most receiving yards career record college football through first 3 years

Troy Edwards had the most yards on receptions in his first 3 seasons, with 4,352 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1956
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Troy Edwards
T. Edwards
4,352
34
280
15.5
128.0
50
447
38
11.8
13.1
6
2Corey Davis
C. Davis
3,785
36
235
296
16.1
105.1
33
13
2
6.5
0.4
0
3Marqise Lee
M. Lee
3,655
37
248
14.7
98.8
29
146
24
6.1
3.9
0
4Rashard Higgins
R. Higgins
3,649
38
239
264
15.3
96.0
31
20
1
20.0
0.5
0
5Davone Bess
D. Bess
3,610
39
293
12.3
92.6
41
6
1
6.0
0.2
0
6Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
3,598
30
211
17.1
119.9
23
7Anthony Miller
A. Miller
3,590
38
238
354
15.1
94.5
37
148
31
4.8
3.9
3
8Justin Blackmon
J. Blackmon
3,564
35
252
14.1
101.8
40
136
9
15.1
3.9
1
9James Newson
J. Newson
3,558
36
212
16.8
98.8
20
35
3
11.7
1.0
0
10Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
3,542
36
215
291
16.5
98.4
39
75
11
6.8
2.1
2
11Reggie Williams
R. Williams
3,536
36
238
14.9
98.2
22
11
3
3.7
0.3
0
12Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
3,463
38
228
15.2
91.1
31
51
6
8.5
1.3
0
13Eric Page
E. Page
3,446
38
306
11.3
90.7
25
52
16
3.3
1.4
1
14Jerry Hendren
J. Hendren
3,435
30
230
14.9
114.5
27
13
2
6.5
0.4
0
15Ryan Broyles
R. Broyles
3,429
39
266
12.9
87.9
35
94
14
6.7
2.4
1
16Tetairoa McMillan
T. McMillan
3,423
37
213
349
16.1
92.5
26
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
17Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
3,391
36
240
14.1
94.2
27
342
51
6.7
9.5
1
18Ryan Grice-Mullen
R. Grice-Mullen
3,370
35
237
14.2
96.3
36
44
6
7.3
1.3
1
19Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
3,361
38
254
375
13.2
88.4
21
520
63
8.3
13.7
1
20Elmo Wright
E. Wright
3,347
31
153
21.9
108.0
34
135
13
10.4
4.4
1
21Howard Twilley
H. Twilley
3,343
30
261
12.8
111.4
32
22Ashley Lelie
A. Lelie
3,341
36
194
17.2
92.8
32
23CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
3,292
41
173
251
19.0
80.3
32
20
9
2.2
0.5
1
24Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
3,287
33
248
13.3
99.6
22
190
27
7.0
5.8
1
25Brandin Cooks
B. Cooks
3,272
38
226
14.5
86.1
24
340
61
5.6
8.9
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2
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2
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3
Texas State Texas State
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3
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4
San Diego State San Diego State
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5
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5
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3
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6
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3
4
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7
Utah State Utah State
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5
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8
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3
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1
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4
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6
1
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5
Minnesota Minnesota
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6
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2
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7
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6
2
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8
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3
4
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Illinois Illinois
4
3
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10
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3
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11
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2
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12
Nebraska Nebraska
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2
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13
Michigan Michigan
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3
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14
Washington Washington
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3
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15
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16
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4
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17
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2
5
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18
Michigan State Michigan State
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6
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1
.875
2
Georgia Georgia
6
1
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3
Alabama Alabama
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2
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4
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2
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5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
2
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6
LSU LSU
6
2
.750
7
Tennessee Tennessee
6
2
.750
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
4
3
.571
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Texas Texas
5
2
.714
11
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
3
.571
12
Auburn Auburn
4
3
.571
13
South Carolina South Carolina
4
3
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14
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3
4
.429
15
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4
4
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16
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5
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1
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2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
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2
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3
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4
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4
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
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3
.571
5
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
4
.429
6
Delaware Delaware
3
4
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7
Florida International Florida International
3
4
.429
8
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2
5
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9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
6
.143
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
6
.143
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2
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2
James Madison James Madison
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1
.875
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
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5
South Alabama South Alabama
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3
.571
6
Louisiana Louisiana
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7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
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4
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8
Georgia State Georgia State
4
3
.571
9
Troy Troy
3
4
.429
10
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
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11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
2
5
.286
12
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1
6
.143
13
Marshall Marshall
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3
.571
14
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2
6
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Miami Miami
7
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2
SMU SMU
6
1
.857
3
Wake Forest Wake Forest
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1
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4
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
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2
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5
Louisville Louisville
4
3
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6
Clemson Clemson
4
3
.571
7
North Carolina North Carolina
4
3
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8
Duke Duke
5
2
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9
Boston College Boston College
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3
.571
10
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
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3
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11
Stanford Stanford
4
4
.500
12
Virginia Virginia
4
4
.500
13
California California
3
5
.375
14
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
15
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4
.429
16
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5
.286
17
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4
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1
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2
Wyoming Wyoming
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3
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3
UNLV UNLV
4
3
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4
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
2
.750
5
Air Force Air Force
5
2
.714
6
Nevada Nevada
3
4
.429
7
San Jose State San Jose State
4
4
.500
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
2
6
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
.143
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
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7
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1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
1
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2
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4
3
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6
2
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2
Toledo Toledo
6
2
.750
3
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5
3
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4
Buffalo Buffalo
5
3
.625
5
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5
3
.625
6
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4
5
.444
7
Kent State Kent State
3
5
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8
Ball State Ball State
3
5
.375
9
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2
6
.250
10
UMass UMass
4
4
.500
11
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3
5
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12
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1
7
.125
13
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1
7
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7
1
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2
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5
2
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3
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5
2
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4
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6
2
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5
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
5
2
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6
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4
3
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7
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1
6
.143
8
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
9
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5
2
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10
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4
.429
11
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3
4
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12
Tulsa Tulsa
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4
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13
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2
5
.286
14
Rice Rice
1
7
.125
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7
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
6
1
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3
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6
1
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4
Texas Tech Texas Tech
6
1
.857
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
5
2
.714
6
Houston Houston
6
2
.750
7
Baylor Baylor
4
3
.571
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
2
.714
9
Arizona State Arizona State
4
3
.571
10
UCF UCF
4
3
.571
11
West Virginia West Virginia
5
3
.625
12
Kansas State Kansas State
4
3
.571
13
Iowa State Iowa State
3
4
.429
14
Kansas Kansas
3
4
.429
15
TCU TCU
3
4
.429
16
Colorado Colorado
2
5
.286

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/3
MEM MEM
@
CHAR CHAR
59-8
Sat
10/3
NAVY NAVY
@
AFA AFA
9-14
Sat
10/3
ALA ALA
@
MSST MSST
56-23
Sat
10/3
UCF UCF
@
HOU HOU
17-27
Sat
10/3
WVU WVU
@
ISU ISU
42-45

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
10/27
DEL DEL
@
WKU WKU
7:00 PM
Tue
10/27
SHSU SHSU
@
MOSU MOSU
8:00 PM
Wed
10/28
KENN KENN
@
MTU MTU
7:00 PM
Wed
10/28
JVST JVST
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/29
TROY TROY
@
JMU JMU
7:30 PM