most receiving yards in a season by a running back with 1000 rushing yards

Darrin Nelson has the most yards on receptions by a running back in a season when rushing for 1,000+ yards, with 846 yards in 1981.

	NAME	REC YDS	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	846	1,014	1981	STAN	11	192	5.3	92.2	11	67		12.6	76.9	5
2	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	756	1,421	2001	TULN	12	263	5.4	118.4	8	65		11.6	63.0	7
3	Marlon Lucky M. Lucky	705	1,019	2007	NEB	12	206	4.9	84.9	9	75		9.4	58.8	3
4	Kerwynn Williams K. Williams	697	1,512	2012	USU	13	218	6.9	116.3	15	45		15.5	53.6	5
5	D.J. Foster	688	1,081	2014	ASU	13	194	5.6	83.2	9	62	89	11.1	52.9	3
6	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	668	1,219	1988	SJSU	12	233	5.2	101.6	15	61		11.0	55.7	4
7	Harvey Unga H. Unga	655	1,227	2007	BYU	13	244	5.0	94.4	13	44		14.9	50.4	4
8	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	645	2,019	2015	STAN	14	337	6.0	144.2	8	45	54	14.3	46.1	5
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	644	1,530	1993	SDSU	12	300	5.1	127.5	21	47		13.7	53.7	3
10	I'Tavius Mathers I. Mathers	633	1,561	2016	MTSU	13	232	6.7	120.1	17	66	79	9.6	48.7	3
11	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	632	1,271	2017	PSU	13	217	5.9	97.8	18	54	68	11.7	48.6	3
12	Ryan Benjamin R. Benjamin	613	1,581	1991		12	226	7.0	131.8	13	51		12.0	51.1	3
13	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	610	1,459	2019	MEM	14	231	6.3	104.2	13	51	60	12.0	43.6	3
14	Cam Skattebo C. Skattebo	605	1,711	2024	ASU	13	293	5.8	131.6	21	45	54	13.4	46.5	3
15	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	597	1,111	1985	IOWA	11	209	5.3	101.0	9	49		12.2	54.3	1
16	Demarco Murray D. Murray	594	1,214	2010	OKLA	14	282	4.3	86.7	15	71		8.4	42.4	5
17	Emmett White E. White	592	1,322	2000	USU	11	242	5.5	120.2	13	47		12.6	53.8	2
18	Mike Richardson M. Richardson	581	1,034	1968	SMU	10	207	5.0	103.4	8	49		11.9	58.1	3
19	Brian Calhoun B. Calhoun	571	1,636	2005	WIS	13	348	4.7	125.8	22	53		10.8	43.9	2
20	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	569	1,347	2023	BSU	12	220	6.1	112.3	14	43	49	13.2	47.4	5
21	Curtis Brown C. Brown	566	1,010	2006	BYU	13	201	5.0	77.7	7	62		9.1	43.5	3
22	Brad Muster B. Muster	565	1,053	1986	STAN	11	243	4.3	95.7	12	61		9.3	51.4	1
23	Dri Archer D. Archer	561	1,429	2012	KENT	14	159	9.0	102.1	16	39		14.4	40.1	4
24	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	545	1,138	2002	TULN	13	288	4.0	87.5	6	52		10.5	41.9	3
25	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	538	1,274	2016	OKLA	12	187	6.8	106.2	10	37	44	14.5	44.8	5

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,071

Warren

RUSH

257

Ford

REC

226

High

Team Rankings

PPG

21.0

127th

OPP PPG

33.5

140th

RUSH YDS/G

98.8

165th

PASS YDS/G

272.8

38th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	SMU	1-1	3-1
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-2	2-2
12	North Carolina	0-1	2-1
13	Boston College	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ELON	@	STAN	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	NCST	@	STAN	10:30 PM
Sat 10/31	STAN	@	LOU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Georgia Tech

1 - 3

Final

Stanford

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250