most college receiving yards in a season

Trevor Insley has the most yards on receptions in a season, with 2,060 yards in 1999.

Interpreted as:

most college receiving yards by a player in a season

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Trevor Insley T. Insley	2,060	1999	NEV	11	134		15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
2	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	1,996	1998	LT	12	140		14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
3	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	1,962	2007	TTU	13	134		14.6	150.9	22
4	Jordan White J. White	1,911	2011	WMU	13	140		13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
5	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	1,902	2021	WKU	14	150	194	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
6	Greg Salas G. Salas	1,889	2010	HAW	14	119		15.9	134.9	14
7	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	1,856	2020	ALA	13	117	148	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
8	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	1,854	1995	NEV	11	129		14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
9	Terrance Williams T. Williams	1,832	2012	BAY	13	97		18.9	140.9	12	14	2	7.0	1.1	0
10	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	1,803	2016	LT	14	136	176	13.3	128.8	12
11	J.R. Tolver	1,785	2002	SDSU	13	128		13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
12	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	1,782	2010	OKST	12	111		16.1	148.5	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
13	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	1,781	2009	MIZ	13	113		15.8	137.0	14	10	1	10.0	0.8	0
14	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,780	2019	LSU	14	84	125	21.2	127.1	20	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
15	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	1,779	1965	TLSA	10	134		13.3	177.9	16
16	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	1,770	2009	BGSU	13	155		11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
17	Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	1,752	2011	HOU	14	89		19.7	125.1	20	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
18	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins	1,750	2014	CSU	12	96	130	18.2	145.8	17
19	Zay Jones Z. Jones	1,746	2016	ECU	12	158	222	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
20	Josh Reed J. Reed	1,740	2001	LSU	12	94		18.5	145.0	7	7	2	3.5	0.6	0
21	Taywan Taylor T. Taylor	1,730	2016	WKU	14	98	149	17.7	123.6	17	36	6	6.0	2.6	0
22	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	1,730	2013	ORST	13	128	167	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
23	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	1,727	2014	ALA	14	124	177	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	1,721	2012	USC	13	118		14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
25	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,719	2013	FRES	13	131	118	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS

1,019

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OPP PPG

27.5

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154.3

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148.7

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Air Force	3-5	4-8
9	Wyoming	2-6	4-8
10	Nevada	2-6	3-9
11	San José State	2-6	3-9
12	Colorado State	1-7	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WKU	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	MTST	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	NEV	@	MTU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	AFA	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	NEV	@	UTEP	1:00 PM

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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45.1

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

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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