2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - On 3rd Down, 7-9 Yards To Go through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 10 | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 256 | 3 | 0 | 188.70 | 77 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 12 | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 179.12 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 10 | 26 | 18 | 69.2 | 231 | 3 | 1 | 174.25 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 13 | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 279 | 4 | 2 | 167.72 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 5 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 7 | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 171 | 1 | 0 | 150.78 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Hunter Johnson | N'western | SR | QB | 2 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 123.69 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 10 | 17 | 11 | 64.7 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 123.51 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 11 | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 281 | 0 | 1 | 119.43 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 10 | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 106.43 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 13 | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 105.79 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Alex Padilla | Iowa | SO | QB | 6 | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 102.03 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 12 | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 127 | 2 | 2 | 97.29 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 13 | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 84.70 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 5 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 84.40 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 8 | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 66.88 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 7 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 32.58 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 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 9.0 pass attempts on 3rd down, 7-9 yards to go.