college football tight end receiving yards leaders all time

Dennis Pitta has the most career yards on receptions by a tight end, with 2,901 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Dennis Pitta D. Pitta	2,901	47	221		13.1	61.7	21
2	Chase Coffman C. Coffman	2,659	50	247		10.8	53.2	30	8	1	8.0	0.2	0
3	Cody Slate C. Slate	2,619	43	199		13.2	60.9	23	88	12	7.3	2.0	1
4	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	2,591	41	180	249	14.4	63.2	26	193	19	10.2	4.7	5
5	Gordon Hudson G. Hudson	2,484	34	178		14.0	73.1	22	22	2	11.0	0.6	0
6	Darius Hill D. Hill	2,473	43	158		15.7	57.5	31
7	Hugh Campbell H. Campbell	2,452	30	176		13.9	81.7	22
8	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	2,395	36	180	243	13.3	66.5	17	159	33	4.8	4.4	5
9	Garrett Mills G. Mills	2,389	46	201		11.9	51.9	23
10	Pete Mitchell P. Mitchell	2,388	44	190		12.6	54.3	20
11	Brant Kuithe B. Kuithe	2,387	60	183	272	13.0	39.8	22	188	25	7.5	3.1	6
12	Chris Smith C. Smith	2,367	36	137		17.3	65.8	8
13	Evan Engram E. Engram	2,320	45	162	234	14.3	51.6	15	0	0		0.0	0
14	Ibn Green I. Green	2,295	32	170		13.5	71.7	28
15	John Wright J. Wright	2,284	30	159		14.4	76.1	12	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
16	Clennie Brundidge C. Brundidge	2,279	44	147		15.5	51.8	14	27	6	4.5	0.6	0
17	Tanner Koziol T. Koziol	2,234	49	237	344	9.4	45.6	24	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
18	Marco Battaglia M. Battaglia	2,221	43	171		13.0	51.7	16
19	Ladarius Green L. Green	2,202	38	148		14.9	57.9	22	20	1	20.0	0.5	0
20	Dave Young D. Young	2,202	44	173		12.7	50.0	24
21	Charlie Kolar C. Kolar	2,181	45	168	257	13.0	48.5	23	0	0		0.0	0
22	Harrison Bryant H. Bryant	2,176	43	152	224	14.3	50.6	17	2	1	2.0	0.0	0
23	Martin Rucker M. Rucker	2,175	46	203		10.7	47.3	18	56	16	3.5	1.2	0
24	Dennis Smith D. Smith	2,168	35	156		13.9	61.9	24	221	20	11.1	6.3	1
25	Kelly Blackwell K. Blackwell	2,155	39	181		11.9	55.3	13	7	1	7.0	0.2	0

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More BYU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,033

Bachmeier

RUSH

344

Martin

REC

378

Glasker

Team Rankings

PPG

34.6

47th

OPP PPG

13.4

11th

RUSH YDS/G

223.8

19th

PASS YDS/G

209.6

102nd

2026 Big 12 Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	BYU	@	UCF	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ASU	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	BAY	@	BYU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Iowa State

3 - 3

Final

BYU

5 - 0

Fri 9 Oct 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