college football tight end receiving yards single season

Tight ends had 13,920 receiving yards in 1956.

	POSITION	REC YDS	SEASON	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tight End	13,920	1956	1,694	978	14.2	8.2	99	291	90	3.2	0.2	1
2	Tight End	15,780	1957	1,824	1,115	14.2	8.7	125	799	170	4.7	0.4	6
3	Tight End	16,399	1958	1,788	1,160	14.1	9.2	125	203	69	2.9	0.1	3
4	Tight End	17,103	1959	1,914	1,201	14.2	8.9	127	305	92	3.3	0.2	0
5	Tight End	17,267	1960	1,900	1,233	14.0	9.1	125	-1	22	0.0	0.0	1
6	Tight End	16,094	1961	1,787	1,136	14.2	9.0	115	320	65	4.9	0.2	0
7	Tight End	22,748	1962	2,152	1,633	13.9	10.6	153	118	31	3.8	0.1	1
8	Tight End	20,962	1963	1,913	1,492	14.0	11.0	126	13	16	0.8	0.0	0
9	Tight End	27,824	1964	1,997	2,009	13.8	13.9	162	685	193	3.5	0.3	9
10	Tight End	33,374	1965	1,984	2,552	13.1	16.8	201	445	151	2.9	0.2	0
11	Tight End	39,245	1966	2,065	2,910	13.5	19.0	239	195	92	2.1	0.1	1
12	Tight End	33,459	1967	1,960	2,552	13.1	17.1	197	88	50	1.8	0.0	0
13	Tight End	44,721	1968	2,114	3,343	13.4	21.2	271	471	116	4.1	0.2	5
14	Tight End	42,081	1969	2,340	3,165	13.3	18.0	286	648	143	4.5	0.3	2
15	Tight End	40,909	1970	2,576	3,083	13.3	15.9	244	747	166	4.5	0.3	7
16	Tight End	38,117	1971	2,509	2,788	13.7	15.2	250	570	133	4.3	0.2	0
17	Tight End	38,131	1972	2,627	2,699	14.1	14.5	226	658	194	3.4	0.3	5
18	Tight End	36,596	1973	2,690	2,598	14.1	13.6	243	780	141	5.5	0.3	8
19	Tight End	37,175	1974	2,881	2,578	14.4	12.9	265	1,856	345	5.4	0.6	19
20	Tight End	33,176	1975	2,873	2,364	14.0	11.5	234	1,073	213	5.0	0.4	8
21	Tight End	32,564	1976	2,718	2,357	13.8	12.0	231	1,384	299	4.6	0.5	11
22	Tight End	41,360	1977	3,477	2,814	14.7	11.9	276	795	170	4.7	0.2	10
23	Tight End	39,221	1978	3,623	2,893	13.6	10.8	290	1,652	330	5.0	0.5	12
24	Tight End	41,342	1979	3,461	3,088	13.4	11.9	299	178	170	1.0	0.1	3
25	Tight End	40,652	1980	3,332	3,146	12.9	12.2	274	1,005	257	3.9	0.3	9

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PPG

24.0

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15.0

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PASS YDS/G

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Virginia	1-0	2-0
4	California	1-0	1-1
5	Duke	0-0	2-0
6	North Carolina	0-0	2-0
7	Pittsburgh	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	STAN	@	DUKE	4:00 PM
Sat 9/26	WM	@	DUKE	3:30 PM
Sat 10/10	DUKE	@	GT	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Fri 10/23	DUKE	@	UVA	7:00 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

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Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

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PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

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12.0

11.0

10.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Florida International	1	1	.500
3	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
4	Liberty	1	1	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
6	Missouri State	1	1	.500
7	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333