most college football contested catch leaders wr 2026 to 2027

From 2026 through 2027, Gavin Freeman and Chris Durr Jr. are tied for the most receptions by a wide receiver, with 35 catches.

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Gavin Freeman G. Freeman	35	4	49	364	10.4	91.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
2	Chris Durr Jr. C. Durr Jr.	35	4	49	312	8.9	78.0	3	30	1	30.0	7.5	0
3	Malachi Toney M. Toney	34	4	37	564	16.6	141.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
4	Kelby Valsin K. Valsin	33	4	44	386	11.7	96.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	33	4	47	617	18.7	154.3	7	5	1	5.0	1.3	0
6	DeAree Rogers D. Rogers	31	4	42	252	8.1	63.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Carlos Hernandez C. Hernandez	30	4	41	516	17.2	129.0	3	0	0		0.0	0
8	Collin Dixon C. Dixon	30	4	40	430	14.3	107.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
9	Dezmen Roebuck D. Roebuck	30	4	39	308	10.3	77.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Cam'ron Lacy C. Lacy	29	4	44	310	10.7	77.5	4	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
11	KJ Duff	29	4	49	550	19.0	137.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
12	Chris Marshall C. Marshall	28	4	43	473	16.9	118.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Josh Dallas J. Dallas	28	4	33	170	6.1	42.5	0	10	2	5.0	2.5	0
14	Anthony Evans III A. Evans III	28	4	38	408	14.6	102.0	3	1	2	0.5	0.3	0
15	Cayden Lee C. Lee	27	4	35	412	15.3	103.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Yamir Knight Y. Knight	27	4	32	345	12.8	86.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Deuce Alexander D. Alexander	27	4	33	429	15.9	107.3	4	4	1	4.0	1.0	0
18	Matt Coleman M. Coleman	26	5	48	369	14.2	73.8	3	-5	1	-5.0	-1.0	0
19	Easton Messer E. Messer	26	4	39	350	13.5	87.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Que'Sean Brown Q. Brown	26	4	35	224	8.6	56.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
21	Chance Morrow C. Morrow	25	4	50	310	12.4	77.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jaden Barnes J. Barnes	25	4	36	239	9.6	59.8	0	-6	1	-6.0	-1.5	0
23	Kayden Dixon-Wyatt K. Dixon-Wyatt	25	5	34	372	14.9	74.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Xavier Townsend X. Townsend	24	4	29	283	11.8	70.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Tyrell Henry T. Henry	24	4	39	307	12.8	76.8	1	2	1	2.0	0.5	0

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More Baylor Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

567

Bennett

RUSH

288

Pendergrass

REC

364

Freeman

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

79th

OPP PPG

13.0

17th

RUSH YDS/G

150.8

98th

PASS YDS/G

285.0

25th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Utah	1-0	4-0
4	BYU	1-0	3-0
5	Baylor	1-0	3-1
6	Oklahoma State	1-0	3-1
7	UCF	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	BAY	@	ASU	10:30 PM
Sat 10/17	TCU	@	BAY	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BAY	@	KU	1:00 PM
Fri 10/30	BAY	@	UCF	7:30 PM
Sat 11/7	ISU	@	BAY	1:00 PM

Last Game

Colorado

2 - 2

Final

Baylor

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

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

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	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

	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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	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