best freshman receiving stats ever college football since 2015

Since 2015, Richie James has the most receiving yards by a freshman, with 1,346 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Richie James R. James	1,346	13	108	146	12.5	103.5	8	146	12	12.2	11.2	1
2	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
3	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	1,279	21	75	134	17.1	60.9	14	20	2	10.0	1.0	1
4	Rondale Moore R. Moore	1,258	13	114	158	11.0	96.8	12	213	21	10.1	16.4	2
5	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,211	16	109	141	11.1	75.7	10	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
6	Demario Douglas D. Douglas	1,205	27	93	125	13.0	44.6	10	4	2	2.0	0.1	0
7	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	1,124	20	65	117	17.3	56.2	7	113	9	12.6	5.7	1
8	Penny Hart P. Hart	1,099	13	71	104	15.5	84.5	8	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
9	Ja'Lynn Polk J. Polk	1,072	26	74	112	14.5	41.2	9	15	1	15.0	0.6	0
10	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,045	15	89	126	11.7	69.7	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
11	David Bell D. Bell	1,035	12	86	132	12.0	86.3	7	12	3	4.0	1.0	1
12	Taylor Morin T. Morin	1,026	23	75	125	13.7	44.6	8	6	3	2.0	0.3	0
13	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	1,009	13	80	132	12.6	77.6	7	54	11	4.9	4.2	0
14	Justyn Ross J. Ross	1,000	14	46	73	21.7	71.4	9
15	Tyler Snead T. Snead	995	16	81	123	12.3	62.2	9	27	4	6.8	1.7	0
16	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	981	12	62	101	15.8	81.8	12	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
17	Tez Johnson T. Johnson	946	23	85	121	11.1	41.1	4	40	3	13.3	1.7	1
18	Ahmmon Richards A. Richards	934	13	49	76	19.1	71.8	3	8	2	4.0	0.6	0
19	C.J. Johnson	908	12	54	97	16.8	75.7	4
20	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	882	15	56	80	15.8	58.8	13	56	4	14.0	3.7	1
21	Ryan Coleman-Williams R. Coleman-Williams	865	13	48	86	18.0	66.5	8	48	4	12.0	3.7	2
22	Courtland Sutton C. Sutton	862	12	49	91	17.6	71.8	9
23	Braylon Staley B. Staley	858	17	71	106	12.1	50.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
24	CJ Daniels	849	24	48	92	17.7	35.4	10	0	0		0.0	1
25	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	848	15	45	59	18.8	56.5	7

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Team Leaders

PASS

200

Gagliano

RUSH

103

Martin

REC

118

Lacy

Team Rankings

PPG

38.0

53rd

OPP PPG

14.0

54th

RUSH YDS/G

196.0

54th

PASS YDS/G

200.0

99th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Delaware	0-0	1-0
2	Kennesaw State	0-0	1-0
3	Middle Tennessee	0-0	1-0
4	Jacksonville State	0-0	1-1
5	New Mexico State	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	MTU	@	MRSH	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	NEV	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MTU	@	JVST	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	1:00 PM
Tue 10/13	DEL	@	MTU	7:00 PM

Last Game

Murray State

0 - 1

Final

Middle Tennessee

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

646

Browne

641

Boley

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

234

Mason

231

Kromah

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Hawkins

4

Wilson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Becker

4

Williams

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Harris

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

66.5

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

671.0

646.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

458.0

431.0

394.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

430.0

427.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Missouri	2	0	1.000
2	Alabama	1	0	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	0	1.000
4	Auburn	1	0	1.000
5	Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Georgia	2	0	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	0	1.000
8	LSU	1	0	1.000
9	Mississippi State	1	0	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
11	Ole Miss	1	0	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	0	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	0	1.000
14	Texas	1	0	1.000
15	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	0	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	CAMP	@	FLA	5:30 PM
Sat 9/12	JVST	@	OHIO	6:00 PM
Sat 9/12	BUFF	@	FIU	6:00 PM
Sat 9/12	MEM	@	BSU	6:00 PM
Sat 9/12	MONM	@	WMU	6:30 PM

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