most receiving touchdowns by a freshman in a single college football season

Jeremiah Smith has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a freshman in a season, with 15 touchdowns in 2024.

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	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	15	2024	OSU	16	76	107	1,315	17.3	82.2	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
2	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	13	2021	UGA	15	56	80	882	15.8	58.8	56	4	14.0	3.7	1
3	Jesse Legree J. Legree	12	2026	ORST	6	38	54	932	24.5	155.3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	12	2021	TEX	12	62	101	981	15.8	81.8	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
5	Isaac Rex I. Rex	12	2020	BYU	12	37	46	429	11.6	35.8
6	Rondale Moore R. Moore	12	2018	PUR	13	114	158	1,258	11.0	96.8	213	21	10.1	16.4	2
7	Albert Okwuegbunam A. Okwuegbunam	11	2017	MIZ	12	29	43	415	14.3	34.6
8	Malachi Toney M. Toney	10	2025	MIA	16	109	141	1,211	11.1	75.7	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
9	Nic Anderson N. Anderson	10	2023	OKLA	13	38	63	798	21.0	61.4	0	0		0.0	0
10	KC Concepcion	10	2023	NCST	13	71	106	839	11.8	64.5	320	41	7.8	24.6	0
11	Peerless Price P. Price	10	1998	TENN	12	61		920	15.1	76.7	25	3	8.3	2.1	0
12	Jermale Kelly J. Kelly	10	1997	SC	11	43		618	14.4	56.2	14	1	14.0	1.3	0
13	Dwight Collins D. Collins	10	1980	PITT	11	27		777	28.8	70.6	20	5	4.0	1.8	0
14	Pofele Ashlock P. Ashlock	9	2023	HAW	13	83	128	832	10.0	64.0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	9	2021	ARST	12	59	107	826	14.0	68.8	20	2	10.0	1.7	1
16	Marvin Mims Jr. M. Mims Jr.	9	2020	OKLA	11	37	50	610	16.5	55.5	17	2	8.5	1.5	0
17	Jyaire Shorter J. Shorter	9	2019	UNT	12	24	39	473	19.7	39.4
18	Justyn Ross J. Ross	9	2018	CLEM	14	46	73	1,000	21.7	71.4
19	Greg Dortch G. Dortch	9	2017	WAKE	8	53	74	722	13.6	90.3	9	7	1.3	1.1	0
20	Dez Fitzpatrick D. Fitzpatrick	9	2017	LOU	13	45	77	699	15.5	53.8
21	Ty Lee T. Lee	9	2016	MTSU	13	63	92	699	11.1	53.8	107	6	17.8	8.2	1
22	Courtland Sutton C. Sutton	9	2015	SMU	12	49	91	862	17.6	71.8
23	Ronney Daniels R. Daniels	9	1999	AUB	11	56		1,068	19.1	97.1
24	Terrence Edwards T. Edwards	9	1999	UGA	11	53		772	14.6	70.2	3	2	1.5	0.3	0
25	Zola Davis Z. Davis	9	1995	SC	11	58		911	15.7	82.8

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,772

Sayin

RUSH

460

Jackson

REC

916

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

42.7

8th

OPP PPG

13.2

10th

RUSH YDS/G

165.7

68th

PASS YDS/G

337.8

4th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	3-0	6-0
2	UCLA	3-0	5-0
3	Ohio State	3-0	5-1
4	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
5	USC	3-1	6-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	OSU	@	NEB	1:00 PM

Last Game

Maryland

2 - 4

Final

Ohio State

5 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333