college football players with most career reception yards per game

Joe Bowser has averaged the most career receiving yards per game, with 181.7 per game.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Joe Bowser J. Bowser	181.7	3	38		545	14.3	3
2	Jesse Legree J. Legree	155.3	6	38	54	932	24.5	12	0	0		0.0	0
3	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	140.9	22	227		3,100	13.7	26	7	5	1.4	0.3	0
4	Randy Moss R. Moss	137.3	12	90		1,647	18.3	25	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
5	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	135.9	14	150	194	1,902	12.7	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
6	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	128.0	34	280		4,352	15.5	50	447	38	11.8	13.1	6
7	Kevin Curtis K. Curtis	126.8	22	174		2,789	16.0	19	46	9	5.1	2.1	1
8	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	120.3	26	231		3,127	13.5	41	1	2	0.5	0.0	0
9	Ron Sellers R. Sellers	119.9	30	211		3,598	17.1	23
10	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	119.8	22	220		2,635	12.0	27	3	1	3.0	0.1	0
11	Kassim Osgood K. Osgood	119.4	13	108		1,552	14.4	8
12	Bryan Reeves B. Reeves	117.9	21	172		2,476	14.4	27	7	5	1.4	0.3	2
13	Davante Adams D. Adams	116.6	26	233		3,031	13.0	38	0	0		0.0	0
14	Jerry Hendren J. Hendren	114.5	30	230		3,435	14.9	27	13	2	6.5	0.4	0
15	Trevor Insley T. Insley	113.8	44	298		5,005	16.8	35	-17	3	-5.7	-0.4	0
16	Nakia Jenkins N. Jenkins	112.9	22	155		2,483	16.0	14
17	Jim Sandusky J. Sandusky	112.2	12	68		1,346	19.8	6	-9	1	-9.0	-0.8	0
18	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	111.4	30	261		3,343	12.8	32
19	Barry Moore B. Moore	109.2	20	140		2,183	15.6	12
20	Elmo Wright E. Wright	108.0	31	153		3,347	21.9	34	135	13	10.4	4.4	1
21	Chris Penn C. Penn	107.7	22	142		2,370	16.7	17	-4	2	-2.0	-0.2	0
22	Jordan White J. White	107.4	39	306		4,187	13.7	32	56	4	14.0	1.4	0
23	Keyshawn Johnson K. Johnson	107.2	22	148		2,358	15.9	12	47	4	11.8	2.1	0
24	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	107.1	25	161		2,677	16.6	34	5	2	2.5	0.2	0
25	Geoff Noisy G. Noisy	106.2	40	295		4,249	14.4	21	27	10	2.7	0.7	0

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Last Game

Lamar

0 - 1

Final

Louisiana

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333