Jaxon Smith-Njigba had the most yards on receptions in a game in 2021, with 347 yards against Utah in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2022.

most receiving yards by a player in a game 2021 college football

	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	347	1/1/2022	OSU	@	UTAH	15	16	23.1	3	0	0		0
2	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	309	11/3/2021	NIU	@	KENT	14	21	22.1	3
3	Jack Sorenson J. Sorenson	283	11/2/2021	M-OH	@	OHIO	14	21	20.2	2
4	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	261	10/9/2021	TEX	vs	OKLA	9	11	29.0	2	7	1	7.0	0
5	Ali Jennings A. Jennings	252	11/27/2021	ODU	vs	CHAR	9	12	28.0	3
6	Jahan Dotson J. Dotson	242	11/6/2021	PSU	@	MD	11	15	22.0	3
7	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	240	11/6/2021	OSU	@	NEB	15	18	16.0	1
8	David Bell D. Bell	240	10/16/2021	PUR	@	IOWA	11	12	21.8	1
9	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	239	9/11/2021	MEM	@	ARST	6	9	39.8	3
10	Isaiah Likely I. Likely	232	10/7/2021	CCAR	@	ARST	8	9	29.0	4
11	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	221	10/16/2021	WKU	@	ODU	13	16	17.0	1	7	1	7.0	0
12	Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	221	10/9/2021	MSU	@	RUTG	5	8	44.2	3
13	Broc Thompson B. Thompson	217	12/30/2021	PUR	vs	TENN	7	12	31.0	2	0	0		0
14	David Bell D. Bell	217	11/6/2021	PUR	vs	MSU	11	16	19.7	1
15	Deven Thompkins D. Thompkins	215	11/6/2021	USU	@	NMSU	9	11	23.9	2
16	Milton Wright M. Wright	213	11/20/2021	PUR	@	NW	8	11	26.6	3	0	0		0
17	Charleston Rambo C. Rambo	210	11/6/2021	MIA	vs	GT	7	10	30.0	1
18	Skyy Moore S. Moore	206	11/23/2021	WMU	@	NIU	12	15	17.2	4
19	Malik Williams M. Williams	206	10/20/2021	APP	vs	CCAR	10	14	20.6	1	8	1	8.0	0
20	Romeo Doubs R. Doubs	203	10/23/2021	NEV	@	FRES	19	20	10.7	1
21	Josh Downs J. Downs	203	9/18/2021	UNC	vs	UVA	8	9	25.4	2
22	Jordan Addison J. Addison	202	11/20/2021	PITT	vs	UVA	14	19	14.4	4
23	Tyrese Chambers T. Chambers	201	10/8/2021	FIU	vs	CHAR	3	6	67.0	2
24	Cedric Tillman C. Tillman	200	11/13/2021	TENN	vs	UGA	10	12	20.0	1
25	Calvin Austin III C. Austin III	200	10/9/2021	MEM	@	TLSA	13	19	15.4	1