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

Darrin Nelson has the most receiving yards 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

675

Warren

RUSH

202

Ford

REC

135

High

Team Rankings

PPG

16.7

151st

OPP PPG

35.7

148th

RUSH YDS/G

103.0

154th

PASS YDS/G

231.7

78th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
13	Wake Forest	1-1	3-1
14	Florida State	0-1	2-2
15	NC State	0-1	1-2
16	Stanford	0-2	1-2
17	Syracuse	0-2	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	GT	@	STAN	10:30 PM
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

Last Game

Stanford

1 - 2

Final

Duke

3 - 0

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,213

Craig

1,206

Sayin

1,191

Heintschel

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

592

Riley

458

Baugh

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

550

Duff

516

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

13

Heintschel

12

Richter

12

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

9

Knight

8

Baugh

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.6

Mensah

215.3

Becht

209.1

Stockton

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

54.0

51.7

49.7

47.7

47.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.3

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.7

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

537.0

528.0

526.0

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

281.5

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

365.3

358.0

347.3

340.7

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

14.0

13.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
9	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
12	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

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

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	2	1	.667
7	SMU	2	1	.667
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
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	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	1	2	.333
9	North Texas	1	2	.333
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	1	2	.333
13	Charlotte	0	3	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250