List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders

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Bert Baston, the sport's first great pass catching end.

The list of college football yearly receiving leaders identifies the major college receiving leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in three statistical categories: (1) receptions, (2) receiving yardage; (3) yards per reception; and (4) receiving touchdowns.

Eleven players have led the NCAA in one or more of these categories in multiple seasons. They are: Reid Moseley of Georgia (1944-1945); Hugh Campbell of Washington State (1960-1961); Vern Burke of Oregon State (1962-1963); Howard Twilley of Tulsa (1964-1965); Ron Sellers of Florida State (1967-1968); Jerry Hendren of Idaho (1968-1969); Mike Siani of Villanova (1970-1971); Steve Largent of Tulsa (1974-1975); Jason Phillips of Houston (1987-1988); Alex Van Dyke of Nevada (1994-1995); and Brennan Marion of Tulsa (2007-2008).

Since 1937, the NCAA record for receiving yards in a single season has been set or broken nine times as follows: Jim Benton of Arkansas in 1937 (814 yards); Hank Stanton of Arizona in 1941 (820 yards); Ed Barker of Washington State 1951 (864 yards); Hugh Campbell of Washington State in 1960 (881 yards); Vern Burke of Oregon State in 1962 (1,007 yards); Fred Biletnikoff of Florida State in 1964 (1,179 yards); Howard Twilley of Tulsa in 1965 (1,779 yards); Alex Van Dyke of Nevada in 1995 (1,854 yards); and Trevor Insley of Nevada in 1999 (2,060 yards).

During that same time, the record for receptions in a single season has been set or broken 12 times as follows: Jim Benton of Arkansas in 1937 (48) Hank Stanton of Arizona in 1941 (50); Barney Poole of Ole Miss in 1947 (1952); Ed Brown of Fordham in 1952 (57); Dave Hibbert of Arizona in 1958 (61); Hugh Campbell of Washington State in 1962 (69); Larry Elkins of Baylor in 1963 (70); Howard Twilley of Tulsa in 1964 (95) and 1965 (134); Manny Hazard of Houston in 1989 (142); and Freddie Barnes of Bowling Green (155).

Leading programs

Michael Crabtree

Programs with multiple receiving leaders (in any of the four categories) include:

