most receiving yards in a season by a heisman winner

DeVonta Smith has the most receiving yards by a Heisman Trophy winner in a season, with 1,856 yards in 2020.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards in a season by a heisman by a player winner

	NAME	REC YDS	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	1,856	1	2020	ALA	13	117	148	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
2	Travis Hunter T. Hunter	1,258	1	2024	COLO	13	96	126	13.1	96.8	15	5	2	2.5	0.4	1
3	Desmond Howard D. Howard	950	1	1991	MICH	11	61		15.6	86.4	19	165	12	13.8	15.0	2
4	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	942	1	1972	NEB	11	55		17.1	85.6	8	267	58	4.6	24.3	7
5	Tim Brown T. Brown	846	1	1987	ND	11	39		21.7	76.9	3	144	34	4.2	13.1	1
6	Pete Dawkins P. Dawkins	494	1	1958	ARMY	9	16		30.9	54.9	6	428	78	5.5	47.6	5
7	Reggie Bush R. Bush	478	1	2005	USC	13	37		12.9	36.8	2	1,740	200	8.7	133.8	16
8	Eddie George E. George	399	1	1995	OSU	12	44		9.1	33.3	1	1,826	303	6.0	152.2	23
9	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	334	1	2009	ALA	14	32		10.4	23.9	3	1,658	271	6.1	118.4	17
10	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	294	1	1994	COLO	11	24		12.3	26.7	0	2,055	298	6.9	186.8	24
11	Joe Bellino J. Bellino	280	1	1960	NAVY	10	17		16.5	28.0	3	834	168	5.0	83.4	15
12	Ricky Williams R. Williams	262	1	1998	TEX	11	24		10.9	23.8	1	2,124	361	5.9	193.1	27
13	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	231	1	1997	MICH	11	11		21.0	21.0	2	15	3	5.0	1.4	1
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	217	1	1981	USC	11	29		7.5	19.7	1	2,342	403	5.8	212.9	22
15	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	161	1	1959	LSU	10	11		14.6	16.1	0	598	139	4.3	59.8	5
16	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	158	1	1975	OSU	11	13		12.2	14.4	0	1,357	245	5.5	123.4	4
17	Ernie Davis E. Davis	157	1	1961	SYR	10	16		9.8	15.7	2	823	150	5.5	82.3	12
18	Charles White C. White	138	1	1979	USC	11	20		6.9	12.5	0	1,803	293	6.2	163.9	18
19	O.J. Simpson	126	1	1968	USC	10	18		7.0	12.6	0	1,709	355	4.8	170.9	22
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	111	1	1977	TEX	11	5		22.2	10.1	1	1,744	267	6.5	158.5	18
21	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	106	1	1988	OKST	11	19		5.6	9.6	0	2,628	344	7.6	238.9	37
22	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	106	1	1983	NEB	12	10		10.6	8.8	0	2,148	275	7.8	179.0	29
23	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	94	1	1965	USC	10	9		10.4	9.4	1	1,440	267	5.4	144.0	13
24	Derrick Henry D. Henry	91	1	2015	ALA	15	11	17	8.3	6.1	0	2,219	395	5.6	147.9	28
25	Herschel Walker H. Walker	89	1	1982	UGA	11	5		17.8	8.1	1	1,752	335	5.2	159.3	16

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RUSH

504

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PPG

31.2

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OPP PPG

17.4

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RUSH YDS/G

116.2

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PASS YDS/G

273.2

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Georgia	7-1	12-2
2	Alabama	7-1	11-4
3	Ole Miss	7-1	13-1
4	Texas A&M	7-1	11-2
5	Texas	6-2	10-3

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

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3,711

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

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1,464

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

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1,276

Bell

1,264

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Pass TD Leaders

36

Mendoza

34

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34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

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23

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

14

Brown

13

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13

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QB Rating Leaders

184.7

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177.5

Sayin

170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

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14.5

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12.5

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CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

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11.8

13.1

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

496.2

488.7

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

46.0

45.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	12	2	.857
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	1	.929
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	14	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	1	.929
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