most receiving yards by a defensive back past 1970

Danny Lester had the most receiving yards by a defensive back in 1970, with 365 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Danny Lester D. Lester	365	1970	TEX	10	17	21.5	36.5	2	27	2	13.5	2.7	0
2	Jimmy Shirer J. Shirer	202	1970	UGA	10	11	18.4	20.2	0	-9	2	-4.5	-0.9	0
3	Bob Hoffman B. Hoffman	191	1970	PENN	9	13	14.7	21.2	1	428	103	4.2	47.6	7
4	Jim Reed J. Reed	149	1970	UK	11	13	11.5	13.5	1	231	86	2.7	21.0	1
5	John Billetz J. Billetz	108	1970	WVU	11	9	12.0	9.8	0
6	Tom Clanton T. Clanton	105	1970	RICE	10	9	11.7	10.5	3	-4	1	-4.0	-0.4	0
7	Ceasar Pittman C. Pittman	63	1970	ARIZ	10	4	15.8	6.3	0	266	63	4.2	26.6	1
8	Russ Kuritz R. Kuritz	60	1970	SC	11	5	12.0	5.5	0	98	28	3.5	8.9	0
9	Cal Lewis C. Lewis	56	1970	SJSU	11	5	11.2	5.1	0
10	Gus Rusher G. Rusher	46	1970	ARK	11	1	46.0	4.2	1
11	Hosea Craggette H. Craggette	41	1970	CIN	11	1	41.0	3.7	0
12	Rich Pelletier R. Pelletier	36	1970	HC	11	3	12.0	3.3	0	19	1	19.0	1.7	0
13	Bruce Glatthorn B. Glatthorn	33	1970	VT	11	4	8.3	3.0	0
14	George Whitley G. Whitley	26	1970	ECU	11	4	6.5	2.4	0	212	66	3.2	19.3	1
15	Chris Dantin C. Dantin	25	1970	LSU	11	2	12.5	2.3	1	350	102	3.4	31.8	5
16	Dave Corsi D. Corsi	20	1970	KENT	10	1	20.0	2.0	0
17	Dave Lindsay D. Lindsay	20	1970	WAKE	11	2	10.0	1.8	1
18	Terry Conley T. Conley	16	1970	LBS	11	2	8.0	1.5	0
19	Dave Nordmark D. Nordmark	12	1970	COLG	11	1	12.0	1.1	0
20	Jay Hughes J. Hughes	12	1970	MSST	11	1	12.0	1.1	0	12	6	2.0	1.1	0
21	John Miller J. Miller	8	1970	RUTG	10	1	8.0	0.8	0

StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1956 season.

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129.7

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PASS YDS/G

253.2

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-2
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3
6	Oklahoma	6-2	10-3
7	Vanderbilt	6-2	10-3

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	TXST	@	TEX	3:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OSU	@	TEX	7:30 PM
Sat 9/19	UTSA	@	TEX	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TEX	@	TENN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

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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