most receiving yards in a season by a ohio state player

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has the most receiving yards by an Ohio State player in a season, with 1,606 yards in 2021.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	1,606	2021	OSU	13	95	113	16.9	123.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
2	David Boston D. Boston	1,330	1998	OSU	11	74		18.0	120.9	13	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
3	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	1,316	1995	OSU	11	57		23.1	119.6	17	37	3	12.3	3.4	0
4	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	2024	OSU	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
5	Marvin Harrison Jr. M. Harrison Jr.	1,263	2022	OSU	13	77	120	16.4	97.2	14	32	2	16.0	2.5	0
6	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,243	2025	OSU	13	87	109	14.3	95.6	12	21	3	7.0	1.6	1
7	Marvin Harrison Jr. M. Harrison Jr.	1,211	2023	OSU	12	67	117	18.1	100.9	14	26	2	13.0	2.2	1
8	Emeka Egbuka E. Egbuka	1,151	2022	OSU	13	74	105	15.6	88.5	10	87	11	7.9	6.7	2
9	Michael Jenkins M. Jenkins	1,076	2002	OSU	14	61		17.6	76.9	6
10	Cris Carter C. Carter	1,066	1986	OSU	12	65		16.4	88.8	11	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
11	Parris Campbell P. Campbell	1,063	2018	OSU	14	90	110	11.8	75.9	12	24	9	2.7	1.7	0
12	Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	1,058	2021	OSU	11	70	103	15.1	96.2	12	76	4	19.0	6.9	1
13	Emeka Egbuka E. Egbuka	1,011	2024	OSU	16	81	108	12.5	63.2	10	33	8	4.1	2.1	0
14	Santonio Holmes S. Holmes	977	2005	OSU	12	53		18.4	81.4	11
15	Dane Sanzenbacher D. Sanzenbacher	948	2010	OSU	13	55		17.2	72.9	11	14	4	3.5	1.1	1
16	Chris Olave C. Olave	936	2021	OSU	12	65	100	14.4	78.0	13	0	0		0.0	0
17	Brian Robiskie B. Robiskie	935	2007	OSU	13	55		17.0	71.9	11
18	Devin Smith D. Smith	931	2014	OSU	15	33	49	28.2	62.1	12	0	0		0.0	0
19	David Boston D. Boston	930	1997	OSU	12	70		13.3	77.5	14	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
20	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	927	1993	OSU	11	45		20.6	84.3	11	36	7	5.1	3.3	2
21	K.J. Hill	910	2018	OSU	14	70	100	13.0	65.0	6	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
22	Dee Miller D. Miller	902	1997	OSU	12	52		17.3	75.2	5	19	1	19.0	1.6	0
23	Dee Miller D. Miller	887	1998	OSU	11	58		15.3	80.6	3	17	3	5.7	1.5	0
24	Gary Williams G. Williams	880	1981	OSU	11	48		18.3	80.0	5
25	Cris Carter C. Carter	879	1985	OSU	11	53		16.6	79.9	8	1	1	1.0	0.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,610

Sayin

RUSH

1,090

Jackson

REC

1,243

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

34.9

21st

OPP PPG

8.2

1st

RUSH YDS/G

162.8

69th

PASS YDS/G

266.8

32nd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Indiana	9-0	15-0
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4

Last Game

Miami

2 - 0

Final

Ohio State

0 - 1

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,276

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
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	2	.867
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	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
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

Jaxon Smith-Njigba has the most receiving yards by an Ohio State player in a season, with 1,606 yards in 2021.

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