most receptions in a season record college football

Zay Jones has made the most receptions in a season, with 158 receptions in 2016.

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most receptions in a season record by a player college football

	NAME	REC REC	REC	SEASON	TM	W%	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Zay Jones Z. Jones	158	3-9	2016	ECU	.250	12	222	1,746	11.1	145.5	8	24	4	6.0	2.0	0
2	Freddie Barnes F. Barnes	155	7-6	2009	BGSU	.538	13		1,770	11.4	136.2	19	78	25	3.1	6.0	2
3	Jerreth Sterns J. Sterns	150	9-5	2021	WKU	.643	14	194	1,902	12.7	135.9	17	17	5	3.4	1.2	0
4	Jordan White J. White	140	7-6	2011	WMU	.538	13		1,911	13.7	147.0	17	27	1	27.0	2.1	0
5	Troy Edwards T. Edwards	140	6-6	1998	LT	.500	12		1,996	14.3	166.3		227	21	10.8	18.9
6	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	138	5-7	2002	NEV	.417	12		1,629	11.8	135.8	12	115	22	5.2	9.6	1
7	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	136	9-5	2016	LT	.643	14	176	1,803	13.3	128.8	12
8	Michael Crabtree M. Crabtree	134	9-4	2007	TTU	.692	13		1,962	14.6	150.9	22
9	Davante Adams D. Adams	131	11-2	2013	FRES	.846	13	118	1,719	13.1	132.2	24	0	0		0.0	0
10	Ryan Broyles R. Broyles	131	12-2	2010	OKLA	.857	14		1,622	12.4	115.9	14
11	Trevor Insley T. Insley	131	3-8	1999	NEV	.273	11		2,031	15.5	184.6		34	4	8.5	3.1
12	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	128	7-6	2013	ORST	.538	13	167	1,730	13.5	133.1	16	217	32	6.8	16.7	2
13	J.R. Tolver	128	4-9	2002	SDSU	.308	13		1,785	13.9	137.3	13	40	6	6.7	3.1	1
14	Eric Page E. Page	125	9-4	2011	TOL	.692	13		1,182	9.5	90.9	10	10	3	3.3	0.8	0
15	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	124	12-2	2014	ALA	.857	14	177	1,727	13.9	123.4	16	23	5	4.6	1.6	0
16	Jordy Nelson J. Nelson	122	5-7	2007	KSU	.417	12		1,606	13.2	133.8	11	-7	3	-2.3	-0.6	0
17	Justin Hardy J. Hardy	121	8-5	2014	ECU	.615	13	169	1,494	12.3	114.9	10	7	1	7.0	0.5	1
18	Justin Blackmon J. Blackmon	121	12-1	2011	OKST	.923	13		1,522	12.6	117.1	18	59	5	11.8	4.5	0
19	Greg Salas G. Salas	119	10-4	2010	HAW	.714	14		1,889	15.9	134.9	14
20	Marqise Lee M. Lee	118	7-6	2012	USC	.538	13		1,721	14.6	132.4	14	106	13	8.2	8.2	0
21	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	117	7-6	2024	BGSU	.538	13	156	1,554	13.3	119.5	10	65	9	7.2	5.0	1
22	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	117	13-0	2020	ALA	1.000	13	148	1,856	15.9	142.8	23	6	4	1.5	0.5	1
23	Jordan Shipley J. Shipley	116	13-1	2009	TEX	.929	14		1,485	12.8	106.1	13	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
24	Mohamed Sanu M. Sanu	115	9-4	2011	RUTG	.692	13		1,206	10.5	92.8	7	-2	4	-0.5	-0.2	0
25	Rondale Moore R. Moore	114	6-7	2018	PUR	.462	13	158	1,258	11.0	96.8	12	213	21	10.1	16.4	2

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RUSH

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RUSH YDS/G

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	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Navy	7-1	11-2
4	South Florida	6-2	9-4
5	East Carolina	6-2	9-4
6	Memphis	4-4	8-5
7	Army	4-4	7-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ECU	@	ALA	12:00 PM
Sat 9/12	APP	@	ECU	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	ECU	@	ODU	6:00 PM
Sat 9/26	NCCU	@	ECU	4:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	1:00 PM

Last Game

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Pass Yards Leaders

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Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

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1,649

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QB Rating Leaders

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Bailey

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489.7

488.7

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Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

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254.9

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Pass Yards Rankings

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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