best sophomore receiving stats ever college football since 2020

Since 2020, Jacob Cowing has the most yards on receptions by a sophomore, with 2,045 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jacob Cowing
J. Cowing
2,045
21
110
185
18.6
97.4
10
75
4
18.8
3.6
1
2Elic Ayomanor
E. Ayomanor
1,844
24
125
208
14.8
76.8
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Nathaniel Dell
N. Dell
1,757
22
119
189
14.8
79.9
15
5
1
5.0
0.2
0
4Skyy Moore
S. Moore
1,671
17
119
168
14.0
98.3
13
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
5Tyrin Smith
T. Smith
1,609
25
104
179
15.5
64.4
11
36
5
7.2
1.4
0
6Jaxon Smith-Njigba
J. Smith-Njigba
1,606
13
95
113
16.9
123.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
7Jordan Addison
J. Addison
1,593
14
100
145
15.9
113.8
17
56
7
8.0
4.0
1
8A.T. Perry
A.T. Perry
1,504
21
87
166
17.3
71.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
9Parker Washington
P. Washington
1,431
23
110
155
13.0
62.2
6
20
4
5.0
0.9
0
10Tetairoa McMillan
T. McMillan
1,402
13
90
134
15.6
107.8
10
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
11Tyler Snead
T. Snead
1,384
21
120
177
11.5
65.9
9
63
8
7.9
3.0
1
12Dante Cephas
D. Cephas
1,376
18
93
140
14.8
76.4
9
6
1
6.0
0.3
0
13Josh Downs
J. Downs
1,335
13
101
145
13.2
102.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
14Malachi Corley
M. Corley
1,293
14
101
141
12.8
92.4
11
87
11
7.9
6.2
0
15Danny Scudero
D. Scudero
1,291
12
88
163
14.7
107.6
10
0
0
0.0
0
16Corey Gammage
C. Gammage
1,278
23
113
169
11.3
55.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Wyatt Young
W. Young
1,264
14
70
101
18.1
90.3
10
16
3
5.3
1.1
1
18Marvin Harrison Jr.
M. Harrison Jr.
1,263
13
77
120
16.4
97.2
14
32
2
16.0
2.5
0
19Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
1,243
13
87
109
14.3
95.6
12
21
3
7.0
1.6
1
20Luther Burden III
L. Burden III
1,212
13
86
124
14.1
93.2
9
31
7
4.4
2.4
0
21Dontayvion Wicks
D. Wicks
1,203
12
57
95
21.1
100.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
22Elijah Sarratt
E. Sarratt
1,191
13
82
101
14.5
91.6
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
1
23Ja'Lynn Polk
J. Polk
1,159
15
69
112
16.8
77.3
9
32
4
8.0
2.1
1
24Emeka Egbuka
E. Egbuka
1,151
13
74
105
15.6
88.5
10
87
11
7.9
6.7
2
25Tayvion Robinson
T. Robinson
1,151
23
82
133
14.0
50.0
8
95
18
5.3
4.1
0
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9
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UTEP UTEP
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10/31
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11/7
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1,423

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600

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Jeremiah Smith

585

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564

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14

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14

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14

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Jadan Baugh

9

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7

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53.5

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8.5

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9.0

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550.8

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548.3

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533.3

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523.8
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333.7

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332.3

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294.8

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281.5

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281.3
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392.5

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365.3

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365.0

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361.3

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347.3

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346.5
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18.0

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18.0

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17.0

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15.0

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15.0

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Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
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Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
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5
Texas Texas
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6
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7
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3
1
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8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
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LSU LSU
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1
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11
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12
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1
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13
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2
2
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14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
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15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
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16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
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1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
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2
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4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
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5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
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6
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1
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7
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1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
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4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
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1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
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1
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12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
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14
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2
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15
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2
2
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16
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2
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17
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3
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18
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1
3
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Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
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0
1.000
3
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4
0
1.000
4
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1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
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1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
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2
1
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9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
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11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
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14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
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15
TCU TCU
2
2
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16
Kansas Kansas
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2
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UMass UMass
4
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1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
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3
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4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
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5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
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7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
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8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
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9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
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12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
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Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
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0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
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0
1.000
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
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7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
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1
.667
13
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2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
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1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
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4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
UAB UAB
2
2
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4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
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3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
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1
3
.250
12
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0
4
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13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
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2
.600
2
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3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
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4
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2
2
.500
5
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1
3
.250
6
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1
3
.250
7
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
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1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
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3
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10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
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0
1.000
2
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1
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3
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1
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4
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2
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1
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1
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7
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2
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8
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2
2
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9
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1
3
.250
10
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1
2
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11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
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3
.250
12
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1
3
.250
13
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1
3
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14
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0
4
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4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
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3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
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4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
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5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
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6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
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8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
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9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
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CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/12
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
Sat
9/12
PSU PSU
@
TEM TEM
27-9
Sat
9/12
ETSU ETSU
@
UNC UNC
3-35
Sat
9/12
ORE ORE
@
OKST OKST
31-39
Sat
9/12
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM