best freshman receiving stats ever college football since 2020

Since 2020, Jeremiah Smith has the most receiving yards by a freshman, with 1,315 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
2	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	1,279	21	75	134	17.1	60.9	14	20	2	10.0	1.0	1
3	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,211	16	109	141	11.1	75.7	10	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
4	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	1,124	20	65	117	17.3	56.2	7	113	9	12.6	5.7	1
5	Ja'Lynn Polk J. Polk	1,072	26	74	112	14.5	41.2	9	15	1	15.0	0.6	0
6	Demario Douglas D. Douglas	1,069	23	84	109	12.7	46.5	9	4	2	2.0	0.2	0
7	Taylor Morin T. Morin	1,026	23	75	125	13.7	44.6	8	6	3	2.0	0.3	0
8	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	981	12	62	101	15.8	81.8	12	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
9	Tez Johnson T. Johnson	946	23	85	121	11.1	41.1	4	40	3	13.3	1.7	1
10	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	882	15	56	80	15.8	58.8	13	56	4	14.0	3.7	1
11	Ryan Coleman-Williams R. Coleman-Williams	865	13	48	86	18.0	66.5	8	48	4	12.0	3.7	2
12	Braylon Staley B. Staley	858	17	71	106	12.1	50.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
13	CJ Daniels	849	24	48	92	17.7	35.4	10	0	0		0.0	1
14	Jerand Bradley J. Bradley	843	16	56	91	15.1	52.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
15	KC Concepcion	839	13	71	106	11.8	64.5	10	320	41	7.8	24.6	0
16	Pofele Ashlock P. Ashlock	832	13	83	128	10.0	64.0	9	0	0		0.0	0
17	LaJohntay Wester L. Wester	816	21	82	119	10.0	38.9	5	63	13	4.8	3.0	0
18	Cam Vaughn C. Vaughn	803	17	48	80	16.7	47.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	Nic Anderson N. Anderson	798	16	38	63	21.0	49.9	10	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
20	Jared Brown J. Brown	794	15	50	75	15.9	52.9	7	187	20	9.4	12.5	1
21	Javon Ivory J. Ivory	769	21	52	96	14.8	36.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	768	20	60	77	12.8	38.4	5	1,206	232	5.2	60.3	8
23	Chris Brazzell II C. Brazzell II	763	16	48	86	15.9	47.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
24	Malachi Corley M. Corley	756	23	79	115	9.6	32.9	7	-6	1	-6.0	-0.3	0
25	J. Michael Sturdivant	755	16	65	111	11.6	47.2	7	-8	2	-4.0	-0.5	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

320

Sayin

RUSH

83

Jackson

REC

151

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

56.0

19th

OPP PPG

3.0

10th

RUSH YDS/G

237.0

39th

PASS YDS/G

434.0

3rd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Nebraska	0-0	1-0
10	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
11	Ohio State	0-0	1-0
12	Oregon	0-0	1-0
13	Penn State	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

0 - 1

Final

Ohio State

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	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	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
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	0	1.000
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	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
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	1	.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	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
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	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.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	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	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	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	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	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.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	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000