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.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
15
2024
OSU OSU
16
76
107
1,315
17.3
82.2
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
2Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
13
2021
UGA UGA
15
56
80
882
15.8
58.8
56
4
14.0
3.7
1
3Xavier Worthy
X. Worthy
12
2021
TEX TEX
12
62
101
981
15.8
81.8
7
1
7.0
0.6
0
4Isaac Rex
I. Rex
12
2020
BYU BYU
12
37
46
429
11.6
35.8
5Rondale Moore
R. Moore
12
2018
PUR PUR
13
114
158
1,258
11.0
96.8
213
21
10.1
16.4
2
6Albert Okwuegbunam
A. Okwuegbunam
11
2017
MIZ MIZ
12
29
43
415
14.3
34.6
7Nic Anderson
N. Anderson
10
2023
OKLA OKLA
13
38
63
798
21.0
61.4
0
0
0.0
0
8KC Concepcion
KC Concepcion
10
2023
NCST NCST
13
71
106
839
11.8
64.5
320
41
7.8
24.6
0
9Peerless Price
P. Price
10
1998
TENN TENN
12
61
920
15.1
76.7
25
3
8.3
2.1
0
10Jermale Kelly
J. Kelly
10
1997
SC SC
11
43
618
14.4
56.2
14
1
14.0
1.3
0
11Dwight Collins
D. Collins
10
1980
PITT PITT
11
27
777
28.8
70.6
20
5
4.0
1.8
0
12Pofele Ashlock
P. Ashlock
9
2023
HAW HAW
13
83
128
832
10.0
64.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Corey Rucker
C. Rucker
9
2021
ARST ARST
12
59
107
826
14.0
68.8
20
2
10.0
1.7
1
14Marvin Mims Jr.
M. Mims Jr.
9
2020
OKLA OKLA
11
37
50
610
16.5
55.5
17
2
8.5
1.5
0
15Jyaire Shorter
J. Shorter
9
2019
UNT UNT
12
24
39
473
19.7
39.4
16Justyn Ross
J. Ross
9
2018
CLEM CLEM
14
46
73
1,000
21.7
71.4
17Greg Dortch
G. Dortch
9
2017
WAKE WAKE
8
53
74
722
13.6
90.3
9
7
1.3
1.1
0
18Dez Fitzpatrick
D. Fitzpatrick
9
2017
LOU LOU
13
45
77
699
15.5
53.8
19Ty Lee
T. Lee
9
2016
MTSU MTSU
13
63
92
699
11.1
53.8
107
6
17.8
8.2
1
20Courtland Sutton
C. Sutton
9
2015
SMU SMU
12
49
91
862
17.6
71.8
21Ronney Daniels
R. Daniels
9
1999
AUB AUB
11
56
1,068
19.1
97.1
22Terrence Edwards
T. Edwards
9
1999
UGA UGA
11
53
772
14.6
70.2
3
2
1.5
0.3
0
23Zola Davis
Z. Davis
9
1995
SC SC
11
58
911
15.7
82.8
24Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
9
1985
MIA MIA
11
46
840
18.3
76.4
25Ryan Williams
R. Williams
8
2024
ALA ALA
13
48
86
865
18.0
66.5
48
4
12.0
3.7
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1956 season.

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Indiana Indiana
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Oregon Oregon
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9

Final

42

OSU Ohio State

11 - 0

Sat 22 Nov 2025

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