most receiving yards single season ohio state

The Ohio State Buckeyes had their most yards on receptions in a season in 2018, with 5,223 yards.

	TEAM	REC YDS	SEASON	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ohio State	5,223	2018	564	401	559	13.0	9.3	52	2,465	549	4.5	4.4	23
2	Ohio State	4,952	2021	818	349	489	14.2	6.1	46	2,358	414	5.7	2.9	24
3	Ohio State	4,208	2024	952	325	450	12.9	4.4	37	2,678	523	5.1	2.8	34
4	Ohio State	3,878	2022	729	274	403	14.2	5.3	42	2,525	455	5.5	3.5	30
5	Ohio State	3,755	2025	826	313	395	12.0	4.5	33	2,190	461	4.8	2.7	25
6	Ohio State	3,707	2014	394	260	389	14.3	9.4	42	4,019	676	5.9	10.2	41
7	Ohio State	3,684	2019	657	271	396	13.6	5.6	48	3,770	647	5.8	5.7	39
8	Ohio State	3,679	2017	585	287	429	12.8	6.3	39	3,459	575	6.0	5.9	34
9	Ohio State	3,498	2023	692	255	394	13.7	5.1	26	1,816	425	4.3	2.6	20
10	Ohio State	3,354	1998	394	226		14.8	8.5	25	2,185	472	4.6	5.5	21
11	Ohio State	3,244	1995	343	210		15.4	9.5	32	2,643	530	5.0	7.7	28
12	Ohio State	2,973	2010	488	227		13.1	6.1	30	2,887	535	5.4	5.9	27
13	Ohio State	2,939	1997	372	206		14.3	7.9	25	2,015	511	3.9	5.4	18
14	Ohio State	2,846	2013	446	238	345	12.0	6.4	38	4,361	624	7.0	9.8	45
15	Ohio State	2,795	2006	461	219		12.8	6.1	31	2,247	476	4.7	4.9	25
16	Ohio State	2,781	2016	483	255	400	10.9	5.8	26	3,208	573	5.6	6.6	33
17	Ohio State	2,708	2005	412	196		13.8	6.6	18	2,370	501	4.7	5.8	23
18	Ohio State	2,679	2003	333	208		12.9	8.0	20	1,645	489	3.4	4.9	14
19	Ohio State	2,558	2007	503	210		12.2	5.1	26	2,572	546	4.7	5.1	21
20	Ohio State	2,540	1981	290	182		14.0	8.8	17	2,159	518	4.2	7.4	28
21	Ohio State	2,455	2015	427	204	313	12.0	5.7	19	3,237	553	5.9	7.6	39
22	Ohio State	2,425	2002	317	173		14.0	7.6	14	2,710	617	4.4	8.5	31
23	Ohio State	2,356	1996	336	156		15.1	7.0	25	2,606	535	4.9	7.8	27
24	Ohio State	2,312	1986	296	163		14.2	7.8	17	2,374	545	4.4	8.0	19
25	Ohio State	2,292	2000	213	158		14.5	10.8	14	1,771	475	3.7	8.3	18

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More Ohio State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,530

Sayin

RUSH

353

Jackson

REC

823

Smith

Team Rankings

PPG

42.2

15th

OPP PPG

12.6

9th

RUSH YDS/G

157.4

80th

PASS YDS/G

357.0

2nd

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	UCLA	2-0	4-0
4	Minnesota	2-0	4-1
5	Ohio State	2-0	4-1
6	Wisconsin	2-0	4-1
7	Oregon	1-0	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	MD	@	OSU	4:15 PM
Sat 10/17	OSU	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	OSU	@	USC	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ORE	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio State

4 - 1

Final

Iowa

4 - 1

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200