Today I’ll be comparing NFL records to college records and who has the most records in the end.(I will not be doing all-time records since NFL players can play for unlimited years while college players are limited to 4 years)  Well, let’s get started.

Offense

Passing Yards (one player)

NFL record: 554 yards

Set by: Norm Van Brocklin

Year: 1951

Team: Los Angeles Rams

College record: 734 yards

Set and shared by: Connor Halliday and Patrick Mahomes

Year: 2014 for Connor and 2016 for Patrick

Team: Washington St. for Connor and Texas Tech for Patrick

Score: College leads 1-0

Rushing yards (one player)

 NFL record: 296 yards

Set by: Adrian Peterson

Year: 2007

Team: Minnesota Vikings

College record: 427 yards

Set by: Samaje Perine

Year: 2014

Team: Oklahoma

Score: College leads 2-0

Total yards (team)

NFL record: 722 yards

Team: Los Angeles Rams

Year: 1951

Opponent: New York Yanks

College Record: 1,021 yards

Team: Houston

Year: 1989

Opponent: SMU

Score: College leads 3-0

Points (Team)(I just had to put this in)

NFL record: 73 points

Team: Chicago Bears

Year: 1966

Opponent: Washington Redskins (now the Washington Football team)

College record: 222 points

Team: Georgia Tech

Year: 1916

Opponent: Cumberland

Score: College leads 4-0

Total Yards (one player)

NFL record: 404 yards

Set by: Glyn Milburn

Year: 1995

Team: Denver Broncos

College record: 819 yards

Set by: Patrick Mahomes

Year: 2016

Team: Texas Tech

Score: College leads 5-0

So we have seen records for offense, but now let’s head over to defense.

Defense

Sacks (one player)

NFL record: 8 sacks

Set by: Derrick Thomas

Year: 1990

Team: Kansas City Chiefs

College record: 7 sacks

Set by: Pat Swilling

Year: 1985

Team: Georgia Tech

Score: College leads 5-1

Interceptions (Team)

NFL record: 9 interceptions

Team: Philadelphia Eagles

Year: 1965

Opponent: Steelers

College record: 9 interceptions

Team: Auburn

Year: 1969

Opponent: Gators

Score: College leads 5-1-1

Sacks (Team)

NFL record: 14 sacks

Team: Philadelphia Eagles

Year: 1952

Opponent: New York Giants

College record: 15 sacks

Team: TCU

Year: 2000

Opponent: University of Nevada

College: leads 6-1-1

Least yards allowed (Team)

NFL record: -7 yards

Team: Seattle Seahawks

Year: 1979

Opponent: Las Angeles Rams

College record: -47 yards

Team: Penn State

Year: 1947

Opponent: Syracuse

College: leads 7-1-1

Defensive Touchdowns (Team)

NFL record: 4 touchdowns

Team: Seattle Seahawks

Year: 1984

Opponent: Kansas City Chiefs

College record: 6 touchdowns

Team: Iowa

Year: 2022 

Opponent: Rutgers