Zay Jones has the most receptions in a season, with 158 receptions in 2016.

Interpreted as:

most catches by a player in a cfb season

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Zay Jones Z. Jones	158	2016	ECU	12	222	1,746	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
2	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	155	2009	BGSU	13		1,770	11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
3	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	150	2021	WKU	14	194	1,902	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
4	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	142	1989	HOU	11		1,689	11.9	153.5	22
5	Jordan White J. White	140	2011	WMU	13		1,911	13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
6	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	140	1998	LT	12		1,996	14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
7	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	138	2002	NEV	12		1,629	11.8	135.8	12	115	22	5.2	9.6	1
8	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	136	2016	LT	14	176	1,803	13.3	128.8	12
9	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	134	2007	TTU	13		1,962	14.6	150.9	22
10	Trevor Insley T. Insley	134	1999	NEV	11		2,060	15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
11	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	134	1965	TLSA	10		1,779	13.3	177.9	16
12	Davante Adams D. Adams	131	2013	FRES	13	118	1,719	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ryan Broyles R. Broyles	131	2010	OKLA	14		1,622	12.4	115.9	14
14	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	129	1995	NEV	11		1,854	14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
15	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	128	2013	ORST	13	167	1,730	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
16	J.R. Tolver	128	2002	SDSU	13		1,785	13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
17	Eric Page E. Page	125	2011	TOL	13		1,182	9.5	90.9	10	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
18	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	124	2014	ALA	14	177	1,727	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
19	Charlie Jones C. Jones	123	2022	PUR	14	175	1,523	12.4	108.8	12	6	4	1.5	0.4	0
20	Jordy Nelson J. Nelson	122	2007	KSU	12		1,606	13.2	133.8	11	-7	3	-2.3	-0.6	0
21	Justin Hardy J. Hardy	121	2014	ECU	13	169	1,494	12.3	114.9	10	7	1	7.0	0.5	1
22	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	121	2011	OKST	13		1,522	12.6	117.1	18	59	5	11.8	4.5	0
23	Greg Salas G. Salas	119	2010	HAW	14		1,889	15.9	134.9	14
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	118	2012	USC	13		1,721	14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
25	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	117	2024	BGSU	13	156	1,554	13.3	119.5	10	65	9	7.2	5.0	1