college football tight end receiving touchdown leaders single season

Dennis Smith has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 18 touchdowns in 1989.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Dennis Smith D. Smith	18	1989	UTAH	12	73		1,091	14.9	90.9	29	3	9.7	2.4	0
2	Michael Roberts M. Roberts	16	2016	TOL	13	45	67	533	11.8	41.0
3	Gator Hoskins G. Hoskins	15	2013	MRSH	14	50	15	821	16.4	58.6	0	0		0.0	0
4	Clay Brown C. Brown	15	1980	BYU	12	48		1,009	21.0	84.1
5	Jermaine Gresham J. Gresham	14	2008	OKLA	14	66		950	14.4	67.9	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
6	Allama Matthews A. Matthews	14	1982	VAN	11	61		797	13.1	72.5	5	2	2.5	0.5	0
7	Tim Delaney T. Delaney	14	1969	SDSU	10	85		1,259	14.8	125.9
8	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	13	2021	UGA	15	56	80	882	15.8	58.8	56	4	14.0	3.7	1
9	James Casey J. Casey	13	2008	RICE	13	111		1,329	12.0	102.2	241	57	4.2	18.5	6
10	Isaiah Likely I. Likely	12	2021	CCAR	13	59	78	912	15.5	70.2	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
11	Kyle Pitts K. Pitts	12	2020	FLA	8	43	67	770	17.9	96.3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Isaac Rex I. Rex	12	2020	BYU	12	37	46	429	11.6	35.8
13	Joseph Fauria J. Fauria	12	2012	UCLA	14	46		637	13.8	45.5
14	Dennis Morris D. Morris	12	2009	LT	12	38		623	16.4	51.9
15	Jonny Harline J. Harline	12	2006	BYU	13	58		935	16.1	71.9
16	Ibn Green I. Green	12	1998	LOU	10	55		884	16.1	88.4
17	Mike Moore M. Moore	12	1977	GRAM	11	60		1,112	18.5	101.1
18	Jim O'Brien J. O'Brien	12	1968	CIN	10	44		1,107	25.2	110.7
19	Noah Fant N. Fant	11	2017	IOWA	13	30	61	494	16.5	38.0	-1	2	-0.5	-0.1	0
20	Albert Okwuegbunam A. Okwuegbunam	11	2017	MIZ	12	29	43	415	14.3	34.6
21	Mark Hafner M. Hafner	11	2008	HOU	13	86		907	10.5	69.8
22	Jermaine Gresham J. Gresham	11	2007	OKLA	13	37		518	14.0	39.8
23	Darius Hill D. Hill	11	2007	BALL	13	65		926	14.2	71.2
24	Ashley Bell A. Bell	11	1969	PUR	10	49		669	13.7	66.9
25	Phil Odle P. Odle	11	1965	BYU	10	46		657	14.3	65.7

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Team Leaders

PASS

896

Dampier

RUSH

328

Parker

REC

264

Pegan

Team Rankings

PPG

43.3

12th

OPP PPG

10.3

7th

RUSH YDS/G

225.8

23rd

PASS YDS/G

265.5

44th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Cincinnati	1-0	4-0
2	Texas Tech	1-0	4-0
3	Utah	1-0	4-0
4	BYU	1-0	3-0
5	Baylor	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	KU	@	UTAH	10:15 PM
Sat 10/17	UTAH	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	UTAH	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Utah

4 - 0

Final

Iowa State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250