single season receiving leaders in a freshman in college

Richie James has the most yards on receptions by a freshman in a season, with 1,346 yards in 2015.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Richie James R. James	1,346	2015	MTSU	13	108	146	12.5	103.5	8	146	12	12.2	11.2	1
2	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	2024	OSU	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
3	Rondale Moore R. Moore	1,258	2018	PUR	13	114	158	11.0	96.8	12	213	21	10.1	16.4	2
4	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,211	2025	MIA	16	109	141	11.1	75.7	10	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
5	Tyler Boyd T. Boyd	1,174	2013	PITT	13	85	119	13.8	90.3	7	108	11	9.8	8.3	1
6	Penny Hart P. Hart	1,099	2015	GAST	13	71	104	15.5	84.5	8	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
7	Roger Lewis R. Lewis	1,093	2014	BGSU	14	73	140	15.0	78.1	7	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
8	Ronney Daniels R. Daniels	1,068	1999	AUB	11	56		19.1	97.1	9
9	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,045	2015	ALA	15	89	126	11.7	69.7	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
10	Mike Dudek M. Dudek	1,038	2014	ILL	13	76	111	13.7	79.8	6	73	6	12.2	5.6	0
11	David Bell D. Bell	1,035	2019	PUR	12	86	132	12.0	86.3	7	12	3	4.0	1.0	1
12	KD Cannon	1,030	2014	BAY	13	58	93	17.8	79.2	8	12	2	6.0	0.9	0
13	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	1,009	2015	TAMU	13	80	132	12.6	77.6	7	54	11	4.9	4.2	0
14	Justyn Ross J. Ross	1,000	2018	CLEM	14	46	73	21.7	71.4	9
15	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	981	2021	TEX	12	62	101	15.8	81.8	12	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
16	Devonte Boyd D. Boyd	980	2014	UNLV	13	65	93	15.1	75.4	4	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
17	Artavis Scott A. Scott	965	2014	CLEM	13	76	76	12.7	74.2	8	18	6	3.0	1.4	0
18	Corey Davis C. Davis	941	2013	WMU	11	67	41	14.0	85.5	6	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
19	Ahmmon Richards A. Richards	934	2016	MIA	13	49	76	19.1	71.8	3	8	2	4.0	0.6	0
20	Aaron Lockett A. Lockett	928	1998	KSU	12	44		21.1	77.3	6	12	1	12.0	1.0	0
21	Peerless Price P. Price	920	1998	TENN	12	61		15.1	76.7	10	25	3	8.3	2.1	0
22	Zola Davis Z. Davis	911	1995	SC	11	58		15.7	82.8	9
23	C.J. Johnson	908	2019	ECU	12	54	97	16.8	75.7	4
24	Kareem Kelly K. Kelly	902	1999	USC	12	54		16.7	75.2	4	17	2	8.5	1.4	0
25	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	892	2021	NIU	14	51	87	17.5	63.7	7	113	9	12.6	8.1	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

443

Gagliano

RUSH

135

Martin

REC

190

Lacy

Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

67th

OPP PPG

21.0

74th

RUSH YDS/G

152.5

90th

PASS YDS/G

221.5

83rd

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Kennesaw State	0-0	1-1
4	Liberty	0-0	1-1
5	Middle Tennessee	0-0	1-1
6	Missouri State	0-0	1-1
7	Jacksonville State	0-0	1-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	NEV	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MTU	@	JVST	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	1:00 PM
Tue 10/13	DEL	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	MTU	@	FIU	7:00 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

1 - 1

Final

Marshall

1 - 1

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

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

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