list of active ncaa career receiving yard leaders

Jeremiah Smith has the most career receiving yards by an active player, with 2,558 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	2,558	29	163	216	15.7	88.2	27	68	9	7.6	2.3	2
2	Easton Messer E. Messer	2,373	42	202	275	11.7	56.5	15	98	14	7.0	2.3	1
3	Pofele Ashlock P. Ashlock	2,288	37	220	353	10.4	61.8	23	0	0		0.0	0
4	Marquez Stevenson M. Stevenson	2,269	32	147	240	15.4	70.9	22	231	26	8.9	7.2	2
5	Devin Voisin D. Voisin	2,133	58	172	250	12.4	36.8	10	0	0		0.0	0
6	Amare Thomas A. Thomas	2,073	37	182	260	11.4	56.0	23	57	13	4.4	1.5	0
7	Eric Singleton Jr. E. Singleton Jr.	2,002	36	162	264	12.4	55.6	12	201	36	5.6	5.6	1
8	Jayce Brown J. Brown	1,972	34	115	188	17.1	58.0	13	161	14	11.5	4.7	1
9	Rara Thomas R. Thomas	1,890	47	124	208	15.2	40.2	18	39	6	6.5	0.8	0
10	Elijah Metcalf E. Metcalf	1,872	48	158	227	11.8	39.0	13	28	7	4.0	0.6	0
11	Tyrin Smith T. Smith	1,832	37	127	216	14.4	49.5	12	36	5	7.2	1.0	0
12	Duce Robinson D. Robinson	1,828	35	95	170	19.2	52.2	13	0	0		0.0	0
13	Chase Sowell C. Sowell	1,823	36	115	211	15.9	50.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
14	Trent Walker T. Walker	1,790	32	154	237	11.6	55.9	4	8	4	2.0	0.3	0
15	Dalen Cobb D. Cobb	1,779	43	157	237	11.3	41.4	9	123	30	4.1	2.9	1
16	Evan Stewart E. Stewart	1,776	33	139	236	12.8	53.8	11	-4	2	-2.0	-0.1	0
17	Dalton Stroman D. Stroman	1,744	51	95	188	18.4	34.2	16	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
18	Keagan Johnson K. Johnson	1,734	50	135	256	12.8	34.7	8	51	14	3.6	1.0	0
19	Coy Eakin C. Eakin	1,705	42	133	210	12.8	40.6	15	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
20	Devin McCuin D. McCuin	1,696	32	152	222	11.2	53.0	16	49	6	8.2	1.5	0
21	Latrell Caples L. Caples	1,695	48	144	231	11.8	35.3	12	11	4	2.8	0.2	0
22	Hudson Clement H. Clement	1,675	36	109	171	15.4	46.5	12	0	0		0.0	0
23	Ian Strong I. Strong	1,668	35	111	201	15.0	47.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
24	Chrishon McCray C. McCray	1,645	32	105	201	15.7	51.4	16	42	8	5.3	1.3	0
25	Cayden Lee C. Lee	1,623	37	106	144	15.3	43.9	7	18	2	9.0	0.5	0

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,610

Sayin

RUSH

1,090

Jackson

REC

1,243

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

34.9

21st

OPP PPG

8.2

1st

RUSH YDS/G

162.8

69th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

32nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	BALL	@	OSU	12:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	KENT	@	OSU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	OSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Miami

2 - 0

Final

Ohio State

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167