who led college football in tight end receiving yards in 2026

Kari Ashley has the most receiving yards by a tight end in 2026, with 560 yards.

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

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Kari Ashley K. Ashley	560	2026	TCU	8	38	47	14.7	70.0	4	11	5	2.2	1.4	0
2	Hunter Tipton H. Tipton	495	2026	MEM	9	35	47	14.1	55.0	5	-1	5	-0.2	-0.1	1
3	Luke Reynolds L. Reynolds	493	2026	VT	8	50	64	9.9	61.6	6	1	2	0.5	0.1	0
4	Eli Finley E. Finley	477	2026	LT	8	41	55	11.6	59.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jelani Thurman J. Thurman	461	2026	UNC	8	38	60	12.1	57.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
6	Rocky Beers R. Beers	446	2026	OKLA	8	34	47	13.1	55.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
7	Patrick Overmyer P. Overmyer	432	2026	HOU	8	39	57	11.1	54.0	7	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
8	Eric Olsen E. Olsen	424	2026	ORST	8	37	46	11.5	53.0	4	-5	1	-5.0	-0.6	0
9	Joshua Long J. Long	383	2026	EMU	9	42	52	9.1	42.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Cole Keller C. Keller	363	2026	JMU	9	22	29	16.5	40.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Caleb Odom C. Odom	360	2026	MISS	7	27	42	13.3	51.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
12	Luke Gilbert L. Gilbert	348	2026	JVST	8	18	27	19.3	43.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
13	Reis Kessel R. Kessel	345	2026	NDSU	9	27	37	12.8	38.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Max Reese M. Reese	335	2026	UNT	8	24	31	14.0	41.9	3	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
15	Daunte Bacheyie D. Bacheyie	334	2026	SYR	8	22	32	15.2	41.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jamari Johnson J. Johnson	328	2026	ORE	6	26	39	12.6	54.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
17	Matt Wagner M. Wagner	328	2026	BSU	8	29	42	11.3	41.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Willie Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	324	2026	UK	8	39	48	8.3	40.5	3	6	4	1.5	0.8	1
19	Carson Kent C. Kent	317	2026	PITT	9	30	43	10.6	35.2	1	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
20	River Helms R. Helms	312	2026	GASO	8	30	39	10.4	39.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jeremiah Hasley J. Hasley	305	2026	DUKE	8	24	45	12.7	38.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	DJ Vonnahme	304	2026	IOWA	7	29	42	10.5	43.4	3	12	3	4.0	1.7	1
23	Jeremiah Scoby J. Scoby	304	2026	BGSU	9	29	46	10.5	33.8	0	-3	1	-3.0	-0.3	0
24	Preston Douglas P. Douglas	304	2026	NCST	8	26	34	11.7	38.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Kevin Roche Jr. K. Roche Jr.	298	2026	GT	8	35	54	8.5	37.3	1	0	0		0.0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,207

Craig

RUSH

429

Payne

REC

560

Ashley

Team Rankings

PPG

23.3

106th

OPP PPG

14.1

11th

RUSH YDS/G

114.6

143rd

PASS YDS/G

275.9

24th

2026 Big 12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Cincinnati	2-3	5-3
12	Arizona State	2-3	4-4
13	TCU	2-3	4-4
14	Colorado	1-4	3-5
15	Kansas State	1-4	4-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/6	TCU	@	ARIZ	10:15 PM
Sat 11/14	KSU	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	UTAH	@	TCU	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	TCU	@	TTU	8:00 PM

Last Game

Kansas

3 - 5

Final

TCU

4 - 4

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	Texas State	4	4	.500
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	3	5	.375
6	Fresno State	5	3	.625
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	5	3	.625
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/10	UNC	@	PITT	21-17
Sat 10/10	WAKE	@	NCST	38-14
Sat 10/10	TULN	@	ARMY	17-20
Sat 10/10	ODU	@	APP	10-3
Sat 10/10	M-OH	@	MASS	20-19

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/3	OHIO	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Tue 11/3	BUFF	@	M-OH	8:00 PM
Wed 11/4	BALL	@	MASS	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOL	@	SAC	7:00 PM
Wed 11/4	CMU	@	EMU	7:30 PM

Kari Ashley has the most receiving yards by a tight end in 2026, with 560 yards.

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