Downs; 15+: Pass completions of 15 or more yards; 25+: Pass completions of 25 or more yards | ||||||||||||||||
Note: To qualify, player must have and have a minimum of 11.0 pass attempts on 3rd down, 4-6 yards to go.