most receiving touchdowns in a season by a tight end college

Dennis Smith has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 18 touchdowns in 1989.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Dennis Smith D. Smith	18	1989	UTAH	12	73		1,091	14.9	90.9	29	3	9.7	2.4	0
2	Michael Roberts M. Roberts	16	2016	TOL	13	45	67	533	11.8	41.0
3	Gator Hoskins G. Hoskins	15	2013	MRSH	14	50	15	821	16.4	58.6	0	0		0.0	0
4	Clay Brown C. Brown	15	1980	BYU	12	48		1,009	21.0	84.1
5	Jermaine Gresham J. Gresham	14	2008	OKLA	14	66		950	14.4	67.9	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
6	Allama Matthews A. Matthews	14	1982	VAN	11	61		797	13.1	72.5	5	2	2.5	0.5	0
7	Tim Delaney T. Delaney	14	1969	SDSU	10	85		1,259	14.8	125.9
8	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	13	2021	UGA	15	56	80	882	15.8	58.8	56	4	14.0	3.7	1
9	James Casey J. Casey	13	2008	RICE	13	111		1,329	12.0	102.2	241	57	4.2	18.5	6
10	Isaiah Likely I. Likely	12	2021	CCAR	13	59	78	912	15.5	70.2	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
11	Kyle Pitts K. Pitts	12	2020	FLA	8	43	67	770	17.9	96.3	0	0		0.0	0
12	Isaac Rex I. Rex	12	2020	BYU	12	37	46	429	11.6	35.8
13	Joseph Fauria J. Fauria	12	2012	UCLA	14	46		637	13.8	45.5
14	Dennis Morris D. Morris	12	2009	LT	12	38		623	16.4	51.9
15	Jonny Harline J. Harline	12	2006	BYU	13	58		935	16.1	71.9
16	Ibn Green I. Green	12	1998	LOU	10	55		884	16.1	88.4
17	Mike Moore M. Moore	12	1977	GRAM	11	60		1,112	18.5	101.1
18	Jim O'Brien J. O'Brien	12	1968	CIN	10	44		1,107	25.2	110.7
19	Noah Fant N. Fant	11	2017	IOWA	13	30	61	494	16.5	38.0	-1	2	-0.5	-0.1	0
20	Albert Okwuegbunam A. Okwuegbunam	11	2017	MIZ	12	29	43	415	14.3	34.6
21	Mark Hafner M. Hafner	11	2008	HOU	13	86		907	10.5	69.8
22	Jermaine Gresham J. Gresham	11	2007	OKLA	13	37		518	14.0	39.8
23	Darius Hill D. Hill	11	2007	BALL	13	65		926	14.2	71.2
24	Ashley Bell A. Bell	11	1969	PUR	10	49		669	13.7	66.9
25	Phil Odle P. Odle	11	1965	BYU	10	46		657	14.3	65.7

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,490

Dampier

RUSH

981

Parker

REC

725

Davis

Team Rankings

PPG

41.1

7th

OPP PPG

18.7

16th

RUSH YDS/G

269.8

2nd

PASS YDS/G

208.8

107th

2025 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Texas Tech	8-1	12-2
2	BYU	8-1	12-2
3	Utah	7-2	11-2
4	Houston	6-3	10-3
5	Arizona	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	IDHO	@	UTAH	9:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ARK	@	UTAH	10:15 PM
Sat 9/19	USU	@	UTAH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	UTAH	@	ISU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	KU	@	UTAH	1:00 PM

Last Game

Nebraska

0 - 1

Final

Utah

1 - 0

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

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