Senior quarterback Aidan Sayin completed his 665th pass attempt this past weekend against Colgate.
Credit: Annie LiuRecords are meant to be broken. And at Penn, another has fallen this weekend.
Penn football senior quarterback Aidan Sayin is making the case as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever suit up for the Red and Blue. In the Quakers' home opener at Franklin Field on Saturday against Colgate, Sayin broke the program record for the most career completions while taking home Penn’s first win of the season. He now has racked up 665 completions, surpassing Gavin Hoffman’s previous mark of 651, which was set in 2001.
Sayin's previous completions figures have already earned him places in the Penn record books. Last season, he threw for 278 completions — the most in an individual season in program history. His sophomore campaign saw him throw 253 completions, the fourth-best in program history. Two games into the season, Sayin already has 46 completions to his name.
With eight games left to go, Sayin is in a prime position to put himself atop the leaderboard for other categories as well.
Sayin has racked up 44 touchdowns across his career, but is now in striking distance of the program record. The current record is held by 2016 graduate Alek Torgersen, who threw 52 touchdowns. If Sayin keeps up his current pace, he will become the all-time leading touchdown passer by the end of October with almost half the season still to go.
He is also on pace to break the all-time passing yards record. Sayin sits in third behind Hoffman and Torgersen, who have thrown for 7542 and 7025 yards respectively. With two games under his belt already for this final season, he now has 6617 yards to his name. That leaves only 926 yards to go until Sayin catapults himself to the top of the throne.
In the final hour of his Penn career, Sayin is on track to topple Penn records. Barring injury, his ascension to the top is not a matter of if — but when.
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