most receiving yards per game season college football

Michael Smith has the most receiving yards per game in a season, with 796.0 per game in 1990.

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Michael Smith M. Smith	796.0	1990	KSU	1	46		796	17.3	2
2	Trevor Insley T. Insley	187.3	1999	NEV	11	134		2,060	15.4	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
3	Joe Bowser J. Bowser	181.7	1973	LAM	3	38		545	14.3	3
4	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	177.9	1965	TLSA	10	134		1,779	13.3	16
5	Ifeanyi Momah I. Momah	171.0	2011	BC	1	8		171	21.4	0
6	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	168.5	1995	NEV	11	129		1,854	14.4	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
7	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	166.3	1998	LT	12	140		1,996	14.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
8	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	155.2	1997	LT	11	102		1,707	16.7	13	190	15	12.7	17.3	3
9	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	154.3	2026	OSU	4	33	47	617	18.7	7	5	1	5.0	1.3	0
10	Manny Hazard M. Hazard	153.5	1989	HOU	11	142		1,689	11.9	22
11	Corey Alston C. Alston	152.2	1997	WMU	5	32		761	23.8	8	15	3	5.0	3.0	0
12	Chuck Hughes C. Hughes	151.9	1965	UTEP	10	80		1,519	19.0	12
13	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	150.9	2007	TTU	13	134		1,962	14.6	22
14	Ron Sellers R. Sellers	149.6	1968	FSU	10	86		1,496	17.4	12
15	Elijah Moore E. Moore	149.1	2020	MISS	8	86	99	1,193	13.9	8	64	14	4.6	8.0	0
16	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	148.5	2010	OKST	12	111		1,782	16.1	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
17	Jordan White J. White	147.0	2011	WMU	13	140		1,911	13.7	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
18	Jesse Legree J. Legree	146.3	2026	ORST	4	23	37	585	25.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins	145.8	2014	CSU	12	96	130	1,750	18.2	17
20	Torry Holt T. Holt	145.8	1998	NCST	11	88		1,604	18.2	11	102	6	17.0	9.3	0
21	Aaron Turner A. Turner	145.8	1991		11	92		1,604	17.4	18
22	Jerry Hendren J. Hendren	145.7	1968	IDHO	10	86		1,457	16.9	14
23	Zay Jones Z. Jones	145.5	2016	ECU	12	158	222	1,746	11.1	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
24	Jerry Hendren J. Hendren	145.2	1969	IDHO	10	95		1,452	15.3	12
25	Josh Reed J. Reed	145.0	2001	LSU	12	94		1,740	18.5	7	7	2	3.5	0.6	0

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More Kansas State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

910

Johnson

RUSH

291

Johnson

REC

178

Salley

Team Rankings

PPG

40.5

20th

OPP PPG

15.3

27th

RUSH YDS/G

240.8

18th

PASS YDS/G

239.5

75th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Arizona	0-1	3-1
10	Houston	0-1	3-1
11	Kansas State	0-1	3-1
12	West Virginia	0-1	3-1
13	Colorado	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	HOU	@	KSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	KU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	KSU	@	ASU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	KSU	@	COLO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	OKST	@	KSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas State

3 - 1

Final

Cincinnati

4 - 0

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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