most receiving yards by a running back in a season

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

	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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182.9

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45.1

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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