Although Boise State began competing in intercollegiate football as a 2-year college in 1933,[1] the school's official record book only includes 1968 and later, when Boise State became a 4-year college.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since 1968, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
From 2001, when Boise State joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), to the school's final season in the Mountain West Conference (MW) in 2025, the Broncos were in the same football conference as Hawaii, with the sole exception of the 2011 season (Boise State's first MW season, with Hawaii still in WAC football). This is relevant because NCAA rules allow a team that plays at Hawaii to schedule an extra regular-season game. However, when Hawaii joined MW football in 2012, the two schools were placed in separate football divisions, which meant that the Broncos would only visit Hawaii once every four years. Additionally, while Boise State has been eligible to schedule an extra game twice since the teams were reunited in the MW (in 2012 and 2016), it did not do so in either season.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Broncos have qualified for bowl games in every season since then, giving players an extra game to accumulate statistics in all seasons except 2018, when their bowl game was suspended during the first quarter due to severe weather and ultimately canceled without play resuming; 2020, when the Broncos opted out of playing a bowl game amid the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2021, when COVID-19 issues within the program forced the Broncos to pull out of their scheduled bowl game.
During their MW tenure, the Broncos played in the MW Championship Game eight times since that game was established in 2013 (specifically in 2014, 2017–2020, and 2023–2025), giving players in those seasons yet another game to accumulate statistics.
Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the NCAA did not count the 2020 season against the eligibility of any football player, giving all players active in that season five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.
Since 2018, players have been allowed to participate in as many as four games in a redshirt season; previously, playing in even one game "burned" the redshirt.[3] Since 2024, postseason games have not counted against the four-game limit.[4] These changes to redshirt rules have given very recent players several extra games to accumulate statistics.
All-purpose yardage is the sum of all yards credited to a player who is in possession of the ball. It includes rushing, receiving, and returns, but does not include passing.[35]
Boise State's record book does not break down single-game all-purpose yardage records by type of play.
Contrary to standard NCAA statistical practice, which does not include either Division I-A (now FBS) bowl games or Division I-AA (now FCS) playoff games prior to 2002 in individual statistics, Boise State's all-purpose yardage records include all bowl and playoff games.
In official NCAA statistics, touchdown totals include touchdowns scored. Accordingly, these lists include rushing, receiving, and return touchdowns, but not passing touchdowns.
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