most receiving yards for a qb in a college season

Isaiah Williams has the most receiving yards by a quarterback in a season, with 1,055 yards in 2023.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	1,055	2023	ILL	12	82	131	12.9	87.9	5	38	12	3.2	3.2	0
2	Luke McCaffrey L. McCaffrey	992	2023	RICE	13	71	123	14.0	76.3	13	117	15	7.8	9.0	0
3	Keytaon Thompson K. Thompson	990	2021	UVA	12	78	116	12.7	82.5	2	247	38	6.5	20.6	4
4	Chad Plummer C. Plummer	852	1998	CIN	11	61		14.0	77.5	0	52	45	1.2	4.7	1
5	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	844	2008	TAMU	11	55		15.3	76.7	5	-8	2	-4.0	-0.7	0
6	Jordan Moore J. Moore	835	2023	DUKE	13	62	105	13.5	64.2	8	2	4	0.5	0.2	0
7	Kevin Drake K. Drake	823	1997	UAB	11	38		21.7	74.8	7	38	3	12.7	3.5	0
8	Paul Dombrowski P. Dombrowski	798	2005	NMSU	12	78		10.2	66.5	2	26	10	2.6	2.2	1
9	Harrison Davis H. Davis	773	1973	UVA	11	44		17.6	70.3	5	5	3	1.7	0.5	0
10	Nick Nash N. Nash	728	2023	SJSU	13	48	80	15.2	56.0	8	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
11	Luke McCaffrey L. McCaffrey	723	2022	RICE	11	58	87	12.5	65.7	6	148	12	12.3	13.5	1
12	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	715	2022	ILL	13	82	104	8.7	55.0	5	5	7	0.7	0.4	0
13	Jordan Moore J. Moore	656	2022	DUKE	13	60	88	10.9	50.5	5	33	4	8.3	2.5	0
14	Donaven McCulley D. McCulley	644	2023	IND	12	48	70	13.4	53.7	6	-1	3	-0.3	-0.1	0
15	Tim Alexander T. Alexander	620	1998	ORST	11	52		11.9	56.4	2	3	4	0.8	0.3	0
16	Ryan Tannehill R. Tannehill	609	2009	TAMU	13	46		13.2	46.8	4	-5	4	-1.3	-0.4	0
17	Jon Schoen J. Schoen	605	1982	BC	11	29		20.9	55.0	4
18	David Washington D. Washington	599	2014	ODU	12	47	60	12.7	49.9	4	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
19	Lorne Sam L. Sam	589	2007	UTEP	10	42		14.0	58.9	1	339	60	5.7	33.9	3
20	Marqueis Gray M. Gray	587	2010	MINN	11	42		14.0	53.4	5	110	23	4.8	10.0	1
21	Keytaon Thompson K. Thompson	579	2022	UVA	8	53	78	10.9	72.4	0	25	4	6.3	3.1	1
22	Gene Washington G. Washington	575	1967	STAN	10	48		12.0	57.5	2	15	8	1.9	1.5	0
23	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	525	2021	ILL	12	47	82	11.2	43.8	4	61	12	5.1	5.1	2
24	Hal Bedsole H. Bedsole	525	1961	USC	10	27		19.4	52.5	6	12	1	12.0	1.2	0
25	Dave Juenger D. Juenger	508	1972	OHIO	11	32		15.9	46.2	6	70	51	1.4	6.4	1

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,440

Houser

RUSH

391

Laughery

REC

608

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

31.8

57th

OPP PPG

27.8

114th

RUSH YDS/G

150.8

89th

PASS YDS/G

254.7

51st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3
13	Michigan	0-2	3-2
14	Rutgers	0-2	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IOWA	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

3 - 3

Final

Michigan State

2 - 4

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333