most receiving yard through first three years ever college football

Troy Edwards had the most receiving yards in his first 3 seasons, with 4,352 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Troy Edwards
T. Edwards
4,352
34
280
15.5
128.0
50
447
38
11.8
13.1
6
2Corey Davis
C. Davis
3,785
36
235
296
16.1
105.1
33
13
2
6.5
0.4
0
3Marqise Lee
M. Lee
3,655
37
248
14.7
98.8
29
146
24
6.1
3.9
0
4Rashard Higgins
R. Higgins
3,649
38
239
264
15.3
96.0
31
20
1
20.0
0.5
0
5Davone Bess
D. Bess
3,610
39
293
12.3
92.6
41
6
1
6.0
0.2
0
6Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
3,598
30
211
17.1
119.9
23
7Anthony Miller
A. Miller
3,590
38
238
354
15.1
94.5
37
148
31
4.8
3.9
3
8Justin Blackmon
J. Blackmon
3,564
35
252
14.1
101.8
40
136
9
15.1
3.9
1
9James Newson
J. Newson
3,558
36
212
16.8
98.8
20
35
3
11.7
1.0
0
10Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
3,542
36
215
291
16.5
98.4
39
75
11
6.8
2.1
2
11Reggie Williams
R. Williams
3,536
36
238
14.9
98.2
22
11
3
3.7
0.3
0
12Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
3,463
38
228
15.2
91.1
31
51
6
8.5
1.3
0
13Eric Page
E. Page
3,446
38
306
11.3
90.7
25
52
16
3.3
1.4
1
14Jerry Hendren
J. Hendren
3,435
30
230
14.9
114.5
27
13
2
6.5
0.4
0
15Ryan Broyles
R. Broyles
3,429
39
266
12.9
87.9
35
94
14
6.7
2.4
1
16Tetairoa McMillan
T. McMillan
3,423
37
213
349
16.1
92.5
26
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
17Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
3,391
36
240
14.1
94.2
27
342
51
6.7
9.5
1
18Ryan Grice-Mullen
R. Grice-Mullen
3,370
35
237
14.2
96.3
36
44
6
7.3
1.3
1
19Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
3,361
38
254
375
13.2
88.4
21
520
63
8.3
13.7
1
20Elmo Wright
E. Wright
3,347
31
153
21.9
108.0
34
135
13
10.4
4.4
1
21Howard Twilley
H. Twilley
3,343
30
261
12.8
111.4
32
22Ashley Lelie
A. Lelie
3,341
36
194
17.2
92.8
32
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
3,292
41
173
251
19.0
80.3
32
20
9
2.2
0.5
1
24Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
3,287
33
248
13.3
99.6
22
190
27
7.0
5.8
1
25Brandin Cooks
B. Cooks
3,272
38
226
14.5
86.1
24
340
61
5.6
8.9
2
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More Louisiana Tech Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

857

Baker

Blake Baker

RUSH

286

Burnette

Andrew Burnette

REC

476

Mickens

Jalen Mickens
Team Rankings

PPG

33.3

43rd

OPP PPG

24.5

81st

RUSH YDS/G

153.0

85th

PASS YDS/G

239.8

70th

2026 SBC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
James Madison James Madison
4-1
7-1
2
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2-1
5-2
3
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
2-0
4-2
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2-1
4-3
5
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
2-1
3-4
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/24
ODU ODU
@
LT LT
5:00 PM
Sat
10/31
LT LT
@
USA USA
3:00 PM
Sat
11/7
LT LT
@
TROY TROY
1:00 PM
Sat
11/14
USM USM
@
LT LT
1:00 PM
Sat
11/21
ARST ARST
@
LT LT
1:00 PM
Last Game
LT Louisiana Tech

4 - 2

24

Final

0

ULM Louisiana-Monroe

0 - 6

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,161

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

2,045

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

Jamal Roberts

838

Burgess

Torrance Burgess Jr.

