Wide receivers averaged their most yards per catch in a season in 1978, with 16.3 per reception.

Interpreted as:

most wr yards per reception in a season

	POSITION	AVG	SEASON	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Wide Receiver	16.3	1978	6,194	7,279	118,546	19.1	743	5,431	1,145	4.7	0.9	54
2	Wide Receiver	16.1	1982	5,123	7,378	118,662	23.2	735	4,677	865	5.4	0.9	35
3	Wide Receiver	16.0	1981	6,296	8,610	138,036	21.9	856	5,109	960	5.3	0.8	39
4	Wide Receiver	16.0	1976	5,120	6,454	103,157	20.1	636	4,514	852	5.3	0.9	30
5	Wide Receiver	16.0	1977	6,025	7,444	118,870	19.7	783	5,851	1,109	5.3	1.0	46
6	Wide Receiver	16.0	1980	6,340	8,243	131,514	20.7	852	4,819	1,008	4.8	0.8	22
7	Wide Receiver	15.9	1979	6,016	7,250	115,327	19.2	728	4,835	908	5.3	0.8	38
8	Wide Receiver	15.8	1984	5,254	7,729	122,357	23.3	812	4,102	791	5.2	0.8	28
9	Wide Receiver	15.8	1985	5,529	7,924	125,240	22.7	753	4,282	661	6.5	0.8	30
10	Wide Receiver	15.6	1989	5,748	9,365	146,484	25.5	954	3,859	695	5.6	0.7	23
11	Wide Receiver	15.6	1983	5,128	7,922	123,895	24.2	773	3,202	575	5.6	0.6	19
12	Wide Receiver	15.6	1987	5,257	8,043	125,466	23.9	765	3,838	746	5.1	0.7	33
13	Wide Receiver	15.6	1986	5,513	8,100	126,345	22.9	809	3,836	686	5.6	0.7	40
14	Wide Receiver	15.6	1975	5,154	6,391	99,674	19.3	564	6,370	1,372	4.6	1.2	36
15	Wide Receiver	15.6	1988	5,347	8,299	129,420	24.2	826	3,980	625	6.4	0.7	38
16	Wide Receiver	15.6	1973	5,295	6,621	103,050	19.5	664	5,115	1,179	4.3	1.0	40
17	Wide Receiver	15.5	1974	4,838	5,927	92,072	19.0	577	4,611	956	4.8	1.0	31
18	Wide Receiver	15.3	1972	4,421	6,159	94,538	21.4	636	3,942	931	4.2	0.9	38
19	Wide Receiver	15.3	1990	5,760	9,777	149,740	26.0	989	4,167	692	6.0	0.7	38
20	Wide Receiver	15.1	1991	5,764	9,344	141,089	24.5	973	4,969	728	6.8	0.9	39
21	Wide Receiver	15.0	1993	6,136	11,068	166,446	27.1	1,124	4,452	762	5.8	0.7	26
22	Wide Receiver	15.0	1970	3,754	5,849	87,489	23.3	546	6,690	1,540	4.3	1.8	70
23	Wide Receiver	14.9	1971	4,351	5,768	85,972	19.8	524	5,180	1,331	3.9	1.2	44
24	Wide Receiver	14.8	1996	6,286	11,659	172,506	27.4	1,135	3,657	656	5.6	0.6	25
25	Wide Receiver	14.7	1997	6,373	12,379	181,645	28.5	1,270	4,322	782	5.5	0.7	35

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Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

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Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

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Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

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

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Rush Yards Rankings

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266.3

261.4

254.9

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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