best freshman receiving stats ever college football since 1980

Since 1980, Richie James has the most receiving yards by a freshman, with 1,346 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Richie James
R. James
1,346
13
108
146
12.5
103.5
8
146
12
12.2
11.2
1
2Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
1,315
16
76
107
17.3
82.2
15
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
3Corey Rucker
C. Rucker
1,279
21
75
134
17.1
60.9
14
20
2
10.0
1.0
1
4Rondale Moore
R. Moore
1,258
13
114
158
11.0
96.8
12
213
21
10.1
16.4
2
5Malachi Toney
M. Toney
1,211
16
109
141
11.1
75.7
10
113
23
4.9
7.1
1
6Demario Douglas
D. Douglas
1,205
27
93
125
13.0
44.6
10
4
2
2.0
0.1
0
7Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
1,174
13
85
119
13.8
90.3
7
108
11
9.8
8.3
1
8Trayvon Rudolph
T. Rudolph
1,124
20
65
117
17.3
56.2
7
113
9
12.6
5.7
1
9Penny Hart
P. Hart
1,099
13
71
104
15.5
84.5
8
11
3
3.7
0.8
0
10Jonnu Smith
J. Smith
1,098
24
100
92
11.0
45.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
11Roger Lewis
R. Lewis
1,093
14
73
140
15.0
78.1
7
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
12Ja'Lynn Polk
J. Polk
1,072
26
74
112
14.5
41.2
9
15
1
15.0
0.6
0
13Ronney Daniels
R. Daniels
1,068
11
56
19.1
97.1
9
14Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
1,045
15
89
126
11.7
69.7
7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
15Mike Dudek
M. Dudek
1,038
13
76
111
13.7
79.8
6
73
6
12.2
5.6
0
16David Bell
D. Bell
1,035
12
86
132
12.0
86.3
7
12
3
4.0
1.0
1
17KD Cannon
KD Cannon
1,030
13
58
93
17.8
79.2
8
12
2
6.0
0.9
0
18Taylor Morin
T. Morin
1,026
23
75
125
13.7
44.6
8
6
3
2.0
0.3
0
19Christian Kirk
C. Kirk
1,009
13
80
132
12.6
77.6
7
54
11
4.9
4.2
0
20Justyn Ross
J. Ross
1,000
14
46
73
21.7
71.4
9
21Tyler Snead
T. Snead
995
16
81
123
12.3
62.2
9
27
4
6.8
1.7
0
22Peerless Price
P. Price
991
23
67
14.8
43.1
10
25
3
8.3
1.1
0
23Xavier Worthy
X. Worthy
981
12
62
101
15.8
81.8
12
7
1
7.0
0.6
0
24Devonte Boyd
D. Boyd
980
13
65
93
15.1
75.4
4
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
25Artavis Scott
A. Scott
965
13
76
76
12.7
74.2
8
18
6
3.0
1.4
0
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12
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12
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1
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16
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1
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1
.500
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2
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1
.500
15
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1
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16
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1
.500
17
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1
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2
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1.000
2
UConn UConn
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1.000
2
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1.000
4
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0
1.000
5
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6
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1
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7
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1
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8
Temple Temple
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1
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9
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1
1
.500
10
UAB UAB
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1
.500
11
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2
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12
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2
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13
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1
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14
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1
1
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1.000
2
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4
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0
1.000
5
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1.000
6
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2
0
1.000
7
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1.000
8
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0
1.000
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0
1.000
10
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0
1.000
11
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12
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1
1
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13
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1
1
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14
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1
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15
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1
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1
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1
1
.500
5
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1
1
.500
6
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1
1
.500
7
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1
2
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8
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2
.333
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0
2
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2
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1.000
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1
2
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1.000
4
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2
1
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5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
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1
1
.500
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
1
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
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9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
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CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
8-34
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
17-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
SYR SYR
@
PITT PITT
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
MIA MIA
@
WAKE WAKE
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
HOU HOU
@
TTU TTU
8:00 PM
Fri
9/18
PRST PRST
@
ORE ORE
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
11:30 AM