college football tight end receiving touchdowns leaders in a single season

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

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1956

	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

1,616

Dampier

RUSH

644

Parker

REC

459

Pegan

Team Rankings

PPG

37.4

14th

OPP PPG

14.6

12th

RUSH YDS/G

221.0

13th

PASS YDS/G

257.4

42nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Utah	4-0	7-0
2	BYU	3-1	6-1
3	Arizona	3-1	6-1
4	Texas Tech	3-1	6-1
5	Oklahoma State	3-1	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	UTAH	@	CIN	3:45 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UTAH	@	ARIZ	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UTAH	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	WVU	@	UTAH	9:00 PM

Last Game

Houston

6 - 2

Final

Utah

7 - 0

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Osunsanmi

8.5

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
5	Delaware	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	4	.429
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286