most rushing yards in a season by a freshman wide receiver

Jon Jeffries has the most rushing yards by a freshman wide receiver in a season, with 599 yards in 1987.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jon Jeffries J. Jeffries	599	1987	VT	10	125	4.8	59.9	3	77	8		9.6	7.7	0
2	Jamie Morris J. Morris	561	1984	MICH	11	115	4.9	51.0	2	131	14		9.4	11.9	0
3	Otis Anderson O. Anderson	494	2017	UCF	12	69	7.2	41.2	4	351	30	41	11.7	29.3	3
4	Jermaine Brown Jr. J. Brown Jr.	446	2019	UAB	10	86	5.2	44.6	2	21	4	6	5.3	2.1	0
5	Austin Walter A. Walter	437	2015	RICE	12	75	5.8	36.4	1	8	5	7	1.6	0.7	0
6	Kevin Nelson K. Nelson	404	1984	TEX	11	104	3.9	36.7	2	181	10		18.1	16.5	1
7	Javion Posey J. Posey	403	2020	FAU	6	58	6.9	67.2	3	0	0	1		0.0	0
8	Mike Dotterer M. Dotterer	366	1979	STAN	11	97	3.8	33.3	4	316	35		9.0	28.7	4
9	Kelley Joiner K. Joiner	364	2019	USF	11	71	5.1	33.1	0	108	9	12	12.0	9.8	0
10	Sherman Alston S. Alston	352	2014	BC	13	34	10.4	27.1	2	175	16	21	10.9	13.5	2
11	Jalen Cropper J. Cropper	343	2019	FRES	9	20	17.2	38.1	3	196	15	21	13.1	21.8	0
12	Wan'Dale Robinson W. Robinson	340	2019	NEB	10	88	3.9	34.0	3	453	40	59	11.3	45.3	2
13	Thomas Tucker T. Tucker	338	2013	SJSU	8	66	5.1	42.3	3	232	23	5	10.1	29.0	1
14	Jimmy Cefalo J. Cefalo	328	1974	PSU	11	53	6.2	29.8	1	144	6		24.0	13.1	1
15	KC Concepcion	320	2023	NCST	13	41	7.8	24.6	0	839	71	106	11.8	64.5	10
16	Robert Brown R. Brown	305	2017	TXST	12	77	4.0	25.4	0	27	8	11	3.4	2.3	0
17	Blake Hester B. Hester	274	2021	AKR	11	65	4.2	24.9	2	36	9	11	4.0	3.3	0
18	Nyheim Hines N. Hines	243	2015	NCST	13	48	5.1	18.7	1	256	20	44	12.8	19.7	1
19	Anthony Jones A. Jones	243	2015	FIU	11	48	5.1	22.1	2	22	5	11	4.4	2.0	0
20	Anthony Stafford A. Stafford	242	1985	OKLA	11	44	5.5	22.0	2
21	Zion McKinney Z. McKinney	237	1976	SC	11	33	7.2	21.5	1	117	11		10.6	10.6	0
22	Tom Donovan T. Donovan	236	1975	PSU	10	43	5.5	23.6	2	130	12		10.8	13.0	0
23	Isaiah Wright I. Wright	232	2016	TEM	12	42	5.5	19.3	1	74	8	12	9.3	6.2	0
24	Miles Davis M. Davis	225	2022	BYU	8	40	5.6	28.1	0	27	6	7	4.5	3.4	0
25	Raykwon Anderson R. Anderson	223	2019	APP	8	33	6.8	27.9	2	0	2	3	0.0	0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

551

Grunkemeyer

RUSH

151

Overton

REC

158

Reynolds

Team Rankings

PPG

58.5

4th

OPP PPG

12.0

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

178.5

69th

PASS YDS/G

339.0

11th

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	North Carolina	0-0	2-0
7	Pittsburgh	0-0	2-0
8	Virginia Tech	0-0	2-0
9	Wake Forest	0-0	2-0
10	Boston College	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	VT	@	MD	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	VT	@	BC	1:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Sat 10/10	VT	@	CAL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	GT	@	VT	1:00 PM

Last Game

Old Dominion

1 - 1

Final

Virginia Tech

2 - 0

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