837

Bishop

DeSean Bishop
Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

Jesse Legree

984

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

796

Myers

Isaiah Myers
Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

21

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

20

Weigman

Conner Weigman
Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

13

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

13

Hellums

Cale Hellums
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

12

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

9

Duff

KJ Duff
QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

Darian Mensah

185.9

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

Aycen Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

48.5

Georgia

43.0

Oregon State

42.7

North Texas

42.2

James Madison

41.4

Notre Dame

41.1
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

10.5

North Dakota State

11.3

TCU

12.2

Indiana

12.9

Ohio State

13.4

Notre Dame

13.4
Total Yards Rankings
Texas State

562.3

Miami

559.5

North Texas

533.8

Oregon State

527.0

Oklahoma State

517.7

Memphis

509.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

357.5

Air Force

343.0

Texas State

303.5

Navy

298.5

West Virginia

272.4

Kansas State

239.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

384.9

North Texas

347.0

Miami

333.0

Oklahoma State

329.5

SMU

325.2

Ohio State

323.1
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

29.0

San Jose State

27.0

LSU

26.0

Indiana

24.0

Virginia Tech

22.0

Georgia

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
6
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
6
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
6
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
6
1
.857
5
Arizona Arizona
5
1
.833
6
Baylor Baylor
4
2
.667
7
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
4
2
.667
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
2
.667
9
UCF UCF
3
3
.500
10
Kansas State Kansas State
4
2
.667
11
Arizona State Arizona State
3
3
.500
12
Iowa State Iowa State
3
3
.500
13
TCU TCU
3
3
.500
14
West Virginia West Virginia
4
3
.571
15
Colorado Colorado
2
4
.333
16
Kansas Kansas
2
4
.333
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
6
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
6
1
.857
3
Indiana Indiana
6
1
.857
4
USC USC
6
1
.857
5
Iowa Iowa
5
1
.833
6
Northwestern Northwestern
5
1
.833
7
Minnesota Minnesota
4
2
.667
8
Oregon Oregon
4
2
.667
9
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
2
.667
10
Nebraska Nebraska
5
2
.714
11
Purdue Purdue
3
4
.429
12
Michigan Michigan
4
2
.667
13
Illinois Illinois
3
3
.500
14
Rutgers Rutgers
2
4
.333
15
Washington Washington
4
3
.571
16
Penn State Penn State
3
4
.429
17
Maryland Maryland
2
5
.286
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
5
.286
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
6
1
.857
2
Kentucky Kentucky
6
1
.857
3
Tennessee Tennessee
6
1
.857
4
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
1
.833
5
Alabama Alabama
5
2
.714
6
Florida Florida
5
2
.714
7
LSU LSU
5
2
.714
8
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
2
.667
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Auburn Auburn
4
2
.667
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
3
3
.500
12
Texas Texas
4
2
.667
13
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
3
.571
14
South Carolina South Carolina
3
3
.500
15
Arkansas Arkansas
3
4
.429
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
4
.429
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
6
1
.857
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
5
2
.714
3
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
4
.429
4
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
4
3
.571
5
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
4
.429
6
Delaware Delaware
3
4
.429
7
Florida International Florida International
3
4
.429
8
Missouri State Missouri State
2
5
.286
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
6
.143
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
6
.143
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
6
0
1.000
2
Wake Forest Wake Forest
6
1
.857
3
SMU SMU
5
1
.833
4
Clemson Clemson
4
2
.667
5
North Carolina North Carolina
4
2
.667
6
Louisville Louisville
4
3
.571
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
2
.714
8
California California
3
4
.429
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
5
2
.714
10
Virginia Virginia
4
3
.571
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
4
.333
12
Duke Duke
4
2
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
3
3
.500
14
NC State NC State
3
3
.500
15
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
16
Stanford Stanford
3
4
.429
17
Syracuse Syracuse
2
4
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
5
1
.833
2
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
1
.857
3
Air Force Air Force
5
1
.833
4
Wyoming Wyoming
4
3
.571
5
San Jose State San Jose State
4
3
.571
6
UNLV UNLV
4
3
.571
7
Nevada Nevada
2
4
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
6
.000
9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
.143
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
6
.143
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
1
.857
2
UConn UConn
3
3
.500
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
5
2
.714
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
5
2
.714
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
4
.500
4
Buffalo Buffalo
4
3
.571
5
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
5
.286
6
Toledo Toledo
5
2
.714
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
4
3
.571
8
Kent State Kent State
2
5
.286
9
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
4
.429
10
Ball State Ball State
2
5
.286
11
UMass UMass
4
3
.571
12
Akron Akron
1
6
.143
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
6
.143
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
2
.714
2
Boise State Boise State
5
1
.833
3
San Diego State San Diego State
3
4
.429
4
Texas State Texas State
3
3
.500
5
Utah State Utah State
2
4
.333
6
Fresno State Fresno State
4
3
.571
7
Colorado State Colorado State
2
4
.333
8
Washington State Washington State
1
6
.143
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
6
1
.857
2
North Texas North Texas
4
2
.667
3
Memphis Memphis
6
2
.750
4
Army Army
4
2
.667
5
UAB UAB
4
3
.571
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
4
2
.667
7
Tulane Tulane
3
3
.500
8
Charlotte Charlotte
1
6
.143
9
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
10
South Florida South Florida
5
2
.714
11
Tulsa Tulsa
4
3
.571
12
East Carolina East Carolina
3
4
.429
13
Navy Navy
2
4
.333
14
Rice Rice
1
6
.143
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
7
1
.875
2
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
2
.714
3
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
4
2
.667
4
South Alabama South Alabama
4
3
.571
5
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
3
4
.429
6
Louisiana Louisiana
5
2
.714
7
Georgia State Georgia State
4
2
.667
8
Troy Troy
3
3
.500
9
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
.286
10
Arkansas State Arkansas State
3
4
.429
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
5
.286
12
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
5
.167
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
6
.000
14
Marshall Marshall
4
3
.571

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/26
ILL ILL
@
OSU OSU
19-42
Sat
9/26
SHSU SHSU
@
TTU TTU
14-49
Sat
9/26
ND ND
@
PUR PUR
49-10
Sat
9/26
CONN CONN
@
M-OH M-OH
21-24
Sat
9/26
RMU RMU
@
BUFF BUFF
28-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/23
DUKE DUKE
@
UVA UVA
7:00 PM
Fri
10/23
MASS MASS
@
CONN CONN
7:00 PM
Fri
10/23
ARMY ARMY
@
TLSA TLSA
8:30 PM
Fri
10/23
AFA AFA
@
WYO WYO
9:00 PM
Fri
10/23
NCST NCST
@
STAN STAN
10:30 PM