most receiving yards running back all-time

Ricky Proehl has the most career yards on receptions by a running back, with 2,686 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ricky Proehl R. Proehl	2,686	33	170		15.8	81.4	25	267	38	7.0	8.1	4
2	John Simon J. Simon	2,596	46	262		9.9	56.4	10	1,121	213	5.3	24.4	5
3	Charles Clay C. Clay	2,551	51	187		13.6	50.0	28	911	179	5.1	17.9	10
4	Johnny Rodgers J. Rodgers	2,479	34	143		17.3	72.9	26	745	130	5.7	21.9	11
5	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	2,368	44	214		11.1	53.8	16	4,033	703	5.7	91.7	24
6	Charles Sims C. Sims	2,108	48	203		10.4	43.9	11	3,465	592	5.9	72.2	40
7	Mewelde Moore M. Moore	2,059	44	189		10.9	46.8	15	4,364	910	4.8	99.2	21
8	Taurean Henderson T. Henderson	2,058	51	303		6.8	40.4	19	3,241	587	5.5	63.5	50
9	Emanuel Tolbert E. Tolbert	2,037	22	126		16.2	92.6	17	82	27	3.0	3.7	0
10	Eli Heidenreich E. Heidenreich	1,994	38	109	177	18.3	52.5	16	1,157	169	6.8	30.4	7
11	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,968	22	130		15.1	89.5	15	171	36	4.8	7.8	5
12	Mark Templeton M. Templeton	1,966	45	262		7.5	43.7	11	1,495	288	5.2	33.2	5
13	J.D. Hill	1,886	30	115		16.4	62.9	21	606	76	8.0	20.2	9
14	D.J. Foster	1,874	40	163		11.5	46.9	11	2,075	389	5.3	51.9	17
15	Matt Bellini M. Bellini	1,849	35	153		12.1	52.8	11	443	116	3.8	12.7	7
16	Andy Isabella A. Isabella	1,828	32	129	217	14.2	57.1	17	263	29	9.1	8.2	1
17	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	1,809	45	126		14.4	40.2	8	2,219	428	5.2	49.3	22
18	Mike Mikolayunas M. Mikolayunas	1,768	29	175		10.1	61.0	14	407	125	3.3	14.0	1
19	Jordan Whittington J. Whittington	1,757	41	141	199	12.5	42.9	5	76	7	10.9	1.9	1
20	Keith Edwards K. Edwards	1,757	33	200		8.8	53.2	3	566	152	3.7	17.2	3
21	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,756	22	84		20.9	79.8	8	398	93	4.3	18.1	3
22	Jamal Morrow J. Morrow	1,744	50	201	237	8.7	34.9	14	1,795	316	5.7	35.9	9
23	Eddie Hinton E. Hinton	1,735	30	114		15.2	57.8	11	629	106	5.9	21.0	7
24	Jason Wolf J. Wolf	1,703	32	175		9.7	53.2	14	88	27	3.3	2.8	4
25	Morris Owens M. Owens	1,636	23	78		21.0	71.1	16	57	15	3.8	2.5	3

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More Wake Forest Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,472

Ashford

RUSH

907

Claiborne

REC

611

Hernandez

Team Rankings

PPG

26.8

80th

OPP PPG

21.5

42nd

RUSH YDS/G

156.8

78th

PASS YDS/G

232.3

75th

2025 ACC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	NC State	4-4	8-5
10	Louisville	4-4	9-4
11	Wake Forest	4-4	9-4
12	Stanford	3-5	4-8
13	Florida State	2-6	5-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/3	AKR	@	WAKE	7:00 PM
Sat 9/12	WAKE	@	PUR	12:00 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	WAKE	@	LOU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	1:00 PM

Last Game

Wake Forest

1 - 0

Final

Mississippi State

0 - 1

Fri 2 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167