All-Time Receiving Yards Leaders Build your own custom leaderboards with Stathead Football . The most combined passing yardage in any NCAA game, with 1,279. Dillard and quarterback Chase Clement connected 51 times for touchdowns. The 53-29 win was the final game of Sands' Jayhawks career. Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. But, that's technically not the most receiving yards in a game in the entirety. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. Do you have a sports website? Bottom line: Zay Jones grew up with the mindset he was going to be great at football. He was also the first of three siblings to play for Oklahoma State, with brothers Donovan and D'Juan following in his footsteps. After catching 99 passes for 1,365 yards as a senior, he was drafted in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2015 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) January 1, 2022 Smith-Njigba's total also broke the Rose Bowl record for receiving yards in a single game. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. Gordon's huge game helped him end up the season with 2,587 rushing yards. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Bottom line: Ryan Yarborough was a highlight waiting to happen for the University of Wyoming in the early 1990s, and his record of 27 games with a touchdown reception stood for over 20 years until it was broken by Rice's Jarret Dillard. His father, Robert Jones, was an NFL linebacker for 10 seasons, and his uncle, Jeff Blake, was an NFL quarterback for 14 seasons. Oh, and to top it off, his 347 yards gave him a total of 1,606 receiving yards for the season, breaking David Boston's previous single-season school record of 1,435 yards that he set in. Williams wasn't the first great wide receiver in his family either. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. Receiving stats: 4,249 receiving yards, 295 receptions, 21 TD (no bowl statistics). Bottom line: Mike Hass went from a lightly regarded walk-on to putting his name alongside the greatest wide receivers in Oregon State history. ?29 years ago today, Flipper Anderson made NFL history with 336 receiving yards? Bottom line: Greg Salas came from Chino, California, to the beautiful shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, to rewrite the record books at the University of Hawaii, where he helped lead the program to WAC championships in 2007 and 2010. HOU. Taylor is just 5-foot-8 and 175 pounds, but he increased his receiving yards steadily over his first three seasons. Find out more. Interestingly, Edwards single-game receiving record was broken at the NCAA Division III level in 2002 when Principa receiver Lewis Howes recorded 418 yards in a game against Martin Luther. pic.twitter.com/5KkkCX0INQ. At the time, the rushing yards were a record and his seven rushing touchdowns against Pacific remain the most by a freshman in a game. To this day, he's the only Biletnikoff winner never to play in an NFL game. He led the Seminoles with 76 receptions and 1,128 receiving yards and had nine receptions for 147 yards in the BCS championship game win over Auburn. What's truly amazing about Hass being on this list is he didn't even catch a pass as a freshman in 2002. Paige started the game off impressively hauling in a 56-yard touchdown pass from Todd Blackledge in the first quarter. Bottom line: One of the smaller college football players at just 5-foot-9 and 170 pounds, Patrick Edwards entered the University of Houston as a walk-on before going on to become the greatest wide receiver in school history. He flipped the nation on its head in the 1998 season opener at the University of Nebraska, when he lit up the defending national champion Cornhuskers for 405 receiving yards on 21 receptions. Connor Halliday threw for 734 yards and six touchdowns, but it wasn't enough for the win. Edwards' career almost never got to take off. Davis does not have any single seasons in the top 30, instead having a consistent run of 941, 1,408, 1,429, and 1,500 yards over his four seasons. Then, he played three seasons in the NFL. In a 1950 matchup against the Baltimore Colts, Box caught four touchdown tosses from quarterback Bobby Layne, the shortest, a 22-yarder at the end of the game. However, its difficult to imagine an instance in which anyone will surpass Edwards 405 receiving yards in an FBS game. Super Bowl Winners. The career leader in receiving yards is Western Michigan's Corey Davis. He broke the record set by Trevor Insley at Nevada. That group includes Chad Ochocinco and T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Most Yards Gained Game 681J.J. Jaxon Smith-Njigba now has the most receiving. Here's the complete top-10 list: Top 10 single-game rushing yards leaders in FBS history 1. