most receiving yards single season record college football

Trevor Insley has the most receiving yards in a season, with 2,060 yards in 1999.

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most receiving yards by a player single season record college football

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Trevor Insley T. Insley	2,060	1999	NEV	11	134		15.4	187.3	13	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
2	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	1,996	1998	LT	12	140		14.3	166.3	27	227	21	10.8	18.9	3
3	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	1,962	2007	TTU	13	134		14.6	150.9	22
4	Jordan White J. White	1,911	2011	WMU	13	140		13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
5	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	1,902	2021	WKU	14	150	194	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
6	Greg Salas G. Salas	1,889	2010	HAW	14	119		15.9	134.9	14
7	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	1,856	2020	ALA	13	117	148	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
8	Alex Van Dyke A. Van Dyke	1,854	1995	NEV	11	129		14.4	168.5	16	6	1	6.0	0.5	0
9	Terrance Williams T. Williams	1,832	2012	BAY	13	97		18.9	140.9	12	14	2	7.0	1.1	0
10	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	1,803	2016	LT	14	136	176	13.3	128.8	12
11	J.R. Tolver	1,785	2002	SDSU	13	128		13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
12	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	1,782	2010	OKST	12	111		16.1	148.5	20	77	4	19.3	6.4	1
13	Danario Alexander D. Alexander	1,781	2009	MIZ	13	113		15.8	137.0	14	10	1	10.0	0.8	0
14	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,780	2019	LSU	14	84	125	21.2	127.1	20	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
15	Howard Twilley H. Twilley	1,779	1965	TLSA	10	134		13.3	177.9	16
16	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	1,770	2009	BGSU	13	155		11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
17	Patrick Edwards P. Edwards	1,752	2011	HOU	14	89		19.7	125.1	20	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
18	Rashard Higgins R. Higgins	1,750	2014	CSU	12	96	130	18.2	145.8	17
19	Zay Jones Z. Jones	1,746	2016	ECU	12	158	222	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
20	Josh Reed J. Reed	1,740	2001	LSU	12	94		18.5	145.0	7	7	2	3.5	0.6	0
21	Taywan Taylor T. Taylor	1,730	2016	WKU	14	98	149	17.7	123.6	17	36	6	6.0	2.6	0
22	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	1,730	2013	ORST	13	128	167	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
23	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	1,727	2014	ALA	14	124	177	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
24	Marqise Lee M. Lee	1,721	2012	USC	13	118		14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
25	Davante Adams D. Adams	1,719	2013	FRES	13	131	118	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0

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RUSH

152

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Team Rankings

PPG

49.0

30th

OPP PPG

14.0

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RUSH YDS/G

323.0

10th

PASS YDS/G

163.0

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2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	North Dakota State	0-0	2-0
3	Air Force	0-0	1-0
4	Nevada	0-0	1-0
5	San Jose State	0-0	1-1
6	Northern Illinois	0-0	0-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	MTST	@	NEV	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	NEV	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	AFA	@	NEV	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	NEV	@	UTEP	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	NEV	@	NDSU	7:00 PM

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Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

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Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

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Rush TD Leaders

5

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3

Robinson

3

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Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

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QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

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Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

428.0

Sack Leaders

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CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

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

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

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000