most receiving yards in a career by a running back

Ricky Proehl has the most career yards on receptions by a running back, with 2,686 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Ricky Proehl
R. Proehl
2,686
33
170
15.8
81.4
25
267
38
7.0
8.1
4
2John Simon
J. Simon
2,596
46
262
9.9
56.4
10
1,121
213
5.3
24.4
5
3Charles Clay
C. Clay
2,551
51
187
13.6
50.0
28
911
179
5.1
17.9
10
4Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
2,479
34
143
17.3
72.9
26
745
130
5.7
21.9
11
5Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
2,368
44
214
11.1
53.8
16
4,033
703
5.7
91.7
24
6Charles Sims
C. Sims
2,108
48
203
10.4
43.9
11
3,465
592
5.9
72.2
40
7Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
2,059
44
189
10.9
46.8
15
4,364
910
4.8
99.2
21
8Taurean Henderson
T. Henderson
2,058
51
303
6.8
40.4
19
3,241
587
5.5
63.5
50
9Emanuel Tolbert
E. Tolbert
2,037
22
126
16.2
92.6
17
82
27
3.0
3.7
0
10Eli Heidenreich
E. Heidenreich
1,994
38
109
177
18.3
52.5
16
1,157
169
6.8
30.4
7
11Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,968
22
130
15.1
89.5
15
171
36
4.8
7.8
5
12Mark Templeton
M. Templeton
1,966
45
262
7.5
43.7
11
1,495
288
5.2
33.2
5
13J.D. Hill
J.D. Hill
1,886
30
115
16.4
62.9
21
606
76
8.0
20.2
9
14D.J. Foster
D.J. Foster
1,874
40
163
11.5
46.9
11
2,075
389
5.3
51.9
17
15Matt Bellini
M. Bellini
1,849
35
153
12.1
52.8
11
443
116
3.8
12.7
7
16Andy Isabella
A. Isabella
1,828
32
129
217
14.2
57.1
17
263
29
9.1
8.2
1
17Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
1,809
45
126
14.4
40.2
8
2,219
428
5.2
49.3
22
18Mike Mikolayunas
M. Mikolayunas
1,768
29
175
10.1
61.0
14
407
125
3.3
14.0
1
19Jordan Whittington
J. Whittington
1,757
41
141
199
12.5
42.9
5
76
7
10.9
1.9
1
20Keith Edwards
K. Edwards
1,757
33
200
8.8
53.2
3
566
152
3.7
17.2
3
21Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,756
22
84
20.9
79.8
8
398
93
4.3
18.1
3
22Jamal Morrow
J. Morrow
1,744
50
201
237
8.7
34.9
14
1,795
316
5.7
35.9
9
23Eddie Hinton
E. Hinton
1,735
30
114
15.2
57.8
11
629
106
5.9
21.0
7
24Jason Wolf
J. Wolf
1,703
32
175
9.7
53.2
14
88
27
3.3
2.8
4
25Morris Owens
M. Owens
1,636
23
78
21.0
71.1
16
57
15
3.8
2.5
3
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Team Leaders

PASS

887

Lopez

Gio Lopez

RUSH

144

Clark

Ty Clark III

REC

322

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez
Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

67th

OPP PPG

28.3

117th

RUSH YDS/G

137.0

118th

PASS YDS/G

297.7

25th

2026 ACC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0-0
1-2
12
North Carolina North Carolina
0-1
2-1
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
0-1
2-1
14
Florida State Florida State
0-1
1-2
15
NC State NC State
0-1
1-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
WAKE WAKE
@
LOU LOU
12:00 PM
Sat
10/3
STAN STAN
@
WAKE WAKE
12:00 PM
Sat
10/10
WAKE WAKE
@
NCST NCST
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
WAKE WAKE
@
CAL CAL
1:00 PM
Sat
10/31
UVA UVA
@
WAKE WAKE
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIA Miami

3 - 0

33

Final

20

WAKE Wake Forest

2 - 1

Fri 18 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

458

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

454

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

Jesse Legree

444

Toney

Malachi Toney

419

Duff

KJ Duff
Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

11

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

11

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

8

Knight

Wayne Knight

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter
Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

6

Duff

KJ Duff

6

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

244.1

Hoover

Josh Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

54.0

Miami

51.7

Virginia Tech

50.7

Oregon

49.7

Indiana

48.3
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Indiana

5.3

Penn State

7.3

Oklahoma

7.7

Notre Dame

7.7

Utah

8.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

Florida

544.3

Georgia

539.0

SMU

537.0

Oklahoma State

528.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

298.7

UCLA

286.7

West Virginia

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

386.3

SMU

368.7

Purdue

366.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

Sam Houston

345.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

14.0

LSU

14.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Tennessee

12.0

Oklahoma

12.0

Old Dominion

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
0
1.000
6
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
9
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
13
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
16
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
3
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
4
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
.667
6
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
7
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
2
.333
9
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
10
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
11
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
12
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
2
1
.667
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
2
1
.667
4
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
5
San Diego State San Diego State
1
2
.333
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
8
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
9
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
12
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
13
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
14
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
4
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
6
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
7
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
8
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
9
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
11
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
3
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
4
California California
2
1
.667
5
Clemson Clemson
2
1
.667
6
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
7
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
8
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
4
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
5
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
6
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
7
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
8
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
9
Temple Temple
1
2
.333
10
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
11
UAB UAB
1
2
.333
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
4
0
1.000
2
UCLA UCLA
3
0
1.000
3
Indiana Indiana
3
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
8
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
9
Northwestern Northwestern
2
0
1.000
10
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
11
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
12
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
13
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
14
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
15
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
16
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
2
.333
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
3
.000
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
2
Liberty Liberty
2
1
.667
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
5
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
3
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
OHIO OHIO
@
NEB NEB
21-49
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/24
LIB LIB
@
CCAR CCAR
7:30 PM
Fri
9/25
ARMY ARMY
@
TEM TEM
4:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NAVY NAVY
@
UAB UAB
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
HOW HOW
@
RUTG RUTG
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NW NW
@
IND IND
8:00 PM