most receiving yards by a player in a career for colorado

Nelson Spruce has the most career yards on receptions for Colorado, with 3,348 yards.

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

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Nelson Spruce N. Spruce	3,348	48	293		11.4	69.8	23	2	1	2.0	0.0	0
2	Shay Fields S. Fields	2,590	49	194	334	13.4	52.9	21	44	7	6.3	0.9	1
3	Scotty McKnight S. McKnight	2,588	49	219		11.8	52.8	22	4	2	2.0	0.1	1
4	Michael Westbrook M. Westbrook	2,548	43	167		15.3	59.3	19	84	9	9.3	2.0	0
5	Rae Carruth R. Carruth	2,540	42	135		18.8	60.5	20	196	11	17.8	4.7	2
6	Charles E. Johnson C. E. Johnson	2,447	39	127		19.3	62.7	15	79	7	11.3	2.0	2
7	Paul Richardson P. Richardson	2,412	32	156		15.5	75.4	21	38	9	4.2	1.2	0
8	Phil Savoy P. Savoy	2,176	42	152		14.3	51.8	14	-13	1	-13.0	-0.3	0
9	Derek McCoy D. McCoy	2,038	37	134		15.2	55.1	20	39	3	13.0	1.1	0
10	Javon Green J. Green	2,031	44	136		14.9	46.2	17	4	3	1.3	0.1	0
11	Travis Hunter T. Hunter	1,979	22	153	203	12.9	90.0	20	5	2	2.5	0.2	1
12	Laviska Shenault Jr. L. Shenault Jr.	1,943	27	149	200	13.0	72.0	10	280	42	6.7	10.4	7
13	Bryce Bobo B. Bobo	1,663	46	153	240	10.9	36.2	10	6	2	3.0	0.1	0
14	Devin Ross D. Ross	1,643	46	143	246	11.5	35.7	9	34	7	4.9	0.7	0
15	Daniel Graham D. Graham	1,543	42	106		14.6	36.7	11
16	Monte Huber M. Huber	1,436	30	111		12.9	47.9	5	32	3	10.7	1.1	1
17	Joseph Williams J. Williams	1,342	20	95	152	14.1	67.1	10	6	1	6.0	0.3	0
18	Dusty Sprague D. Sprague	1,311	48	108		12.1	27.3	5	93	13	7.2	1.9	1
19	Omarion Miller O. Miller	1,258	28	66	106	19.1	44.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
20	K.D. Nixon	1,250	34	104	164	12.0	36.8	7	36	18	2.0	1.1	1
21	Mike Pritchard M. Pritchard	1,241	40	47		26.4	31.0	10	585	55	10.6	14.6	5
22	D.J. Hackett	1,224	22	96		12.8	55.6	11	-9	1	-9.0	-0.4	0
23	Marcus Stiggers M. Stiggers	1,223	40	80		15.3	30.6	10	189	19	9.9	4.7	2
24	Ron Brown R. Brown	1,217	41	57		21.4	29.7	8	751	135	5.6	18.3	2
25	Darrin Chiaverini D. Chiaverini	1,199	42	97		12.4	28.5	6	10	1	10.0	0.2	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,412

Wilson

RUSH

396

Smith

REC

853

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

19.8

134th

OPP PPG

28.3

109th

RUSH YDS/G

131.6

120th

PASS YDS/G

255.4

37th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Cincinnati	2-4	5-4
13	TCU	2-4	4-5
14	Colorado	1-5	3-6
15	Kansas State	1-5	4-5
16	Kansas	1-5	3-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	HOU	@	COLO	10:15 PM
Sat 11/21	COLO	@	CIN	12:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UCF	@	COLO	1:00 PM

Last Game

Colorado

3 - 6

Final

Arizona State

5 - 4

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	3	.700
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
8	UMass	5	4	.556
9	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
10	Ball State	3	6	.333
11	Kent State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333