most receptions by a running back in a season ever

Mark Templeton has made the most receptions by a running back in a season, with 99 catches in 1986.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mark Templeton M. Templeton	99	1986	LBS	11		685	6.9	62.3	2	500	95	5.3	45.5	4
2	Taurean Henderson T. Henderson	98	2002	TTU	14		633	6.5	45.2	6	793	153	5.2	56.6	7
3	Rodney Carter R. Carter	98	1985	PUR	11		1,099	11.2	99.9	4	216	71	3.0	19.6	3
4	Keith Edwards K. Edwards	97	1983	VAN	11		909	9.4	82.6	0	216	59	3.7	19.6	0
5	Ricky Williams R. Williams	92	2001	TTU	11		617	6.7	56.1	4	726	142	5.1	66.0	14
6	Mike Mikolayunas M. Mikolayunas	87	1970	DAV	10		1,128	13.0	112.8	8	38	12	3.2	3.8	0
7	Max Borghi M. Borghi	86	2019	WSU	13	96	597	6.9	45.9	5	817	127	6.4	62.8	11
8	Jo'quavioius Marks J. Marks	83	2021	MSST	13	101	502	6.0	38.6	3	416	106	3.9	32.0	6
9	James Williams J. Williams	83	2018	WSU	13	93	613	7.4	47.2	4	560	122	4.6	43.1	12
10	Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	83	1983	NW	11		570	6.9	51.8	0	561	183	3.1	51.0	2
11	John Simon J. Simon	79	1999	LT	11		757	9.6	68.8	2	134	30	4.5	12.2	2
12	Jacquizz Rodgers J. Rodgers	78	2009	ORST	13		522	6.7	40.2	1	1,440	273	5.3	110.8	21
13	Taurean Henderson T. Henderson	78	2003	TTU	13		611	7.8	47.0	6	736	124	5.9	56.6	10
14	Anthony White A. White	78	1998	UK	11		582	7.5	52.9	1	437	97	4.5	39.7	2
15	Andre Callender A. Callender	76	2007	BC	14		720	9.5	51.4	4	989	218	4.5	70.6	9
16	Michael Westbrook M. Westbrook	76	1992	COLO	11		1,060	13.9	96.4	8	13	2	6.5	1.2	0
17	James Sykes J. Sykes	76	1976	RICE	11		653	8.6	59.4	2	435	100	4.4	39.5	5
18	Jim Greth J. Greth	76	1966	ARIZ	10		1,003	13.2	100.3	8
19	John Love J. Love	76	1965	UNT	10		994	13.1	99.4	7	54	8	6.8	5.4	0
20	Taquan Mizzell T. Mizzell	75	2015	UVA	12	100	721	9.6	60.1	4	671	163	4.1	55.9	4
21	Marlon Lucky M. Lucky	75	2007	NEB	12		705	9.4	58.8	3	1,019	206	4.9	84.9	9
22	Shannon Woods S. Woods	75	2006	TTU	13		572	7.6	44.0	2	926	152	6.1	71.2	10
23	Curtis Samuel C. Samuel	74	2016	OSU	13	100	865	11.7	66.5	7	771	97	7.9	59.3	8
24	Byron Marshall B. Marshall	74	2014	ORE	15	104	1,003	13.6	66.9	6	392	52	7.5	26.1	1
25	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	74	1986	SC	11		1,106	14.9	100.5	10	104	23	4.5	9.5	2

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Mestemaker

3,973

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

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Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

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Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

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QB Rating Leaders

182.9

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177.5

Sayin

170.4

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Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

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Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

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45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

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266.3

261.4

254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167