most college football contested catch leaders wr 2020 to 2026

From 2020 through 2026, LaJohntay Wester has made the most receptions by a wide receiver, with 326 receptions.

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	LaJohntay Wester L. Wester	326	58	459	3,634	11.1	62.7	31	213	37	5.8	3.7	2
2	Joshua Cephus J. Cephus	315	53	434	3,568	11.3	67.3	27	-1	8	-0.1	0.0	0
3	Brennan Presley B. Presley	315	63	465	3,315	10.5	52.6	23	160	30	5.3	2.5	6
4	Tez Johnson T. Johnson	310	62	413	3,889	12.5	62.7	28	50	9	5.6	0.8	1
5	Caullin Lacy C. Lacy	286	65	394	3,339	11.7	51.4	16	214	51	4.2	3.3	1
6	Jacob Cowing J. Cowing	285	46	423	3,927	13.8	85.4	30	102	12	8.5	2.2	1
7	Zakhari Franklin Z. Franklin	283	54	446	3,547	12.5	65.7	39	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
8	Tory Horton T. Horton	265	49	392	3,615	13.6	73.8	27	6	2	3.0	0.1	0
9	Smoke Harris S. Harris	259	44	360	2,496	9.6	56.7	19	34	24	1.4	0.8	1
10	Malachi Corley M. Corley	259	49	371	3,033	11.7	61.9	29	92	16	5.8	1.9	0
11	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	256	62	481	4,121	16.1	66.5	28	42	7	6.0	0.7	1
12	Xavier Hutchinson X. Hutchinson	254	37	366	2,929	11.5	79.2	15	18	2	9.0	0.5	0
13	Kyle Williams K. Williams	248	50	383	3,609	14.6	72.2	29	72	17	4.2	1.4	0
14	Jaylin Noel J. Noel	245	51	360	2,855	11.7	56.0	18	84	13	6.5	1.6	0
15	Ashtyn Hawkins A. Hawkins	238	59	351	2,939	12.3	49.8	16	19	8	2.4	0.3	0
16	Khaleb Hood K. Hood	238	51	362	2,539	10.7	49.8	10	125	22	5.7	2.5	1
17	Josh Kelly J. Kelly	236	49	365	3,261	13.8	66.6	17	31	6	5.2	0.6	1
18	Ricky White III R. White III	232	45	376	3,387	14.6	75.3	24	5	3	1.7	0.1	0
19	Easton Messer E. Messer	228	46	314	2,723	11.9	59.2	17	98	14	7.0	2.1	1
20	Nathaniel Dell N. Dell	228	35	344	3,155	13.8	90.1	32	14	5	2.8	0.4	0
21	Taylor Morin T. Morin	227	60	349	2,974	13.1	49.6	21	17	5	3.4	0.3	0
22	Malik Washington M. Washington	224	41	317	2,749	12.3	67.0	12	29	18	1.6	0.7	0
23	Jordan Addison J. Addison	224	36	324	3,199	14.3	88.9	29	147	20	7.4	4.1	1
24	Tre Harris T. Harris	221	51	334	3,570	16.2	70.0	29	22	5	4.4	0.4	0
25	Pofele Ashlock P. Ashlock	220	38	353	2,288	10.4	60.2	23	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,178

Veltkamp

RUSH

292

Ervin

REC

386

Valsin

Team Rankings

PPG

30.0

76th

OPP PPG

30.8

128th

RUSH YDS/G

113.0

143rd

PASS YDS/G

299.3

19th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	South Florida	1-0	4-0
2	Florida Atlantic	1-0	3-1
3	North Texas	1-0	3-2
4	UAB	1-0	2-2
5	Army	1-1	2-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	TXSO	@	FAU	6:00 PM
Sat 10/17	FAU	@	ARMY	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RICE	@	FAU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/29	FAU	@	UNT	7:30 PM
Thu 11/5	UTSA	@	FAU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Florida Atlantic

3 - 1

Final

Louisiana-Monroe

0 - 4

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250