most receiving touchdowns in college football history single season from a tight end

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

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Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1956

	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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More Utah Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,876

Dampier

RUSH

726

Parker

REC

505

Pegan

Team Rankings

PPG

38.9

11th

OPP PPG

15.9

18th

RUSH YDS/G

226.9

9th

PASS YDS/G

258.5

35th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Utah	5-0	8-0
2	BYU	4-1	7-1
3	Texas Tech	4-1	7-1
4	Houston	3-2	6-2
5	Arizona	3-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	BYU	@	UTAH	12:00 PM
Sat 11/14	UTAH	@	ARIZ	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UTAH	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	WVU	@	UTAH	9:00 PM

Last Game

Utah

8 - 0

Final

Cincinnati

5 - 3

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375