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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Team Leaders

PASS

163

Jones

RUSH

236

Kelley

REC

83

Givens

Team Rankings

PPG

28.0

87th

OPP PPG

17.0

54th

RUSH YDS/G

252.5

18th

PASS YDS/G

165.0

145th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	New Mexico	0-0	2-0
4	San Jose State	0-0	2-1
5	Nevada	0-0	1-1
6	UTEP	0-0	1-1
7	Wyoming	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Sat 10/24	SJSU	@	NEV	5:00 PM

Last Game

Montana State

1 - 0

Final

Nevada

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

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

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

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

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

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