cfb average yards after catch leaders 2026 by individual

Nigel Johnson has averaged the most yards per catch in 2026, with 72.0 per reception.

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Nigel Johnson N. Johnson	72.0	2026	WKU	5	1	3	72	14.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jackson Gutierrez J. Gutierrez	63.0	2026	NAVY	6	1	2	63	10.5	0	644	123	5.2	107.3	9
3	Grayson Rigdon G. Rigdon	55.0	2026	ASU	3	2	2	110	36.7	2	26	7	3.7	8.7	0
4	Truman Brasfield T. Brasfield	55.0	2026	NAVY	6	3	10	165	27.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jaiden Tucker J. Tucker	52.0	2026	ULM	4	1	2	52	13.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Devin Goldston D. Goldston	51.0	2026	WAKE	1	1	1	51	51.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Dillon Galloway D. Galloway	49.0	2026	APP	1	1	1	49	49.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Malcolm Simmons M. Simmons	45.5	2026	TTU	6	2	5	91	15.2	2	20	2	10.0	3.3	0
9	Jesse Ofurie J. Ofurie	40.0	2026	RUTG	6	1	1	40	6.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Chanz Wiggins C. Wiggins	40.0	2026	VT	2	1	2	40	20.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jordan Collins J. Collins	37.8	2026	NAVY	6	5	9	189	31.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jeremy Bell J. Bell	36.5	2026	UGA	5	2	2	73	14.6	1	11	1	11.0	2.2	0
13	Bryan Hamilton B. Hamilton	36.0	2026	PITT	2	1	2	36	18.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Toa Fa'avae T. Fa'avae	35.0	2026	UNM	6	1	1	35	5.8	0	220	49	4.5	36.7	2
15	Terrione Graves T. Graves	34.3	2026	NMSU	3	4	4	137	45.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Dillon Alfred D. Alfred	34.0	2026	MISS	1	1	1	34	34.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Chris Henry Jr. C. Henry Jr.	33.7	2026	OSU	7	6	8	202	28.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Malachi Henry M. Henry	33.3	2026	CIN	6	8	12	266	44.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jaden Allen-Hendrix J. Allen-Hendrix	33.0	2026	CCAR	7	1	2	33	4.7	0	115	27	4.3	16.4	3
20	Josh Humes J. Humes	33.0	2026	DEL	6	1	2	33	5.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Miles Halbert M. Halbert	33.0	2026	JMU	7	2	3	66	9.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Maurice Veney M. Veney	32.5	2026	VAN	7	2	4	65	9.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Paxon Kettering P. Kettering	32.0	2026	DUKE	1	1	1	32	32.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Byron Louis B. Louis	32.0	2026	FLA	2	1	1	32	16.0	0	34	6	5.7	17.0	0
25	Finn Furmanek F. Furmanek	31.0	2026	PSU	7	1	3	31	4.4	0	0	0		0.0	0

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

857

Tisdale

RUSH

346

Allen

REC

369

Stafford

Team Rankings

PPG

21.3

121st

OPP PPG

30.6

127th

RUSH YDS/G

136.0

117th

PASS YDS/G

217.6

96th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Jacksonville State	3-0	5-2
2	Liberty	2-0	5-1
3	Western Kentucky	2-1	3-4
4	Florida International	1-1	3-3
5	Middle Tennessee	1-1	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	DEL	@	WKU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	JVST	@	WKU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	WKU	@	LIB	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	KENN	@	WKU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

3 - 4

Final

Sam Houston

1 - 5

Wed 14 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

784

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	2	.667
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	3	3	.500