2021 Big Ten Conference Leaders Passing - From Opponent's 20 to 1 Yard Line (Red Zone) through 01/10/2022
| Name | Team | Yr | Pos | G | Att | Comp | Pct. | Yards | TD | Int | Rating | Long | 1st | 15+ | 25+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Johnson | N'western | SR | QB | 2 | 12 | 10 | 83.3 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 195.23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | C.J. Stroud | Ohio State | FR | QB | 12 | 61 | 33 | 54.1 | 233 | 20 | 1 | 191.11 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | SO | QB | 13 | 50 | 31 | 62.0 | 242 | 14 | 2 | 187.06 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrew Marty | N'western | SR | QB | 5 | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 180.43 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Jack Plummer | Purdue | JR | QB | 5 | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 173.88 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Payton Thorne | Mich St | SO | QB | 12 | 50 | 25 | 50.0 | 224 | 14 | 2 | 172.03 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | SR | QB | 6 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 171.39 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | JR | QB | 9 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 164.90 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | SO | QB | 11 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 163.53 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | SR | QB | 12 | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 157.92 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Aidan O'Connell | Purdue | SR | QB | 12 | 79 | 42 | 53.2 | 283 | 17 | 2 | 149.21 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Artur Sitkowski | Illinois | SO | QB | 4 | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 145.31 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Michael Penix Jr. | Indiana | JR | QB | 5 | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 144.72 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | JR | QB | 14 | 36 | 18 | 50.0 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 144.65 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Ryan Hilinski | N'western | SO | QB | 6 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 115.35 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | SR | QB | 12 | 56 | 31 | 55.4 | 140 | 7 | 1 | 114.04 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | JR | QB | 10 | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 112.98 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jack Tuttle | Indiana | JR | QB | 3 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 103.95 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | SR | QB | 10 | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 89.05 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Alex Padilla | Iowa | SO | QB | 4 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 55.64 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Grant Gremel | Indiana | SO | QB | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29.27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 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 6.0 pass attempts from opponent's 20 to 1 yard line (red zone).