single season receiving leaders in college from north carolina

Josh Downs has the most receiving yards for North Carolina in a season, with 1,335 yards in 2021.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Josh Downs J. Downs	1,335	2021	UNC	13	101	145	13.2	102.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Hakeem Nicks H. Nicks	1,222	2008	UNC	13	68		18.0	94.0	12	34	5	6.8	2.6	1
3	Dwight Jones D. Jones	1,196	2011	UNC	13	85		14.1	92.0	12	11	2	5.5	0.8	0
4	Josh Downs J. Downs	1,129	2022	UNC	12	105	131	10.8	94.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
5	Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	1,112	2016	UNC	13	96	129	11.6	85.5	6	14	3	4.7	1.1	0
6	Dyami Brown D. Brown	1,099	2020	UNC	11	55	85	20.0	99.9	8
7	Dyami Brown D. Brown	1,034	2019	UNC	13	51	90	20.3	79.5	12	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
8	Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	1,018	2019	UNC	12	72	103	14.1	84.8	10	9	3	3.0	0.8	0
9	Sam Aiken S. Aiken	990	2002	UNC	12	68		14.6	82.5	4
10	Eric Ebron E. Ebron	973	2013	UNC	13	62	99	15.7	74.8	3	7	2	3.5	0.5	0
11	Octavus Barnes O. Barnes	970	1995	UNC	11	53		18.3	88.2	5	-10	2	-5.0	-0.9	0
12	Hakeem Nicks H. Nicks	958	2007	UNC	12	74		12.9	79.8	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
13	Dwight Jones D. Jones	946	2010	UNC	13	62		15.3	72.8	4
14	Na Brown N. Brown	897	1998	UNC	11	55		16.3	81.5	6	48	1	48.0	4.4	1
15	Corey Holliday C. Holliday	867	1993	UNC	12	50		17.3	72.3	2
16	Antoine Green A. Green	851	2022	UNC	10	48	79	17.7	85.1	7	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jimmy Jerome J. Jerome	837	1974	UNC	11	47		17.8	76.1	5	185	27	6.9	16.8	1
18	Bug Howard B. Howard	827	2016	UNC	13	53	84	15.6	63.6	8
19	Sam Aiken S. Aiken	789	2001	UNC	12	46		17.2	65.8	8	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
20	Quinshad Davis Q. Davis	776	2012	UNC	12	61		12.7	64.7	5
21	L.C. Stevens	771	1996	UNC	11	44		17.5	70.1	7
22	Ryan Switzer R. Switzer	757	2014	UNC	13	61	82	12.4	58.2	4	29	8	3.6	2.2	0
23	Mack Hollins M. Hollins	745	2015	UNC	14	30	51	24.8	53.2	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jarwarski Pollock J. Pollock	745	2003	UNC	12	71		10.5	62.1	1	40	6	6.7	3.3	0
25	Quinshad Davis Q. Davis	730	2013	UNC	13	48	64	15.2	56.2	10	1	2	0.5	0.1	0

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More North Carolina Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

611

Edwards

RUSH

215

Hall

REC

183

Thurman

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

109th

OPP PPG

13.7

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

155.0

90th

PASS YDS/G

211.0

103rd

2026 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	California	1-1	2-2
11	Stanford	1-2	2-2
12	North Carolina	0-1	2-1
13	Boston College	0-1	2-2
14	Florida State	0-1	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	12:00 PM
Sat 10/17	UNC	@	DUKE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	SYR	@	UNC	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	MIA	@	UNC	1:00 PM

Last Game

North Carolina

2 - 1

Final

Clemson

2 - 1

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
3	Liberty	3	1	.750
4	Delaware	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250