most receiving yard season cfb last 5 years

Between May 23, 2021 and May 23, 2026, Jerreth Sterns has the most receiving yards in a season, with 1,902 yards in 2021.

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most receiving yard by a player season cfb last 5 years

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	1,902	2021	WKU	14	150	194	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
2	Deven Thompkins D. Thompkins	1,704	2021	USU	14	102	158	16.7	121.7	10	27	5	5.4	1.9	0
3	Rome Odunze R. Odunze	1,640	2023	WASH	15	92	137	17.8	109.3	13	37	2	18.5	2.5	1
4	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	1,606	2021	OSU	13	95	113	16.9	123.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jordan Addison J. Addison	1,593	2021	PITT	14	100	145	15.9	113.8	17	56	7	8.0	4.0	1
6	Jameson Williams J. Williams	1,572	2021	ALA	15	79	119	19.9	104.8	15	23	3	7.7	1.5	0
7	Malik Nabers M. Nabers	1,569	2023	LSU	13	89	130	17.6	120.7	14	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
8	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	1,554	2024	BGSU	13	117	156	13.3	119.5	10	65	9	7.2	5.0	1
9	Ricky White III R. White III	1,483	2023	UNLV	14	89	135	16.7	105.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
10	Jalen Tolbert J. Tolbert	1,474	2021	USA	12	82	136	18.0	122.8	8	0	0		0.0	0
11	Malik Washington M. Washington	1,426	2023	UVA	12	110	144	13.0	118.8	9	7	3	2.3	0.6	0
12	Jack Sorenson J. Sorenson	1,406	2021	M-OH	13	76	123	18.5	108.2	10	0	0		0.0	0
13	Tetairoa McMillan T. McMillan	1,402	2023	ARIZ	13	90	134	15.6	107.8	10	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
14	Mitchell Tinsley M. Tinsley	1,402	2021	WKU	14	87	124	16.1	100.1	14	0	0		0.0	0
15	Nathaniel Dell N. Dell	1,398	2022	HOU	13	109	155	12.8	107.5	17	9	4	2.3	0.7	0
16	Troy Franklin T. Franklin	1,383	2023	ORE	13	81	114	17.1	106.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
17	Nick Nash N. Nash	1,382	2024	SJSU	12	104	181	13.3	115.2	16	-9	1	-9.0	-0.8	0
18	Charlie Jones C. Jones	1,361	2022	PUR	13	110	159	12.4	104.7	12	3	2	1.5	0.2	0
19	Rashee Rice R. Rice	1,355	2022	SMU	12	96	156	14.1	112.9	10
20	Jacob Cowing J. Cowing	1,354	2021	UTEP	13	69	112	19.6	104.2	7	75	4	18.8	5.8	1
21	Josh Downs J. Downs	1,335	2021	UNC	13	101	145	13.2	102.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
22	Wan'Dale Robinson W. Robinson	1,334	2021	UK	13	104	146	12.8	102.6	7	111	7	15.9	8.5	0
23	Nathaniel Dell N. Dell	1,329	2021	HOU	14	90	139	14.8	94.9	12	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
24	Tetairoa McMillan T. McMillan	1,319	2024	ARIZ	12	84	134	15.7	109.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Caullin Lacy C. Lacy	1,316	2023	USA	12	91	122	14.5	109.7	7	0	0		0.0	0

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More Western Kentucky Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,062

McIvor

RUSH

576

Parrish

REC

888

Henry

Team Rankings

PPG

29.8

54th

OPP PPG

23.4

64th

RUSH YDS/G

132.8

111th

PASS YDS/G

272.6

29th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Kennesaw State	7-1	10-4
2	Jacksonville State	7-1	9-5
3	Western Kentucky	6-2	9-4
4	Louisiana Tech	5-3	8-5
5	Missouri State	5-3	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WKU	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WKU	@	UGA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	WKU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MHU	@	WKU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Western Kentucky

1 - 0

Final

Southern Miss

0 - 1

Tue 23 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

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 11/15	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	38-41
Sat 11/15	SC	@	TAMU	30-31
Sat 11/15	UTEP	@	MOST	24-38
Sat 11/15	MTSU	@	WKU	26-42

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	12:00 PM
Sat 8/29	MEM	@	UNLV	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	HAW	@	STAN	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	1:00 PM
Sat 8/29	NMSU	@	FSU	1:00 PM

Between May 23, 2021 and May 23, 2026, Jerreth Sterns has the most receiving yards in a season, with 1,902 yards in 2021.

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