most yards and tds and receptions by a freshman at in a season since 1990

Since 1990, Richie James has the most receiving yards by a freshman in a season, with 1,346 yards in 2015.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards, Receiving Touchdowns, Receptions: player season data complete from 1956
NAMEREC YDSREC TDRECSEASONTMGPTRGAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Richie James
R. James
1,346
8
108
2015
MTSU MTSU
13
146
12.5
103.5
146
12
12.2
11.2
1
2Jeremiah Smith
J. Smith
1,315
15
76
2024
OSU OSU
16
107
17.3
82.2
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
3Rondale Moore
R. Moore
1,258
12
114
2018
PUR PUR
13
158
11.0
96.8
213
21
10.1
16.4
2
4Malachi Toney
M. Toney
1,211
10
109
2025
MIA MIA
16
141
11.1
75.7
113
23
4.9
7.1
1
5Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
1,174
7
85
2013
PITT PITT
13
119
13.8
90.3
108
11
9.8
8.3
1
6Penny Hart
P. Hart
1,099
8
71
2015
GAST GAST
13
104
15.5
84.5
11
3
3.7
0.8
0
7Roger Lewis
R. Lewis
1,093
7
73
2014
BGSU BGSU
14
140
15.0
78.1
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
8Ronney Daniels
R. Daniels
1,068
9
56
1999
AUB AUB
11
19.1
97.1
9Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
1,045
7
89
2015
ALA ALA
15
126
11.7
69.7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
10Jesse Legree
J. Legree
1,040
14
46
2026
ORST ORST
7
66
22.6
148.6
0
0
0.0
0
11Mike Dudek
M. Dudek
1,038
6
76
2014
ILL ILL
13
111
13.7
79.8
73
6
12.2
5.6
0
12David Bell
D. Bell
1,035
7
86
2019
PUR PUR
12
132
12.0
86.3
12
3
4.0
1.0
1
13KD Cannon
KD Cannon
1,030
8
58
2014
BAY BAY
13
93
17.8
79.2
12
2
6.0
0.9
0
14Christian Kirk
C. Kirk
1,009
7
80
2015
TAMU TAMU
13
132
12.6
77.6
54
11
4.9
4.2
0
15Justyn Ross
J. Ross
1,000
9
46
2018
CLEM CLEM
14
73
21.7
71.4
16Xavier Worthy
X. Worthy
981
12
62
2021
TEX TEX
12
101
15.8
81.8
7
1
7.0
0.6
0
17Devonte Boyd
D. Boyd
980
4
65
2014
UNLV UNLV
13
93
15.1
75.4
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
18Artavis Scott
A. Scott
965
8
76
2014
CLEM CLEM
13
76
12.7
74.2
18
6
3.0
1.4
0
19Corey Davis
C. Davis
941
6
67
2013
WMU WMU
11
41
14.0
85.5
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
20Ahmmon Richards
A. Richards
934
3
49
2016
MIA MIA
13
76
19.1
71.8
8
2
4.0
0.6
0
21Aaron Lockett
A. Lockett
928
6
44
1998
KSU KSU
12
21.1
77.3
12
1
12.0
1.0
0
22Peerless Price
P. Price
920
10
61
1998
TENN TENN
12
15.1
76.7
25
3
8.3
2.1
0
23Zola Davis
Z. Davis
911
9
58
1995
SC SC
11
15.7
82.8
24C.J. Johnson
C.J. Johnson
908
4
54
2019
ECU ECU
12
97
16.8
75.7
25Kareem Kelly
K. Kelly
902
4
54
1999
USC USC
12
16.7
75.2
17
2
8.5
1.4
0
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More Middle Tennessee Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,587

Gagliano

Roman Gagliano

RUSH

586

Martin

Antonio Martin

REC

510

Lacy

Cam'ron Lacy
Team Rankings

PPG

23.9

104th

OPP PPG

29.6

116th

RUSH YDS/G

146.3

99th

PASS YDS/G

198.4

119th

2026 C-USA Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
3
Delaware Delaware
2-2
4-4
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2-2
3-5
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2-2
4-4
6
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
2-2
3-5
7
Missouri State Missouri State
2-2
3-5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/7
WKU WKU
@
MTU MTU
3:30 PM
Sat
11/14
MTU MTU
@
LIB LIB
3:30 PM
Sat
11/21
MTU MTU
@
SHSU SHSU
2:00 PM
Sat
11/28
NMSU NMSU
@
MTU MTU
2:00 PM
Last Game
KENN Kennesaw State

