North Carolina Quarterbacks by Year (2017–2026)
FBS regular-season games in the player game logs StatIQ has loaded, 2017–2026
Primary starter by season
the quarterback with the most starts that seasonNorth Carolina primary starting quarterback by season, 2017–2026| Season | Primary starter | Record | Yds | TD |
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| 2026 | Billy Edwards8 starts | 4–4 | 1,871 | 15 TD |
| 2025 | Giovanni Lopez10 starts | 4–6 | 1,747 | 10 TD |
| 2024 | Jacolby Criswell10 starts | 4–6 | 2,452 | 15 TD |
| 2023 | Drake Maye12 starts | 8–4 | 3,608 | 24 TD |
| 2022 | Drake Maye13 starts | 9–4 | 4,115 | 35 TD |
| 2021 | Sam Howell11 starts | 5–6 | 2,851 | 23 TD |
| 2020 | Sam Howell11 starts | 8–3 | 3,352 | 27 TD |
| 2019 | Sam Howell12 starts | 6–6 | 3,347 | 35 TD |
| 2018 | Nathan Elliott10 starts | 2–8 | 2,178 | 11 TD |
| 2017 | Chazz Surratt6 starts | 1–5 | 1,342 | 8 TD |
Other quarterbacks who threw for the team
every season 2017–2026, newest firstNorth Carolina other quarterbacks by season, 2017–2026| Season | Quarterback | Record | Yds | TD |
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| 2025 | Max Johnson2 starts | 0–2 | 437 | 2 TD |
| 2024 | Conner Harrell1 start | 1–0 | 282 | 2 TD |
| 2024 | Max Johnson1 start | 1–0 | 71 | 0 TD |
| 2021 | Jacolby Criswell1 start | 1–0 | 179 | 1 TD |
| 2021 | Drake Maye0 starts | – | 89 | 1 TD |
| 2018 | Cade Fortin1 start | 0–1 | 388 | 1 TD |
| 2017 | Nathan Elliott4 starts | 2–2 | 926 | 9 TD |
| 2017 | Brandon Harris2 starts | 0–2 | 346 | 1 TD |
A start here is a game in which the player threw more passes than any teammate (college: completed more passes), not an official start. A starter pulled early can read as no start. Record counts starts with a final score on file. College game logs carry completions, yards and touchdowns only, so there are no pass attempts or interceptions here. Loaded seasons: 2017–2026; earlier ones are not in StatIQ’s data.