Receiving leaders from 1937

Year Name Rec Name Rec Yds Name Yds/Rec Name Rec TD
1937 Jim Benton
(Arkansas)
48[1][2] Jim Benton 814[2] Walter Nelson
(Michigan St.)
21.6
1938 Sam Boyd
(Baylor)
32[3] Sam Boyd 537[3] Elmer Tarbox
(Texas Tech.)
21.4[3]
1939 Ken Kavanaugh
(LSU)
30[3] Ken Kavanaugh 467[3] Earle Clark
(Texas Tech.)
17.3[3]
1940 Eddie Bryant
(Virginia)
30[4] Don Vosberg 526[4] Don Vosberg 21.9[4]
1941 Hank Stanton
(Arizona)
50[4] Hank Stanton 820[4] Lenny Krouse
(Penn St.)
16.8[4]
1942 Bill Rogers
(Texas A&M)
39[5] Harding Miller
(SMU)
531[5] George Poschner
(Georgia)
20.5[5]
1943 Neill Armstrong
(Oklahoma A&M)
39[6] Marion Flanagan
(Texas A&M)
403[6] Marion Flanagan
Billy Collins
(VMI)
17.5[6]
1944 Reid Moseley
(Georgia)
32[7] Reid Moseley 506[7] Cecil Hankins
(Oklahoma St.)
24.9[7]
1945 Reid Moseley
(Georgia)
Gene Wilson
(SMU)
Steve Contos
(Michigan St.)
31[8] Reid Moseley 662[8] Reid Moseley 21.4[8]
1946 Neill Armstrong
(Oklahoma St.)
James Montgomery
(Arizona St.)
32[9] Broughton Williams
(Florida)
490[9] Broughton Williams 16.9[9]
1947 Barney Poole
(Ole Miss)
52[10] John Smith
(Arizona)
568[10] John Smith 18.3[10]
1948 Red O'Quinn
(Wake Forest)
39[11] Red O'Quinn 605[11] Dick Wilkins
(Oregon)
19.3[11]
1949 Art Weiner
(North Carolina)
52[12] Vito Ragazzo
(Wm. & Mary)
793[12] Vito Ragazzo 18.0[12]
1950 Gordon Cooper
(Denver)
46[13] Bucky Curtis
(Vanderbilt)
791[14] Bucky Curtis 29.3[15]
1951 Dewey McConnell
(Wyoming)
47[16] Ed Barker
(Washington St)
864[16] Ed Barker 18.8[16]
1952 Ed Brown
(Fordham)
57[17] Ed Brown 774[17] Jimmy Byron
(VMI)
18.9[17]
1953 Johnny Carson
(Georgia)
Ken Buck
(Pacific)
Sam Morley
(Stanford)
45[18] Johnny Carson 663[18] Dave McLaughlin
(Dartmouth)
19.1[18]
1954 Jim Hanifan
(California)
45[19] John Stewart
(Stanford)
577[19] Andrew Nacrelli
(Fordham)
19.7[19]
1955 Hank Burnine
(Missouri)
44[20][21] Hank Burnine 594[21] Jimmy Orr
Georgia
18.5[21]
1956[22] Art Powell
(San Jose St.)
40 Bill Steiger
(Washington St.)
607 Jim Morse
(Notre Dame)
22.1 3-way tie 6
1957[23] Stuart Vaughan
(Utah)
53 Stuart Vaughan 756 Buddy Dial
(Rice)
24.2 Jack Fanning
(Washington St.)
9
1958[24] Dave Hibbert
(Arizona)
61 Rich Kreitling
(Illinois)
688 Rich Kreitling 29.9 Bob Simms
(Rutgers)
9
1959[25] Chris Burford
(Stanford)
61 Chris Burford
(Pacific)
757 Bake Turner
(Texas Tech)
20.2 Paul Maguire
(The Citadel)
10
1960[26] Hugh Campbell
(Washington St)
66 Hugh Campbell 881[27] Chuck Bryant
Ohio St.
19.8 Hugh Campbell 10
1961[28] Hugh Campbell
(Washington St.)
53 Pat Richter
(Wisconsin)
817 Jim Stewart
Navy
21.7 Larry Vargo
(Detroit)
Pat Richter
8
1962[29] Vern Burke
(Oregon St.)
69 Vern Burke 1007 Hal Bedsole
(USC)
25.1 Hal Bedsole 11
1963[30] Larry Elkins
(Baylor)
70 Larry Elkins 873 Paul Krause
(Iowa)
23.3 Vern Burke
(Oregon St.)
Bob Long
(Wichita St.)
9
1964[31] Howard Twilley
(Tulsa)
95 Fred Biletnikoff
(Florida St.)
1179 Joe Chapman
(Idaho)
25.4 Fred Biletnikoff 15
1965[32] Howard Twilley
(Tulsa)
134 Howard Twilley 1779 Larry Seiple
(Kentucky)
23.5 Howard Twilley 16
1966[33] Glenn Meltzer
(Wichita St.)
91 John Love
(N. Texas)
1130 Gene Washington
(Michigan St.)
25.1 Ken Hebert
(Houston)
11
1967[34] Bob Goodridge
(Vanderbilt)
79 Ron Sellers
(Florida St.)
1228 Mike Carroll
(New Mexico St.)
24.1 Ronnie Shanklin
(N. Texas)
13
