who has the record for the most receiving yards as a freshman

Richie James has the most career receiving yards by a freshman, with 1,346 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1956

	NAME	REC YDS	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	13	108	146	12.5	103.5	8	146	12	12.2	11.2	1
2	Jeremiah Smith J. Smith	1,315	16	76	107	17.3	82.2	15	47	6	7.8	2.9	1
3	Corey Rucker C. Rucker	1,279	21	75	134	17.1	60.9	14	20	2	10.0	1.0	1
4	Rondale Moore R. Moore	1,258	13	114	158	11.0	96.8	12	213	21	10.1	16.4	2
5	Malachi Toney M. Toney	1,211	16	109	141	11.1	75.7	10	113	23	4.9	7.1	1
6	Demario Douglas D. Douglas	1,205	27	93	125	13.0	44.6	10	4	2	2.0	0.1	0
7	Tyler Boyd T. Boyd	1,174	13	85	119	13.8	90.3	7	108	11	9.8	8.3	1
8	Trayvon Rudolph T. Rudolph	1,124	20	65	117	17.3	56.2	7	113	9	12.6	5.7	1
9	Penny Hart P. Hart	1,099	13	71	104	15.5	84.5	8	11	3	3.7	0.8	0
10	Jonnu Smith J. Smith	1,098	24	100	92	11.0	45.8	10	0	0		0.0	0
11	Roger Lewis R. Lewis	1,093	14	73	140	15.0	78.1	7	-3	1	-3.0	-0.2	0
12	Ja'Lynn Polk J. Polk	1,072	26	74	112	14.5	41.2	9	15	1	15.0	0.6	0
13	Ronney Daniels R. Daniels	1,068	11	56		19.1	97.1	9
14	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,045	15	89	126	11.7	69.7	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
15	Jesse Legree J. Legree	1,040	7	46	66	22.6	148.6	14	0	0		0.0	0
16	Mike Dudek M. Dudek	1,038	13	76	111	13.7	79.8	6	73	6	12.2	5.6	0
17	David Bell D. Bell	1,035	12	86	132	12.0	86.3	7	12	3	4.0	1.0	1
18	KD Cannon	1,030	13	58	93	17.8	79.2	8	12	2	6.0	0.9	0
19	Taylor Morin T. Morin	1,026	23	75	125	13.7	44.6	8	6	3	2.0	0.3	0
20	Christian Kirk C. Kirk	1,009	13	80	132	12.6	77.6	7	54	11	4.9	4.2	0
21	Justyn Ross J. Ross	1,000	14	46	73	21.7	71.4	9
22	Tyler Snead T. Snead	995	16	81	123	12.3	62.2	9	27	4	6.8	1.7	0
23	Peerless Price P. Price	991	23	67		14.8	43.1	10	25	3	8.3	1.1	0
24	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	981	12	62	101	15.8	81.8	12	7	1	7.0	0.6	0
25	Devonte Boyd D. Boyd	980	13	65	93	15.1	75.4	4	5	1	5.0	0.4	0

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More Middle Tennessee Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,404

Gagliano

RUSH

480

Martin

REC

437

Lacy

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

109th

OPP PPG

27.6

107th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

112th

PASS YDS/G

200.6

114th

2026 C-USA Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Jacksonville State	3-0	5-2
3	New Mexico State	2-1	3-4
4	Middle Tennessee	2-1	4-3
5	Western Kentucky	2-1	3-4
6	Delaware	1-2	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	KENN	@	MTU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/7	WKU	@	MTU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/14	MTU	@	LIB	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	MTU	@	SHSU	2:00 PM
Sat 11/28	NMSU	@	MTU	2:00 PM

Last Game

Middle Tennessee

4 - 3

Final

Florida International

3 - 4

Tue 20 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286