East Carolina Pirates football statistical leaders

The East Carolina Pirates football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the East Carolina Pirates football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Pirates represent East Carolina University in the NCAA's American Athletic Conference.

East Carolina began competing in intercollegiate football in 1932.[1] However, these lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1932, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Pirates have played in eight bowl games since then, allowing players an extra game to accumulate statistics.
• The recent decade has seen two players set NCAA records: Justin Hardy, who caught 387 passes, more than anyone in all of college football ever had, until fellow Pirate Zay Jones broke the record in 2016.[3] Jones also set the NCAA single-season record with 158 receptions, which is more than all but 2 other East Carolina receivers have ever had in their whole careers.

The 2015 East Carolina Football Media Guide does not list a top 10 in all statistics, sometimes only listing a leader. These lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season.

Passing

Passing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Shane Carden 11,991 2012 2013 2014 2 David Garrard 9,029 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 James Pinkney 8,173 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Marcus Crandell 7,198 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Dominique Davis 7,192 2010 2011 6 Holton Ahlers 7,093[4] 2018 2019 2020 7 Patrick Pinkney 6,980 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 Jeff Blake 5,133 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Travis Hunter 3,928 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Dan Gonzalez 3,868 1994 1995 1996 1997

Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Shane Carden 4,736 2014 2 Shane Carden 4,129 2013 3 Dominique Davis 3,967 2010 4 Holton Ahlers 3,387[4] 2019 5 Dominique Davis 3,225 2011 6 Shane Carden 3,116 2012 7 Jeff Blake 3,073 1991 8 Patrick Pinkney 2,947 2009 9 James Pinkney 2,783 2006 10 James Pinkney 2,773 2005

Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Holton Ahlers 535[5] 2019 Cincinnati 2 Holton Ahlers 498[6] 2019 SMU 3 Shane Carden 480[7] 2013 Tulane 4 Blake Kemp 465[8] 2015 UCF 5 Holton Ahlers 449[9] 2018 Memphis 6 Shane Carden 447[10] 2013 Old Dominion 7 Shane Carden 445[11] 2014 Connecticut 8 Shane Carden 439 2012 Marshall 9 Shane Carden 438[12] 2014 North Carolina 10 Shane Carden 427[13] 2014 Virginia Tech Shane Carden 427[14] 2014 Florida

Passing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Shane Carden 86 2012 2013 2014 2 Dominique Davis 62 2010 2011 3 David Garrard 60 1998 1999 2000 2001 4 Marcus Crandell 58 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Holton Ahlers 51[4] 2018 2019 2020 6 James Pinkney 46 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Jeff Blake 43 1988 1989 1990 1991 8 Patrick Pinkney 39 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 9 Travis Hunter 32 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Carl Summerell 26 1971 1972 1973

Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dominique Davis 37 2010 2 Shane Carden 33 2013 3 Shane Carden 30 2014 4 Jeff Blake 28 1991 5 Dominique Davis 25 2011 6 Shane Carden 23 2012 7 Michael Anderson 23 1992 8 Marcus Crandell 21 1994 Holton Ahlers 21[4] 2019

Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Holton Ahlers 6[6] 2019 SMU 2 Dominique Davis 5 2010 Tulsa Dominique Davis 5 2010 Navy Dominique Davis 5 2010 UAB Shane Carden 5 2012 Memphis Shane Carden 5[10] 2013 Old Dominion Shane Carden 5[15] 2013 Tulsa Shane Carden 5[16] 2013 UAB Philip Nelson 5[17] 2016 Western Carolina

Rushing

Rushing Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Junior Smith 3,745 1991 1992 1993 1994 2 Leonard Henry 3,089 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Chris Johnson 2,982 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 2,889 1971 1972 1973 5 Tony Baker 2,825 1982 1983 1984 1985 6 Theodore Sutton 2,730 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Butch Colson 2,512 1967 1968 1969 8 Scott Harley 2,465 1995 1996 1997 9 Vintavious Cooper 2,242 2012 2013 10 Anthony Collins 2,207 1977 1978 1979 1980

Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Scott Harley 1,745 1996 2 Leonard Henry 1,432 2001 3 Chris Johnson 1,423 2007 4 Junior Smith 1,352 1993 5 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 1,309 1972 6 Junior Smith 1,204 1993 7 Vintavious Cooper 1,193 2013 8 Dominique Lindsay 1,180 2009 9 Butch Colson 1,135 1967 10 Anthony Collins 1,130 1979

Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Scott Harley 351 1996 NC State 2 Chris Johnson 301 2007 Memphis 3 Scott Harley 291 1996 South Carolina 4 Junior Smith 282 1993 Tulsa 5 Billy Wightman 245 1969 Davidson 6 Leonard Henry 234 2001 Cincinnati 7 Junior Smith 232 1992 Arkansas State 8 Chris Johnson 223 2007 Boise State 9 Leonard Henry 218 2001 Tulane 10 Reggie McKinney 212 1987 Cincinnati

Rushing Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 37 1971 1972 1973 2 Chris Johnson 32 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Junior Smith 27 1991 1992 1993 1994 Leonard Henry 29 1998 1999 2000 2001 5 Butch Colson 27 1967 1968 1969 6 Tony Collins 26 1977 1978 1979 1980 7 Ken Strayhorn 24 1972 1973 1974 1975 Shane Carden 24 2012 2013 2014 9 Eddie Hicks 23 1975 1976 1977 1978 Leander Green 23 1977 1978 1979

Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dave Alexander 17 1965 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 17 1972 Chris Johnson 17 2007 4 Leonard Henry 16 2001 5 Butch Colson 15 1967 6 Tony Collins 14 1979 Art Brown 14 2002 8 Vintavious Cooper 13 2013 9 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 12 1973 Leander Green 12 1979

Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Scott Harley 6 1996 Ohio

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Catches Years 1 Zay Jones 399[18] 2013 2014 2015 2016 2 Justin Hardy 387 2011 2012 2013 2014 3 Dwayne Harris 268 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Jason Nichols 152 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Lance Lewis 149 2010 2011 6 Aundrae Allison 145 2005 2006 7 Terrance Copper 139 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Tyler Snead 134[19] 2018 2019 2020 9 Mitchell Galloway 131 1993 1994 1995 1996 10 Blake Proehl 130[20] 2018 2019 2020

Single-Season Rank Player Catches Year 1 Zay Jones 158[18] 2016 2 Justin Hardy 121 2014 3 Justin Hardy 114 2013 4 Dwayne Harris 101 2010 5 Zay Jones 98 2015 6 Lance Lewis 89 2010 7 Justin Hardy 88 2012 8 Terrance Copper 87 2003 9 Aundrae Allison 83 2005 Dwayne Harris 83 2009

Single Game Rank Player Catches Year Opponent 1 Zay Jones 22[21] 2016 South Carolina 2 Zay Jones 19[22] 2016 Connecticut Tyler Snead 19[6] 2019 SMU 4 Zay Jones 18[23] 2016 South Florida 5 Justin Hardy 17[7] 2013 Tulane Zay Jones 17[24] 2016 UCF 7 Justin Hardy 16 2012 Marshall Justin Hardy 16[10] 2013 Old Dominion Tyler Snead 16[25] 2019 UConn Tyler Snead 16[26] 2020 Tulsa

Receiving Yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Justin Hardy 4,541 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Zay Jones 4,279[18] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Dwayne Harris 3,001 2007 2008 2009 2010 4 Troy Smith 1,982 1995 1996 1997 1998 5 Mitchell Galloway 1,754 1993 1994 1995 1996 6 Aundrae Allison 1,723 2005 2006 7 Lance Lewis 1,716 2010 2011 8 Larry Shannon 1,714 1994 1995 1996 1997 9 Terrance Copper 1,683 2000 2001 2002 2003 10 Walter Wilson 1,670 1986 1987 1988 1989

Single-Season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Zay Jones 1,746[18] 2016 2 Justin Hardy 1,284 2013 3 Dwayne Harris 1,123 2010 4 Lance Lewis 1,116 2010 5 Justin Hardy 1,105 2012 6 Zay Jones 1,099 2015 7 Aundrae Allison 1,024 2005 8 Dwayne Harris 978 2009 9 C.J. Johnson 908[27] 2019 10 Terrance Copper 897 2003

Single Game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 C.J. Johnson 283[5] 2019 Cincinnati 2 Tyler Snead 240[6] 2019 SMU 3 Terry Gallaher 218 1975 Appalachian State 4 Zay Jones 212[28] 2016 Navy 5 Zay Jones 206[29] 2016 Tulsa 6 Justin Hardy 191[10] 2013 Old Dominion 7 Zay Jones 190[21] 2016 South Carolina 8 Justin Hardy 188[30] 2014 Cincinnati 9 Justin Hardy 186[11] 2014 Connecticut 10 Zay Jones 185[22] 2016 Connecticut