2 - 6

44

Final

28

MTU Middle Tennessee

4 - 4

Wed 28 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

2,577

Jackson

Tayven Jackson

2,536

Veltkamp

Caden Veltkamp
Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

Jahiem White

982

Gutierrez

Jackson Gutierrez

972

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

Jesse Legree

984

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

952

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

23

Veltkamp

Caden Veltkamp

22

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

16

Hellums

Cale Hellums

14

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard
Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

Jesse Legree

12

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

11

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah

185.9

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Julian Sayin
Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

9.0

Bradley

Myles Bradley

9.0

Osunsanmi

Tobi Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

49.0

North Texas

43.8

Georgia

43.0

Oregon State

42.7

Notre Dame

40.4

LSU

40.1
Opp PPG Rankings
New Mexico

11.3

Indiana

12.0

North Dakota State

12.5

Iowa

12.5

Notre Dame

13.4

Ohio State

13.4
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

551.9

North Texas

540.5

Oklahoma State

529.1

Oregon State

527.0

Texas State

517.7

LSU

510.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

345.7

Air Force

337.4

Navy

295.8

Texas State

272.0

Rice

271.4

West Virginia

261.6
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

384.9

North Texas

348.9

Oklahoma State

341.0

Miami

340.7

Florida Atlantic

329.6

Arizona

324.1
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

35.0

LSU

34.0

Baylor

34.0

San Jose State

29.0

Indiana

28.0

Virginia Tech

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
6
1
.857
2
Oregon State Oregon State
5
2
.714
3
Texas State Texas State
4
3
.571
4
San Diego State San Diego State
3
5
.375
5
Fresno State Fresno State
4
3
.571
6
Colorado State Colorado State
3
4
.429
7
Utah State Utah State
2
5
.286
8
Washington State Washington State
1
7
.125
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
7
0
1.000
2
Ohio State Ohio State
6
1
.857
3
Indiana Indiana
7
1
.875
4
Northwestern Northwestern
6
1
.857
5
Minnesota Minnesota
5
2
.714
6
Wisconsin Wisconsin
5
3
.625
7
USC USC
6
2
.750
8
Purdue Purdue
3
4
.429
9
Illinois Illinois
5
3
.625
10
Oregon Oregon
4
3
.571
11
Iowa Iowa
6
2
.750
12
Nebraska Nebraska
5
2
.714
13
Michigan Michigan
5
3
.625
14
Washington Washington
4
3
.571
15
Rutgers Rutgers
2
6
.250
16
Penn State Penn State
3
4
.429
17
Maryland Maryland
2
6
.250
18
Michigan State Michigan State
2
6
.250
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Kentucky Kentucky
7
1
.875
2
Georgia Georgia
6
1
.857
3
Alabama Alabama
6
2
.750
4
Florida Florida
5
2
.714
5
Ole Miss Ole Miss
5
2
.714
6
LSU LSU
6
2
.750
7
Tennessee Tennessee
6
2
.750
8
Oklahoma Oklahoma
4
3
.571
9
Missouri Missouri
5
2
.714
10
Texas Texas
5
2
.714
11
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
3
.571
12
Auburn Auburn
4
3
.571
13
South Carolina South Carolina
4
3
.571
14
Arkansas Arkansas
3
4
.429
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
4
4
.500
16
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
5
.375
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
5
2
.714
2
Appalachian State Appalachian State
5
2
.714
3
South Alabama South Alabama
4
3
.571
4
James Madison James Madison
7
2
.778
5
Louisiana Louisiana
5
3
.625
6
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
3
4
.429
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
4
4
.500
8
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
5
.286
9
Troy Troy
4
4
.500
10
Georgia State Georgia State
