2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - Games vs. FBS non-Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | Yards/Att | TD | Int | Rating | Att/G | Yards/G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 2 | 93 | 52 | 55.9 | 597 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 | 110.48 | 46.5 | 298.5 |
| 2 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 3 | 73 | 40 | 54.8 | 493 | 6.8 | 1 | 4 | 105.09 | 24.3 | 164.3 |
| 3 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 2 | 59 | 40 | 67.8 | 433 | 7.3 | 3 | 1 | 142.84 | 29.5 | 216.5 |
| 4 | Jack Plummer | Purdue | JR | QB | 2 | 56 | 41 | 73.2 | 432 | 7.7 | 5 | 0 | 167.48 | 28.0 | 216.0 |
| 5 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 1 | 41 | 31 | 75.6 | 384 | 9.4 | 3 | 1 | 173.55 | 41.0 | 384.0 |
| 6 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 1 | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 327 | 10.9 | 1 | 0 | 169.23 | 30.0 | 327.0 |
| 6 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 2 | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 327 | 14.9 | 3 | 0 | 247.13 | 11.0 | 163.5 |
| 8 | Kyle McCord | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 319 | 17.7 | 2 | 1 | 246.64 | 18.0 | 319.0 |
| 9 | Artur Sitkowski | Illinois | SO | QB | 1 | 42 | 22 | 52.4 | 266 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | 129.15 | 42.0 | 266.0 |
| 10 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 1 | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 242 | 12.7 | 2 | 0 | 210.15 | 19.0 | 242.0 |
| 11 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 1 | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 230 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 150.41 | 29.0 | 230.0 |
| 12 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 2 | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 190 | 6.6 | 2 | 2 | 132.98 | 14.5 | 95.0 |
| 13 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 185 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 127.36 | 25.0 | 185.0 |
| 14 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 2 | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 171 | 5.7 | 2 | 2 | 99.88 | 15.0 | 85.5 |
| 15 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 1 | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 138 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 110.71 | 27.0 | 138.0 |
| 16 | J.J. McCarthy | Michigan | FR | QB | 2 | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 122 | 10.2 | 1 | 0 | 179.57 | 6.0 | 61.0 |
| 17 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 1 | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 88 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 96.96 | 20.0 | 88.0 |
| 18 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 1 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 78 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 104.48 | 19.0 | 78.0 |
| 19 | Jack Miller III | Ohio State | FR | QB | 1 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 66 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 131.80 | 8.0 | 66.0 |
| 20 | Logan Smothers | Nebraska | FR | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | 553.60 | 1.0 | 54.0 |
| 21 | Austin Burton | Purdue | SR | QB | 1 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 173.92 | 5.0 | 44.0 |
| 22 | Chase Wolf | Wisconsin | JR | QB | 1 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | 70.00 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 23 | Ta'Quan Roberson | Penn State | SO | QB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 311.60 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 24 | Johnny Langan | Rutgers | JR | QB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 79.40 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| 25 | Tory Taylor | Iowa | SO | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 125.20 | 0.5 | 1.5 |