most receiving yards by a running back in a college football season

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

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	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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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375