4
3
.571
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
2
5
.286
12
Marshall Marshall
4
3
.571
13
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
1
6
.143
14
Old Dominion Old Dominion
2
6
.250
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
7
0
1.000
2
SMU SMU
6
2
.750
3
Wake Forest Wake Forest
6
1
.857
4
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
6
2
.750
5
Louisville Louisville
4
3
.571
6
Clemson Clemson
4
3
.571
7
North Carolina North Carolina
4
3
.571
8
Duke Duke
6
2
.750
9
Boston College Boston College
4
4
.500
10
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
3
.625
11
Stanford Stanford
4
4
.500
12
Virginia Virginia
4
4
.500
13
California California
3
6
.333
14
Florida State Florida State
3
4
.429
15
NC State NC State
4
4
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
2
5
.286
17
Syracuse Syracuse
4
4
.500
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
New Mexico New Mexico
6
1
.857
2
Wyoming Wyoming
5
3
.625
3
UNLV UNLV
4
3
.571
4
North Dakota State North Dakota State
6
2
.750
5
Air Force Air Force
5
2
.714
6
Nevada Nevada
3
4
.429
7
San Jose State San Jose State
4
4
.500
8
Hawai'i Hawai'i
2
6
.250
9
UTEP UTEP
1
6
.143
10
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
7
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
7
1
.875
2
UConn UConn
4
3
.571
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Ohio Ohio
6
2
.750
2
Toledo Toledo
6
2
.750
3
Western Michigan Western Michigan
6
3
.667
4
Buffalo Buffalo
5
3
.625
5
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
5
3
.625
6
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
4
5
.444
7
Ball State Ball State
3
5
.375
8
Bowling Green Bowling Green
2
7
.222
9
Kent State Kent State
3
6
.333
10
UMass UMass
4
4
.500
11
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
5
.375
12
Sacramento State Sacramento State
2
7
.222
13
Akron Akron
1
7
.125
American AthleticWLPCT
1
UTSA UTSA
7
1
.875
2
North Texas North Texas
6
2
.750
3
Army Army
5
2
.714
4
Memphis Memphis
6
2
.750
5
UAB UAB
4
4
.500
6
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
5
3
.625
7
Tulane Tulane
4
4
.500
8
Temple Temple
2
5
.286
9
South Florida South Florida
6
2
.750
10
East Carolina East Carolina
3
4
.429
11
Tulsa Tulsa
4
4
.500
12
Charlotte Charlotte
1
7
.125
13
Navy Navy
2
6
.250
14
Rice Rice
1
7
.125
Big 12WLPCT
1
Utah Utah
7
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
6
1
.857
3
Arizona Arizona
6
2
.750
4
Texas Tech Texas Tech
7
1
.875
5
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
5
2
.714
6
Houston Houston
6
2
.750
7
Baylor Baylor
5
3
.625
8
Cincinnati Cincinnati
5
2
.714
9
Arizona State Arizona State
4
3
.571
10
West Virginia West Virginia
5
3
.625
11
UCF UCF
4
4
.500
12
Kansas State Kansas State
4
3
.571
13
Iowa State Iowa State
3
4
.429
14
Kansas Kansas
3
4
.429
15
TCU TCU
3
4
.429
16
Colorado Colorado
2
5
.286
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
6
2
.750
2
Liberty Liberty
6
1
.857
3
Delaware Delaware
4
4
.500
4
New Mexico State New Mexico State
3
5
.375
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
4
4
.500
6
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
3
5
.375
7
Missouri State Missouri State
3
5
.375
8
Florida International Florida International
3
4
.429
9
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
2
6
.250
10
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
7
.125

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/3
WVU WVU
@
ISU ISU
42-45
Sat
10/3
TXSO TXSO
@
FAU FAU
10-66
Sat
10/3
ARMY ARMY
@
LT LT
29-31
Sat
10/3
CIN CIN
@
ARIZ ARIZ
7-34
Sun
10/4
SJSU SJSU
@
HAW HAW
20-16

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/31
SCAR SCAR
@
OKLA OKLA
4:15 PM
Sat
10/31
NEV NEV
@
UCLA UCLA
4:15 PM
Sat
10/31
PUR PUR
@
PSU PSU
4:15 PM
Sat
10/31
APP APP
@
GASO GASO
6:30 PM
Sat
10/31
WSU WSU
@
SDSU SDSU
7:00 PM