most receiving yards by a running back in a season in cfb

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

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Mikolayunas
M. Mikolayunas
1,128
1970
DAV DAV
10
87
13.0
112.8
8
38
12
3.2
3.8
0
2Gene Washington
G. Washington
1,117
1968
STAN STAN
10
71
15.7
111.7
8
92
7
13.1
9.2
1
3Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,106
1986
SC SC
11
74
14.9
100.5
10
104
23
4.5
9.5
2
4Rodney Carter
R. Carter
1,099
1985
PUR PUR
11
98
11.2
99.9
4
216
71
3.0
19.6
3
5Morris Owens
M. Owens
1,076
1973
ASU ASU
11
50
21.5
97.8
9
33
7
4.7
3.0
2
6Michael Westbrook
M. Westbrook
1,060
1992
COLO COLO
11
76
13.9
96.4
8
13
2
6.5
1.2
0
7Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
1,053
1989
WAKE WAKE
11
65
16.2
95.7
11
135
16
8.4
12.3
0
8Emanuel Tolbert
E. Tolbert
1,041
1978
SMU SMU
11
62
16.8
94.6
11
12
4
3.0
1.1
0
9Charles Clay
C. Clay
1,024
2007
TLSA TLSA
14
69
14.8
73.1
7
304
57
5.3
21.7
1
10Andy Isabella
A. Isabella
1,020
2017
MASS MASS
12
65
112
15.7
85.0
10
135
14
9.6
11.3
1
11Byron Marshall
B. Marshall
1,003
2014
ORE ORE
15
74
104
13.6
66.9
6
392
52
7.5
26.1
1
12Jim Greth
J. Greth
1,003
1966
ARIZ ARIZ
10
76
13.2
100.3
8
13Emanuel Tolbert
E. Tolbert
996
1977
SMU SMU
11
64
15.6
90.5
6
70
23
3.0
6.4
0
14John Love
J. Love
994
1965
UNT UNT
10
76
13.1
99.4
7
54
8
6.8
5.4
0
15Eddie Hinton
E. Hinton
967
1968
OKLA OKLA
10
60
16.1
96.7
6
109
21
5.2
10.9
0
16Jalen Hurd
J. Hurd
946
2018
BAY BAY
12
69
108
13.7
78.8
4
209
48
4.4
17.4
3
17Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
942
1972
NEB NEB
11
55
17.1
85.6
8
267
58
4.6
24.3
7
18Tim Brown
T. Brown
910
1986
ND ND
11
45
20.2
82.7
5
254
59
4.3
23.1
2
19Keith Edwards
K. Edwards
909
1983
VAN VAN
11
97
9.4
82.6
0
216
59
3.7
19.6
0
20J.D. Hill
J.D. Hill
908
1970
ASU ASU
10
58
15.7
90.8
10
195
7
27.9
19.5
3
21Calvin Turner Jr.
C. Turner Jr.
876
2021
HAW HAW
13
73
123
12.0
67.4
4
316
73
4.3
24.3
8
22Craig Yeast
C. Yeast
873
1997
UK UK
11
73
12.0
79.4
10
14
1
14.0
1.3
0
23Lawrence Elkins
L. Elkins
873
1963
BAY BAY
10
70
12.5
87.3
8
-3
2
-1.5
-0.3
0
24Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
872
1971
NEB NEB
12
53
16.5
72.7
11
259
36
7.2
21.6
2
25Richard Trapp
R. Trapp
872
1966
FLA FLA
10
63
13.8
87.2
7
50
4
12.5
5.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1956 season.

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