most receptions in a season by a running back

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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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Florida	3	0	1.000
3	Georgia	3	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
6	Kentucky	2	1	.667
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
9	Texas	3	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
11	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
12	Auburn	2	1	.667
13	LSU	2	1	.667
14	South Carolina	2	1	.667
15	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
16	Arkansas	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	0	1.000
2	James Madison	3	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	2	1	.667
4	Georgia State	2	1	.667
5	South Alabama	2	1	.667
6	Marshall	2	1	.667
7	Troy	2	1	.667
8	Coastal Carolina	1	2	.333
9	Arkansas State	1	2	.333
10	Georgia Southern	1	2	.333
11	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
12	Old Dominion	1	2	.333
13	Southern Miss	1	2	.333
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	3	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	3	0	1.000
2	Duke	3	0	1.000
3	Pittsburgh	3	0	1.000
4	California	2	1	.667
5	Clemson	2	1	.667
6	Louisville	2	1	.667
7	Virginia	2	1	.667
8	SMU	2	1	.667
9	Virginia Tech	3	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	1	.667
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	2	1	.667
14	Florida State	1	2	.333
15	NC State	1	2	.333
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

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