1968[35] Ron Sellers
(Florida St.)
Jerry Hendren
(Idaho)
86 Ron Sellers
(Florida St.)
1496 Elmo Wright
(Houston)
27.9 Jerry Hendren
(Idaho)
14
1969[36] Jerry Hendren
(Idaho)
95 Jerry Hendren 1452 Mel Gray
(Missouri)
27.1 Tom Reynolds
(San Diego St.)
18
1970[37] Mike Mikolayunas
(Davidson)
87 Mike Siani
(Villanova)
1328 Larry Hart
(Louisville)
24.1 Ernie Jennings
(Air Force)
17
1971[38] Tom Reynolds
(San Diego St.)
67 Brian Baima
(The Citadel)
1230 Tom Scott
(Washington)
23.4 Mike Siani
(Villanova)
14
1972[39] Tom Forzani
(Utah St.)
85 Barry Smith
(Florida St.)
1243 Richard Agle
(Appalachian St.)
25.2 Barry Smith
Steve Sweeney
(California)
13
1973[40] Jay Miller
(BYU)
100 Jay Miller 1181 Larry Stokes
(Chattanooga)
27.9 Keith Denson
(San Diego St.)
11
1974[41] Dwight McDonald
(San Diego St.)
86 Willie Miller
(Colorado St.)
1193 Tracy Dickson
(W. Texas A&M)
26.8 Steve Largent
(Tulsa)
14
1975[42] Dave Quehl
(Holy Cross)
63 Steve Largent
(Tulsa)
1000 Kelvin Kirk
(Dayton)
24.5 Steve Largent 14
1976[43] Billy Ryckman
(Louisiana Tech)
77 Billy Ryckman 1382 Jim Smith
(Michigan)
27.5 4-way tie 10
1977[44] Wayne Tolleson
(W. Carolina)
73 Rod Foppe
(Louisiana Tech)
1274 Ernest Gray
(Memphis)
29.5 3-way tie 12
1978[45] Rick Beasley
(Appalachian St.)
74 Rick Beasley 1205 Mark Nichols
(San Jose St.)
26.7 3-way tie 11
1979[46] Dave Petzke
(N. Illinois)
91 Dave Petzke 1215 Joe Burke
(Chattanooga)
28.1 Gerald Lucear
(Temple)
13
1980[47] Dave Young
(Purdue)
70 Rainey Meszaros
(Pacific)
1062 Dwight Collins
(Pittsburgh)
27.6 Clay Brown
(BYU)
15
1981[48] Tim Kearse
(San Diego St.)
71 Jim Sandusky
(UNLV)
1346 Mike Whitwell
(Texas A&M)
27.1 Julius Dawkins
(Pittsburgh)
16
1982[49] Mike Martin
(Illinois)
69 Henry Ellard
(Fresno St.)
1510 Herkie Walls
(Texas)
28.1 Henry Ellard 15
1983[50] Keith Edwards
(Vanderbilt)
97 Jim Sandusky
(San Diego St.)
1171 Reggie Bynum
(Oregon St.)
24.2 Kirk Pendleton
(BYU)
11
1984[51] David Williams
(Illinois)
101 David Williams 1278 Ronnie Kelley
(Tulsa)
25.0 Doug Allen
(Arizona St.)
14
1985[52] Rodney Carter
(Purdue)
98 Marc Zeno
(Tulane)
1137 Stephen Baker
(Fresno St.)
29.1 Mark Bellini
(BYU)
14
1986[53] Mark Templeton
(Long Beach St.)
99 Wendell Davis
(LSU)
1244 Keith Gloster
(Temple)
24.7 Andy Schillinger
(Miami-OH)
12
1987[54] Jason Phillips
(Houston)
99 Ernie Jones
(Indiana)
1265 Willie Vaughn
(Kansas)
26.9 Tommy Kane
(Syracuse)
14
1988[55] Jason Phillips
(Houston)
108 Jason Phillips 1444 Calvin Phillips
(W. Virginia)
25.5 Jason Phillips 15
1989[56] Manny Hazard
(Houston)
142 Manny Hazard 1689 Randy Jackson
(Rutgers)
28.5 Manny Hazard 22
1990[57] Eric Morgan
(New Mexico)
80 Patrick Rowe
(San Diego St.)
1392 Bryan Rowley
(Utah)
27.2 Tracey Jenkins
(Utah St.)
Daryl Hobbs
(Pacific)
14
1991[58] Fred Gilbert
(Houston)
106 Aaron Turner
(Pacific)
1604 Melvin Bonner
(Baylor)
24.6 Desmond Howard
(Michigan)
19
1992[59] Sherman Smith
(Houston)
103 Ryan Yarborough
(Wyoming)
1351 Ron Peters
(Houston)
26.2 Sean Dawkins
(California)
14
1993[60] Chris Penn
(Tulsa)
105 Chris Penn 1578 Jay Kearney
(W. Virginia)
25.9 Bryan Reeves
(Nevada)
J. J. Stokes
(UCLA)
17
1994[61] Alex Van Dyke
(Nevada)
98 Marcus Harris
(Wyoming)
1431 Jimmy Oliver
(TCU)
23.8 Jack Jackson
(Florida)
15
1995[62] Alex Van Dyke
(Nevada)
129 Alex Van Dyke 1854 Terry Glenn[63]
(Ohio State)
22.0 Terry Glenn
