Brian Baima had the most receiving yards in 1971, with 1,230 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Brian Baima B. Baima	1,230	1971	CIT	11	63	19.5	111.8	13
2	Tom Reynolds T. Reynolds	1,070	1971	SDSU	11	67	16.0	97.3	7
3	Mike Reppond M. Reppond	986	1971	ARK	11	56	17.6	89.6	3	-4	1	-4.0	-0.4	0
4	Rocky Turner R. Turner	984	1971	CHAT	11	58	17.0	89.5	5	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
5	Mike Siani M. Siani	960	1971	NOVA	11	49	19.6	87.3	14	50	2	25.0	4.5	1
6	Don Clune D. Clune	891	1971	PENN	9	40	22.3	99.0	5	18	2	9.0	2.0	0
7	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	872	1971	NEB	12	53	16.5	72.7	11	259	36	7.2	21.6	2
8	Bob Wicks B. Wicks	862	1971	USU	11	58	14.9	78.4	5
9	Charlie McKee C. McKee	854	1971	ARIZ	10	43	19.9	85.4	5
10	Andy Hamilton A. Hamilton	854	1971	LSU	11	45	19.0	77.6	9	-6	4	-1.5	-0.5	0
11	Terry Beasley T. Beasley	846	1971	AUB	10	55	15.4	84.6	12	13	3	4.3	1.3	0
12	David Knight D. Knight	845	1971	W&M	11	48	17.6	76.8	0	18	5	3.6	1.6	0
13	Tom Scott T. Scott	820	1971	WASH	11	35	23.4	74.5	6	221	32	6.9	20.1	1
14	Rhett Dawson R. Dawson	817	1971	FSU	11	62	13.2	74.3	7
15	Miles Moore M. Moore	816	1971	STAN	11	38	21.5	74.2	6	3	1	3.0	0.3	0
16	Scott Freeman S. Freeman	803	1971	WYO	11	44	18.3	73.0	3	72	25	2.9	6.5	2
17	Chuck Davidian C. Davidian	793	1971	LBS	12	47	16.9	66.1	8
18	Darryl Stingley D. Stingley	734	1971	PUR	10	36	20.4	73.4	4	248	60	4.1	24.8	3
19	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	730	1971	HOU	11	45	16.2	66.4	8
20	Donnie Reel D. Reel	705	1971	VT	11	37	19.1	64.1	3	45	5	9.0	4.1	2
21	Barry Smith B. Smith	696	1971	FSU	11	33	21.1	63.3	6	51	11	4.6	4.6	1
22	Barry Pearson B. Pearson	674	1971	NW	11	48	14.0	61.3	1	19	8	2.4	1.7	0
23	Don Fair D. Fair	673	1971	TOL	11	49	13.7	61.2	6
24	Jerry Gadlin J. Gadlin	667	1971	WYO	11	39	17.1	60.6	7	11	6	1.8	1.0	0
25	Dick Schmalz D. Schmalz	647	1971	AUB	10	44	14.7	64.7	7