In terms of pure stats, Catawba’s Preston Brown continues to be the most prolific quarterback in North Carolina.
Brown leads the Old North State, all divisions, in total passing yards (1,718) and touchdowns (16) after week six. He is second behind UNC’s Drake Maye in yards per game, averaging 286.3. Maye, who has played one fewer game with the 5-0 Tar Heels, leads the state — by far — in yards-per-game, with 325.8.
Campbell’s Hajj-Malik Williams has the top overall completion percentage among North Carolina quaerterbacks. In six games, Williams is hitting on 74.2 percent of his passes, ahead of Davidson’s Coulter Cleland (73.8) and Maye (72.1).
Williams is fourth in all of Division I FCS in total passing yards. Brown is eighth for Division II players. Maye is 20th among FBS passers in total yardage.
Here are the top 14 North Carolina quarterbacks, statistically speaking, sorted by total passing yards, touchdowns, yards-per-game and completion percentage.
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FABULOUS 14: PASSING YARDS DIVISION GM COMP ATT YDS TD INT COMP% YPG Preston Brown (Catawba) D2 6 130 221 1718 16 4 0.588 286.3 Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 6 132 178 1667 13 3 0.742 277.8 Drake Maye (North Carolina) FBS 5 129 179 1629 8 4 0.721 325.8 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 6 131 207 1602 13 6 0.633 267.0 Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina) FCS 6 105 151 1532 14 2 0.695 255.3 Alec Williams-Carr (Greensboro) D3 6 113 206 1241 8 6 0.549 206.8 Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 5 99 164 1225 12 5 0.604 245.0 Mitch Griffis (Wake Forest) FBS 5 92 152 1150 9 5 0.605 230.0 Brandon Bullins (Methodist) D3 5 119 209 1139 9 6 0.569 227.8 Rashad McKee (Chowan) D2 6 84 168 1118 8 9 0.500 186.3 Jaquan Lynch (Barton) D2 6 66 115 1010 8 2 0.574 168.3 Daylin Lee (Winston-Salem State) D2 6 81 145 1000 8 3 0.559 166.7 Brennan Armstrong (NC State) FBS 6 94 160 971 5 6 0.588 161.8 Matthew Caldwell (Gardner-Webb) FCS 5 101 177 928 7 3 0.571 185.6
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FABULOUS 14: PASSING TDS DIVISION GM TDS INTS Preston Brown (Catawba) D2 6 16 4 Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina) FCS 6 14 2 Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 6 13 3 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 6 13 6 Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 5 12 5 Colin Johnson (UNC Pembroke) D2 6 11 6 Bailey Baker (Guilford) D3 5 9 5 Mitch Griffis (Wake Forest) FBS 5 9 5 Brandon Bullins (Methodist) D3 5 9 6 Coulter Cleland (Davidson) FCS 5 8 1 Jaquan Lynch (Barton) D2 6 8 2 Daylin Lee (Winston-Salem State) D2 6 8 3 Drake Maye (North Carolina) FBS 5 8 4 Alec Williams-Carr (Greensboro) D3 6 8 6
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FABULOUS 14: PASS YARDS / GM DIVISION GM YPG Drake Maye (North Carolina) FBS 5 325.8 Preston Brown (Catawba) D2 6 286.3 Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 6 277.8 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 6 267.0 Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina) FCS 6 255.3 Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 5 245.0 Mitch Griffis (Wake Forest) FBS 5 230.0 Brandon Bullins (Methodist) D3 5 227.8 Noah Bell (Wingate) D2 3 214.0 Alec Williams-Carr (Greensboro) D3 6 206.8 Zachary Marquis (NC Wesleyan) D3 3 195.3 Rashad McKee (Chowan) D2 6 186.3 Matthew Caldwell (Gardner-Webb) FCS 5 185.6 Riley Leonard (Duke) FBS 5 182.4
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FABULOUS 14: COMPLETION % DIVISION GM COMP % Hajj-Malik Williams (Campbell) FCS 6 0.742 Coulter Cleland (Davidson) FCS 5 0.738 Drake Maye (North Carolina) FBS 5 0.721 Tyrell Jackson (Johnson C. Smith) D2 3 0.716 Cole Gonzales (Western Carolina) FCS 6 0.695 Jalen Ferguson (Lenoir-Rhyne) D2 5 0.667 Walker Harris (NC Central) FCS 6 0.654 Brooks Bentley (Wingate) D2 5 0.636 Ethan Beamish (Brevard) D3 6 0.633 Riley Leonard (Duke) FBS 5 0.627 JR Martin (Mars Hill) D2 5 0.610 Davius Richard (NC Central) FCS 5 0.606 Mitch Griffis (Wake Forest) FBS 5 0.605 Joey Aguilar (Appalachian State) FBS 5 0.604