Chris Doering (Florida)
17
1996[64] Damond Wilkins
(Nevada)
114 Marcus Harris[63]
(Wyoming)
1650 Marcus Robinson
(South Carolina)
24.0 Reidel Anthony
(Florida)
18
1997[65] Eugene Baker
(Kent State)
103 Randy Moss[63]
(Marshall)
1820 Corey Alston
(Washington State)
23.8 Randy Moss 26
1998[66] Troy Edwards[63]
(Louisiana Tech)
140 Troy Edwards 1996 Kevin Coffey
(Virginia)
25.3 Troy Edwards 27
1999[67] Trevor Insley
(Nevada)
134 Trevor Insley 2060 André Davis
(Virginia Tech)
25.5 Trevor Insley
James Williams
(Marshall)
13
2000[68] James Jordan
(La.-Tech)
109 Snoop Minnis
(Florida St.)
1340 Derrick Lewis
(San Diego St.)
25.2 Lee Mays
(UTEP)
15
2001[69] Rodney Wright
(Fresno St.)
104 Josh Reed[63]
(LSU)
1740 Doug Gabriel
(UCF)
28.7 Ashley Lelie
(Hawaii)
19
2002[70] Nate Burleson
(Nevada)
138 J. R. Tolver
(San Diego St.)
1785 Brandon Middleton
(Houston)
24.1 Rashaun Woods
(Okla. St.)
17
2003[71] Lance Moore
(Toledo)
103 Larry Fitzgerald[63]
(Pittsburgh)
1672 Dwight Counter
(N. Mexico)
Lawrence Brady
(Boise St.)
25.0 Larry Fitzgerald 22
2004[72] Dante Ridgeway
(Ball St.)
105 Roddy White
(UAB)
1452 Dan Sheldon
(N. Illinois)
23.4 Chad Owens
(Hawaii)
17
2005[73] Greg Jennings
(W. Michigan)
98 Mike Hass[63]
(Oregon St.)
1532 Matt Miller
(Arizona St.)
23.5 Dwayne Jarrett
(USC)
16
2006[74] Davone Bess
(Hawaii)
96 Chris Williams
(N. Mexico St.)
1425 Terry Moss
(Ball St.)
25.4 Jarett Dillard
(Rice)
21
2007[75] Michael Crabtree[63]
(Texas Tech)
134 Michael Crabtree 1962 Brennan Marion
(Tulsa)
31.9 Michael Crabtree 22
2008[76] Casey Fitzgerald
(N. Texas)
113 Austin Collie
(BYU)
1538 Brennan Marion
(Tulsa)
25.9 Jarett Dillard
(Rice)
20
2009[77] Freddie Barnes
(Bowling Green)
155 Danario Alexander
(Missouri)
1781 Owen Spencer
(NC State)
25.5 Freddie Barnes 19
2010[78] Ryan Broyles
(Oklahoma)
131 Greg Salas
(Hawaii)
1889 Kris Adams
(UTEP)
22.8 Justin Blackmon[63]
(Oklahoma St.)
20
2011[79] Jordan White
(W. Michigan)
140 Jordan White 1911 Stephen Hill
(Ga. Tech)
29.3 Patrick Edwards
(Houston)
20
2012[80] Marqise Lee[63]
(USC)
118 Terrance Williams
(Baylor)
1832 Willis Wright
(Fla. Int.)
25.3 Stedman Bailey
(W. Virginia)
25
2013[81] Davante Adams
(Fresno St.)
131 Brandin Cooks[63]
(Oregon St.)
1730 Devon Cajuste
(Stanford)
22.9 Davante Adams 24
2014[82] Amari Cooper[63]
(Alabama)
124 Rashard Higgins
(Colorado St.)
1750 Devin Smith
(Ohio St.)
28.2 Rashard Higgins 18
2015[83] Tajae Sharpe
(UMass)
111 Keyarris Garrett
(Tulsa)
1588 Mack Hollins
(N. Carolina)
24.8 Corey Coleman
(Baylor)
20

Pre-1937 unofficial data

Before 1937 the NCAA did not compile official statistics. This chart reflects unofficial receiving statistics compiled by historians mostly from newspapers accounts.

Year Name Rec Name Rec Yds Name Yds/Rec Name Rec TD
1915 Bert Baston
(Minnesota)
1916 Bert Baston
(Minnesota)
1917
1918 Bernard Kirk[84]
(Notre Dame)
7
1919 Bernard Kirk[84]
(Notre Dame)
21 Bernard Kirk 372
1920 Eddie Anderson[85]
(Notre Dame)
17 Eddie Anderson 293
1921 Eddie Anderson[84]
(Notre Dame)
26 Eddie Anderson 394
1922
1923
1924
1925 Myles Lane[86]
(Dartmouth)
7
1926
1927
1928
1929 Wear Schoonover[84]
(Arkansas)
33
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934 Don Hutson
(Alabama)
19
1935
1936 Jim Benton[84]
(Arkansas)
35

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