MONTICELLO – University of Arkansas at Monticello junior quarterback Scott Buisson is the school’s new all-time leader with 8,629 yards of total offense with more than a season remaining in his career.
 
Buisson (Metairie, La.) broke the record in UAM’s 59-14 loss to Arkansas Tech on September 26, a game in which he had 264 passing yards and 106 rushing yards to give him a total of 8,313 career yards, breaking Cory Allred’s record of 7,988 yards from 2003-04. In this past Saturday’s win over Ouachita Baptist, Buisson increased his totals with 306 passing yards and 10 rushing yards.
 
With five games remaining in the 2009 season and possibly 11 games in the 2010 season, Buisson currently has 6,488 career passing yards and 2,141 career rushing yards. He currently ranks third in passing yards and ninth in rushing yards at UAM.
 
In his first two seasons at UAM, Buisson broke the school’s record for total offense in a season by a freshman and by a sophomore, racking up 2,926 yards in 2007 and 4,019 yards in 2008. If Buisson breaks the school’s record for a junior this season, he will also own the overall single-season record as well as the Gulf South Conference’s single-season record. Cory Allred racked up 4,267 yards as a junior in 2003 to set the UAM and GSC records.
 
Buisson also holds the UAM and GSC single-game record of 640 yards in a 51-48 win over Henderson State in 2008. In that game, he became the first player at any NCAA level to throw for at least 400 yards and rush for at least 200 yards in a single game by passing for 424 yards with five touchdowns and rushing for 216 yards with two touchdowns.
 
Buisson is expected to finish this season with over 10,000 career yards of total offense at his current rate of just over 308 yards per game.
 
With his current average of just over 231 passing yards per game, Buisson is expected to surpass Kevin McCarn’s career record of 7,864 passing yards in the first game of the 2010 season.