Receiving Touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Justin Hardy 35 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 Zay Jones 23[18] 2013 2014 2015 2016 3 Lance Lewis 22 2010 2011 4 Larry Shannon 21 1994 1995 1996 1997 5 Dwayne Harris 20 2007 2008 2009 2010 6 Clayton Driver 17 1989 1990 1991 1992 7 Walter Wilson 16 1986 1987 1988 1989 8 Tyler Snead 14[19] 2018 2019 2020 9 LaMont Chappell 13 1996 1997 1998 1999 Terry Gallaher 13 1975 1976 1977 1978

Single-Season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Lance Lewis 14 2010

Single Game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Walter Wilson 4 1989 Pittsburgh

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[31]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Shane Carden 12,244 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 David Garrard 10,238 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 James Pinkney 8,563 2003 2004 2005 2006 4 Holton Ahlers 8,153[4] 2018 2019 2020 5 Marcus Crandell 7,641 1993 1994 1995 1996 6 Dominique Davis 7,505 2010 2011 7 Patrick Pinkney 7,417 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 8 Jeff Blake 5,618 1988 1989 1990 1991 9 Travis Hunter 5,196 1986 1987 1988 1989 10 Bill Cline 3,883 1962 1963 1964

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Shane Carden 4,812 2014 2 Shane Carden 4,242 2013 3 Dominique Davis 4,108 2010 4 Holton Ahlers 3,746[4] 2019 5 Dominique Davis 3,397 2011 6 Shane Carden 3,190 2012 7 Jeff Blake 3,182 1991 8 Patrick Pinkney 3,028 2009 9 James Pinkney 2,999 2006 10 James Pinkney 2,966 2005

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Holton Ahlers 556[5] 2019 Cincinnati 2 Holton Ahlers 523[6] 2019 SMU 3 Holton Ahlers 506[9] 2018 Memphis 4 Shane Carden 477[11] 2014 Connecticut 5 Blake Kemp 468[8] 2015 UCF 6 Shane Carden 457[32] 2014 SMU 7 Shane Carden 455[7] 2013 Tulane 8 Marcus Crandell 453 1995 Syracuse 9 Shane Carden 443 2012 Marshall Shane Carden 443[10] 2013 Old Dominion

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Shane Carden 110 2011 2012 2013 2014 2 David Garrard 81 1998 1999 2000 2001 3 Dominique Davis 76 2010 2011 4 Marcus Crandell 65 1993 1994 1995 1996 5 Holton Ahlers 64[4] 2018 2019 2020 6 James Pinkney 57 2003 2004 2005 2006 7 Jeff Blake 51 1988 1989 1990 1991 8 Travis Hunter 47 1986 1987 1988 1989 9 Patrick Pinkney 44 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 10 Carlester Crumpler, Sr. 37 1971 1972 1973

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Dominique Davis 46 2010 2 Shane Carden 43 2013 3 Shane Carden 36 2014 4 Jeff Blake 31 1991 Shane Carden 31 2012 6 Dominique Davis 30 2011

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Shane Carden 7[15] 2013 Tulsa

Defense

The East Carolina Media Guide lists only a leader in defensive statistics, rather than a top 10.

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Jim Bolding 22 1973 1974 1975 1976

Single-Season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Jim Bolding 10 1975

Single Game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Greg Grandison 3 1991 UCF

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Harold Randolph 493 1974 1975 1976 1977

Single-Season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Jeffrey Warren 184 1980

Single Game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Pernell Griffin 24 2001 Wake Forest Chris Moore 24 2003 Cincinnati

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Roderick Coleman 39.0 1995 1996 1997 1998

Single-Season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Roderick Coleman 15.0 1997

Single Game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Roderick Coleman 4.0 1997 Wake Forest

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Jake Verity 74[33] 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2 Ben Hartman 59 2006 2007 2008 2009 3 Jeff Heath 53 1982 1983 1984 1985 4 Kevin Miller 52 1999 2000 2001 2002

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Jake Verity 24[33] 2019 2 Ben Hartman 21 2008

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Michael Barbour 80.0% 2010 2011

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Robert Lee 89.5% 2005

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