most receiving yards by a freshman in a season

Richie James has the most yards on receptions by a freshman in a season, with 1,346 yards in 2015.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Richie James R. James	1,346	2015	MTSU	13	108	146	12.5	103.5	8	146	12	12.2	11.2	1
2	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	2024	OSU	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
3	Rondale Moore R. Moore	1,258	2018	PUR	13	114	158	11.0	96.8	12	213	21	10.1	16.4	2
4	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,211	2025	MIA	16	109	141	11.1	75.7	10	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
5	Tyler Boyd T. Boyd	1,174	2013	PITT	13	85	119	13.8	90.3	7	108	11	9.8	8.3	1
6	Penny Hart P. Hart	1,099	2015	GAST	13	71	104	15.5	84.5	8	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
7	Roger Lewis R. Lewis	1,093	2014	BGSU	14	73	140	15.0	78.1	7	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
8	Ronney Daniels R. Daniels	1,068	1999	AUB	11	56		19.1	97.1	9
9	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,045	2015	ALA	15	89	126	11.7	69.7	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
10	Mike Dudek M. Dudek	1,038	2014	ILL	13	76	111	13.7	79.8	6	73	6	12.2	5.6	0
11	David Bell D. Bell	1,035	2019	PUR	12	86	132	12.0	86.3	7	12	3	4.0	1.0	1
12	KD Cannon	1,030	2014	BAY	13	58	93	17.8	79.2	8	12	2	6.0	0.9	0
13	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	1,009	2015	TAMU	13	80	132	12.6	77.6	7	54	11	4.9	4.2	0
14	Justyn Ross J. Ross	1,000	2018	CLEM	14	46	73	21.7	71.4	9
15	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	981	2021	TEX	12	62	101	15.8	81.8	12	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
16	Devonte Boyd D. Boyd	980	2014	UNLV	13	65	93	15.1	75.4	4	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
17	Artavis Scott A. Scott	965	2014	CLEM	13	76	76	12.7	74.2	8	18	6	3.0	1.4	0
18	Corey Davis C. Davis	941	2013	WMU	11	67	41	14.0	85.5	6	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
19	Ahmmon Richards A. Richards	934	2016	MIA	13	49	76	19.1	71.8	3	8	2	4.0	0.6	0
20	Aaron Lockett A. Lockett	928	1998	KSU	12	44		21.1	77.3	6	12	1	12.0	1.0	0
21	Peerless Price P. Price	920	1998	TENN	12	61		15.1	76.7	10	25	3	8.3	2.1	0
22	Zola Davis Z. Davis	911	1995	SC	11	58		15.7	82.8	9
23	C.J. Johnson	908	2019	ECU	12	54	97	16.8	75.7	4
24	Kareem Kelly K. Kelly	902	1999	USC	12	54		16.7	75.2	4	17	2	8.5	1.4	0
25	DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	899	2014	PSU	13	82	135	11.0	69.2	2	32	8	4.0	2.5	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,150

Vattiato

RUSH

752

Middlebrook

REC

549

Lacy

Team Rankings

PPG

22.4

115th

OPP PPG

30.9

126th

RUSH YDS/G

105.5

155th

PASS YDS/G

266.1

34th

2025 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Delaware	4-4	7-6
8	Liberty	3-5	4-8
9	Middle Tennessee	2-6	3-9
10	New Mexico State	2-6	4-8
11	UTEP	1-7	2-10

Last Game

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3 - 9

Final

New Mexico State

4 - 8

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

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

246.9

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