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
NAMEREC YDSHEISMANSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
1,856
1
2020
ALA ALA
13
117
148
15.9
142.8
23
6
4
1.5
0.5
1
2Travis Hunter
T. Hunter
1,258
1
2024
COLO COLO
13
96
126
13.1
96.8
15
5
2
2.5
0.4
1
3Desmond Howard
D. Howard
950
1
1991
MICH MICH
11
61
15.6
86.4
19
165
12
13.8
15.0
2
4Johnny Rodgers
J. Rodgers
942
1
1972
NEB NEB
11
55
17.1
85.6
8
267
58
4.6
24.3
7
5Tim Brown
T. Brown
846
1
1987
ND ND
11
39
21.7
76.9
3
144
34
4.2
13.1
1
6Pete Dawkins
P. Dawkins
494
1
1958
ARMY ARMY
9
16
30.9
54.9
6
428
78
5.5
47.6
5
7Reggie Bush
R. Bush
478
1
2005
USC USC
13
37
12.9
36.8
2
1,740
200
8.7
133.8
16
8Eddie George
E. George
399
1
1995
OSU OSU
12
44
9.1
33.3
1
1,826
303
6.0
152.2
23
9Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
334
1
2009
ALA ALA
14
32
10.4
23.9
3
1,658
271
6.1
118.4
17
10Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
294
1
1994
COLO COLO
11
24
12.3
26.7
0
2,055
298
6.9
186.8
24
11Joe Bellino
J. Bellino
280
1
1960
NAVY NAVY
10
17
16.5
28.0
3
834
168
5.0
83.4
15
12Ricky Williams
R. Williams
262
1
1998
TEX TEX
11
24
10.9
23.8
1
2,124
361
5.9
193.1
27
13Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
231
1
1997
MICH MICH
11
11
21.0
21.0
2
15
3
5.0
1.4
1
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
217
1
1981
USC USC
11
29
7.5
19.7
1
2,342
403
5.8
212.9
22
15Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
161
1
1959
LSU LSU
10
11
14.6
16.1
0
598
139
4.3
59.8
5
16Archie Griffin
A. Griffin
158
1
1975
OSU OSU
11
13
12.2
14.4
0
1,357
245
5.5
123.4
4
17Ernie Davis
E. Davis
157
1
1961
SYR SYR
10
16
9.8
15.7
2
823
150
5.5
82.3
12
18Charles White
C. White
138
1
1979
USC USC
11
20
6.9
12.5
0
1,803
293
6.2
163.9
18
19O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
126
1
1968
USC USC
10
18
7.0
12.6
0
1,709
355
4.8
170.9
22
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
111
1
1977
TEX TEX
11
5
22.2
10.1
1
1,744
267
6.5
158.5
18
21Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
106
1
1988
OKST OKST
11
19
5.6
9.6
0
2,628
344
7.6
238.9
37
22Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
106
1
1983
NEB NEB
12
10
10.6
8.8
0
2,148
275
7.8
179.0
29
23Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
94
1
1965
USC USC
10
9
10.4
9.4
1
1,440
267
5.4
144.0
13
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
91
1
2015
ALA ALA
15
11
17
8.3
6.1
0
2,219
395
5.6
147.9
28
25Herschel Walker
H. Walker
89
1
1982
UGA UGA
11
5
17.8
8.1
1
1,752
335
5.2
159.3
16
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1956 season.

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Texas A&M Texas A&M
5-0
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Alabama Alabama
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3
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5-1
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4
Georgia Georgia
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5
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/8
LSU LSU
@
ALA ALA
7:30 PM
Sat
11/15
OKLA OKLA
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ALA ALA
3:30 PM
Sat
11/22
EIU EIU
@
ALA ALA
2:00 PM
Sat
11/29
ALA ALA
@
AUB AUB
1:00 PM
Last Game
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Big 10WLPCT
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Ohio State Ohio State
8
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
10
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
6
2
.750
2
UConn UConn
6
3
.667
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
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Ohio Ohio
6
3
.667
2
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5
4
.556
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Oregon State Oregon State
2
7
.222
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Washington State Washington State
4
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.444
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San Diego State San Diego State
7
1
.875
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Boise State Boise State
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3
.667
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Texas A&M Texas A&M
8
0
1.000
2
Alabama Alabama
7
1
.875
Big 12WLPCT
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BYU BYU
8
1
.889
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Texas Tech Texas Tech
9
1
.900
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Navy Navy
7
1
.875
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North Texas North Texas
8
1
.889
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Virginia Virginia
8
1
.889
2
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
8
1
.889
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
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1
.889
2
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
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3
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Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
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.750
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Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
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CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/10
CHAR CHAR
@
ARMY ARMY
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Fri
10/10
UCLA UCLA
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MSU MSU
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Fri
10/10
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MIZ MIZ
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10/10
M-OH M-OH
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Schedule

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Sat
11/8
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@
NMSU NMSU
4:00 PM
Sat
11/8
GAST GAST
@
CCAR CCAR
4:00 PM
Sat
11/8
AUB AUB
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11/8
STAN STAN
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UNC UNC
4:30 PM
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11/8
WASH WASH
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WIS WIS
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