which running back has the most receiving yards in a game ever

Eli Heidenreich has the most receiving yards by a running back in a game, with 243 yards against Air Force on October 4.

		NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1		Eli Heidenreich E. Heidenreich	243	10/4/2025	NAVY	vs	AFA	8	8	30.4	3	0	0		0
2		Evan Hull E. Hull	213	9/10/2022	NW	vs	DUKE	14	18	15.2	1	65	17	3.8	1
3		Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	203	10/19/2019	MEM	vs	TULN	9	10	22.6	2	104	18	5.8	1
4		Justin Rankin J. Rankin	181	10/1/2016	KENT	vs	AKR	10	11	18.1	1	17	5	3.4	0
5		Anthony Elzy A. Elzy	178	11/20/2010	UNC	vs	NCST	9		19.8	1	32	12	2.7	0
6		Curtis Samuel C. Samuel	177	9/3/2016	OSU	vs	BGSU	9	9	19.7	2	84	13	6.5	1
7		Willie Carter W. Carter	173	10/29/2011	TLSA	vs	SMU	13		13.3	1	4	1	4.0	0
8		Donovan Edwards D. Edwards	170	11/20/2021	MICH	@	MD	10	11	17.0	1	8	3	2.7	0
9		Arkeel Newsome A. Newsome	170	9/24/2017	CONN	vs	ECU	8	9	21.3	1	15	4	3.8	1
10		Byron Marshall B. Marshall	169	1/12/2015	ORE	@	OSU	8	10	21.1	1	9	1	9.0	0
11		Mewelde Moore M. Moore	168	10/27/2001	TULN	@	ARMY	9		18.7	2	80	26	3.1	1
12		Boo Williams B. Williams	167	10/10/1998	SC	@	UK	7		23.9		5	3	1.7
13		Brandon Whitaker B. Whitaker	166	10/6/2007	BAY	vs	COLO	11		15.1	0	26	11	2.4	1
14		Amare Jones A. Jones	164	10/15/2022	GASO	vs	JMU	7	14	23.4	2	0	0		0
15		James Williams J. Williams	163	9/2/2017	WSU	vs	MTST	13	13	12.5	2	45	9	5.0	0
16		Raheem Blackshear R. Blackshear	162	11/3/2018	RUTG	@	WIS	8	10	20.3	1	38	10	3.8	0
17		Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	161	10/8/2016	TENN	@	TAMU	8	9	20.1	1	127	18	7.1	2
18		Willie Carter W. Carter	160	10/22/2011	TLSA	@	RICE	9		17.8	1
19		Blake Banham B. Banham	159	9/15/2018	EMU	@	BUFF	9	10	17.7	1
20		Kylin Hill K. Hill	158	9/26/2020	MSST	@	LSU	8	11	19.8	1	34	7	4.9	0
21		Andy Isabella A. Isabella	158	11/4/2017	MASS	@	MSST	7	14	22.6	1	5	1	5.0	0
22		Timothy McVey T. McVey	157	11/28/2015	AFA	@	UNM	5	6	31.4	3	105	12	8.8	2
23		Desmond Reid D. Reid	155	10/11/2025	PITT	@	FSU	8	9	19.4	2	45	12	3.8	0
24		Desmond Reid D. Reid	155	10/5/2024	PITT	@	UNC	11	11	14.1	1	55	18	3.1	0
25		Andy Isabella A. Isabella	152	11/11/2017	MASS	vs	MAINE	8	14	19.0	3	1	1	1.0	0

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1995 season.

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1	Navy	5-1	7-1
2	Memphis	4-1	8-1
3	North Texas	4-1	8-1
4	South Florida	3-1	6-2
5	Tulane	3-1	6-2

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Sat 11/8	NAVY	@	ND	7:30 PM
Sat 11/15	USF	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Thu 11/27	NAVY	@	MEM	7:30 PM
Sat 12/13	ARMY	@	NAVY	3:00 PM

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31

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Aguilar

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Johnson

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Bell

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26

Robertson

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25

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Sayin

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14

King

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13

Lacy

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13

Horvath

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11

Bell

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171.7

Moore

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Bailey

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10.0

Voorhis

Nathan Voorhis

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Daley

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46.4

44.4

43.6

43.6

41.3

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

6.9

10.0

10.8

13.1

13.2

13.5

Total Yards Rankings

510.5

505.9

504.9

504.1

492.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

317.3

270.0

267.1

265.3

259.5

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Pass Yards Rankings

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	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	8	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio State	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	0	1.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
2	Buffalo	5	4	.556

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	2	.750
2	UConn	6	3	.667

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	2	7	.222
2	Washington State	4	5	.444

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	San Diego State	7	1	.875
2	Boise State	6	3	.667

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Texas A&M	8	0	1.000
2	Alabama	7	1	.875

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Navy	7	1	.875
2	Memphis	8	1	.889

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Virginia	8	1	.889
2	Georgia Tech	8	1	.889

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	7	1	.875
2	Coastal Carolina	5	3	.625

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	6	2	.750
2	Jacksonville State	5	3	.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 10/10	UCF	@	CIN	11-20
Fri 10/10	STAN	@	SMU	10-34
Fri 10/10	PITT	@	FSU	34-31
Fri 10/10	CHAR	@	ARMY	7-24
Fri 10/10	UCLA	@	MSU	38-13

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/4	M-OH	@	OHIO	7:00 PM
Tue 11/4	MASS	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Wed 11/5	NIU	@	TOL	7:00 PM
Wed 11/5	KENT	@	BALL	7:00 PM
Thu 11/6	GASO	@	APP	7:30 PM