most receiving yards by a rb in college season

Mike Mikolayunas has the most yards on receptions by a running back in a season, with 1,128 yards in 1970.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Mikolayunas M. Mikolayunas	1,128	1970	DAV	10	87		13.0	112.8	8	38	12	3.2	3.8	0
2	Gene Washington G. Washington	1,117	1968	STAN	10	71		15.7	111.7	8	92	7	13.1	9.2	1
3	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,106	1986	SC	11	74		14.9	100.5	10	104	23	4.5	9.5	2
4	Rodney Carter R. Carter	1,099	1985	PUR	11	98		11.2	99.9	4	216	71	3.0	19.6	3
5	Morris Owens M. Owens	1,076	1973	ASU	11	50		21.5	97.8	9	33	7	4.7	3.0	2
6	Michael Westbrook M. Westbrook	1,060	1992	COLO	11	76		13.9	96.4	8	13	2	6.5	1.2	0
7	Ricky Proehl R. Proehl	1,053	1989	WAKE	11	65		16.2	95.7	11	135	16	8.4	12.3	0
8	Emanuel Tolbert E. Tolbert	1,041	1978	SMU	11	62		16.8	94.6	11	12	4	3.0	1.1	0
9	Charles Clay C. Clay	1,024	2007	TLSA	14	69		14.8	73.1	7	304	57	5.3	21.7	1
10	Andy Isabella A. Isabella	1,020	2017	MASS	12	65	112	15.7	85.0	10	135	14	9.6	11.3	1
11	Byron Marshall B. Marshall	1,003	2014	ORE	15	74	104	13.6	66.9	6	392	52	7.5	26.1	1
12	Jim Greth J. Greth	1,003	1966	ARIZ	10	76		13.2	100.3	8
13	Emanuel Tolbert E. Tolbert	996	1977	SMU	11	64		15.6	90.5	6	70	23	3.0	6.4	0
14	John Love J. Love	994	1965	UNT	10	76		13.1	99.4	7	54	8	6.8	5.4	0
15	Eddie Hinton E. Hinton	967	1968	OKLA	10	60		16.1	96.7	6	109	21	5.2	10.9	0
16	Jalen Hurd J. Hurd	946	2018	BAY	12	69	108	13.7	78.8	4	209	48	4.4	17.4	3
17	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	942	1972	NEB	11	55		17.1	85.6	8	267	58	4.6	24.3	7
18	Eli Heidenreich E. Heidenreich	941	2025	NAVY	13	51	81	18.5	72.4	6	499	77	6.5	38.4	3
19	Tim Brown T. Brown	910	1986	ND	11	45		20.2	82.7	5	254	59	4.3	23.1	2
20	Keith Edwards K. Edwards	909	1983	VAN	11	97		9.4	82.6	0	216	59	3.7	19.6	0
21	J.D. Hill	908	1970	ASU	10	58		15.7	90.8	10	195	7	27.9	19.5	3
22	Calvin Turner Jr. C. Turner Jr.	876	2021	HAW	13	73	123	12.0	67.4	4	316	73	4.3	24.3	8
23	Craig Yeast C. Yeast	873	1997	UK	11	73		12.0	79.4	10	14	1	14.0	1.3	0
24	Lawrence Elkins L. Elkins	873	1963	BAY	10	70		12.5	87.3	8	-3	2	-1.5	-0.3	0
25	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	872	1971	NEB	12	53		16.5	72.7	11	259	36	7.2	21.6	2

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Atkinson

2,045

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1,868

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Rush Yards Leaders

835

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Roberts

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Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

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916

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720

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12

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10

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Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

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QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

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7.0

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PPG Rankings

49.6

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44.2

44.0

43.4

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9.8

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263.6

253.2

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391.2

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334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

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22.0

20.0

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CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333