most receiving yards by a running back in college football 2011

Willie Carter had the most receiving yards by a running back in 2011, with 868 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Willie Carter W. Carter	868	2011	TLSA	10	61	14.2	86.8	7	62	13	4.8	6.2	2
2	De'Anthony Thomas D. Thomas	605	2011	ORE	14	46	13.2	43.2	9	595	55	10.8	42.5	7
3	Charles Sims C. Sims	575	2011	HOU	13	51	11.3	44.2	4	821	110	7.5	63.2	9
4	Rodney Stewart R. Stewart	571	2011	COLO	11	45	12.7	51.9	0	854	189	4.5	77.6	4
5	Perry Jones P. Jones	506	2011	UVA	13	48	10.5	38.9	3	915	184	5.0	70.4	5
6	Michael Hayes M. Hayes	483	2011	HOU	13	44	11.0	37.2	4	727	138	5.3	55.9	11
7	Theo Riddick T. Riddick	436	2011	ND	10	38	11.5	43.6	3	63	14	4.5	6.3	0
8	Chris Rainey C. Rainey	381	2011	FLA	12	31	12.3	31.8	2	861	171	5.0	71.8	2
9	Branden Oliver B. Oliver	365	2011	BUFF	12	38	9.6	30.4	0	1,395	306	4.6	116.3	13
10	Giovani Bernard G. Bernard	362	2011	UNC	13	45	8.0	27.8	1	1,253	239	5.2	96.4	13
11	Bobby Rainey B. Rainey	361	2011	WKU	12	36	10.0	30.1	4	1,695	369	4.6	141.3	13
12	Lance Dunbar L. Dunbar	350	2011	UNT	12	29	12.1	29.2	2	1,115	269	4.1	92.9	10
13	Adonis Thomas A. Thomas	350	2011	TOL	10	31	11.3	35.0	1	1,071	171	6.3	107.1	12
14	Onterio McCalebb O. McCalebb	344	2011	AUB	13	32	10.8	26.5	2	641	112	5.7	49.3	5
15	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	338	2011	ALA	13	29	11.7	26.0	3	1,679	283	5.9	129.2	21
16	Brandon Rutley B. Rutley	336	2011	SJSU	11	27	12.4	30.5	0	903	216	4.2	82.1	12
17	Chris Polk C. Polk	332	2011	WASH	13	31	10.7	25.5	4	1,488	293	5.1	114.5	12
18	Isaiah Pead I. Pead	319	2011	CIN	13	39	8.2	24.5	3	1,259	237	5.3	96.8	12
19	James Washington J. Washington	315	2011	NCST	13	42	7.5	24.2	0	897	226	4.0	69.0	7
20	Tyler Smith T. Smith	309	2011	RICE	12	39	7.9	25.8	1	860	155	5.5	71.7	5
21	Montee Ball M. Ball	306	2011	WIS	14	24	12.8	21.9	6	1,923	307	6.3	137.4	33
22	Orwin Smith O. Smith	306	2011	GT	12	13	23.5	25.5	1	615	61	10.1	51.3	11
23	Orleans Darkwa O. Darkwa	305	2011	TULN	13	37	8.2	23.5	0	924	210	4.4	71.1	13
24	Roy Finch R. Finch	296	2011	OKLA	12	34	8.7	24.7	0	605	111	5.5	50.4	3
25	Greg Franklin G. Franklin	284	2011	UAB	12	21	13.5	23.7	0	430	84	5.1	35.8	2

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PASS

2,158

Hayes

RUSH

1,065

Richardson

REC

528

Foley

Team Rankings

PPG

23.2

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OPP PPG

28.9

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RUSH YDS/G

175.5

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PASS YDS/G

222.4

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2025 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Florida Atlantic	3-5	4-8
11	Rice	2-6	5-8
12	UAB	2-6	4-8
13	Tulsa	1-7	4-8
14	Charlotte	0-8	1-11

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	OKST	@	TLSA	3:45 PM
Sat 9/12	TLSA	@	SHSU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/19	ETAM	@	TLSA	8:00 PM
Sat 9/26	TLSA	@	ARK	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM

Last Game

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Final

Tulsa

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Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

50.0

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45.0

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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