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! During the 2020 season, the SEC's individual single-game records for passing yards, receiving yards and yards of total offense were broken. As a senior in 2011, Wright put up video game numbers with 108 catches for 1,663 receiving yards. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 15 all-time for most single-game receiving yards in NFL history. In the process, Jones set the franchise record for most receiving yards in a game, destroying his previous mark of 259 yards set in 2014. All Rights Reserved. ), Highest average receiving yards per reception, career (min. Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959. . They do not store directly personal information . Tied the NCAA record for combined first downs in a game, with 78. Third Down Conversions per Game. Sands' busy day concluded with 58 carries against rival Mizzou an attempt record that still remains. 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Visit ESPN to view College Football stat leaders for the current and previous seasons Perine was a freshman when he made history, topping Gordon's one-week-old record with 427 yards against KU. As Michigan State receiver Jalen Nailor racks up receiving yards against Rutgers, will he be able to set a new record for receiving yards in a game? Davis does not have any single seasons in the top 30, instead having a consistent run of 941, 1,408, 1,429, and 1,500 yards over his four seasons. More Receiving Stats. Back in 1998, Louisiana Tech wide receiver Troy Edwards set the FBSrecord as the Bulldogs battled the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln. He bounced back and became the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year in 2011 and played three seasons in the NFL for the Detroit Lions. Yards per Play. Bottom line: Josh Davis was a high school track and football star at York Comprehensive High in South Carolina before heading to Marshall University. All rights reserved. 2,587 rushing yards, 29 rushing touchdowns, 153 receiving yards, three rushing touchdowns . A year after O.J. All rights reserved. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2023-24 College Football section (about a week before the season starts), Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TDs and FGs), Offensive Point Share Percentage (Estimated), Average Time of Possession (Excluding OT), Time of Possession Percentage (Excluding OT), Opponent Red Zone Scoring Attempts per Game, Opponent Red Zone Scores per Game (TDs & FGs), Opponent Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TDs & FGs), Opponent Offensive Points per Game (Estimated), Opponent Fourth Down Conversions per Game, Opponent Average Time of Possession (Excluding OT), Opponent Time of Possession Percentage (Excluding OT), Opponent Third Down Conversion Percentage, Opponent Fourth Down Conversion Percentage, Opponent Giveaway Fumble Recovery Percentage, Opponent Takeaway Fumble Recovery Percentage. Prior to Insley, the record was held by a pair of Wyoming receivers, Ryan Yarborough and then Marcus Harris. Receiving Yards [ edit] The career leader in receiving yards is Western Michigan 's Corey Davis. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Proche increased his receiving yards all four seasons in college, capped by leading the nation with 112 receptions and 1,255 receiving yards as a senior in 2019,the second of back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. Walter Payton is one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, so it's no wonder he's among the players with the most rushing yards in a single game. Wright also had the luck of playing his senior season with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III and becoming his favorite target. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Oct 4, 2014; Pullman, WA, USA; Washington State Cougars quarterback Connor Halliday (12) gives the students high fives prior to a game against the California Golden Bears at Martin Stadium. We present them here for purely educational purposes. It is the only game in history to go nine overtimes. *The NCAA lists two different records for team interceptions in a game. Or write about sports? Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Bottom line: The only player on this list who played college football for a team that no longer exists is Aaron Turner, who led the NCAA in receiving yards in 1991 with 1,604 yards. Edwards tops the list of single-season touchdowns with 27, while Oklahoma State's Rashaun Woods tops the single-game list with 7. Thatvaulted him toward thefirst of three top-10 Heisman finishes: 9th in 1991, 2nd in 1992 and 4th in 1993. Bottom line: Rashaun Woods is one link in the tradition of great wide receivers at Oklahoma State, where the Oklahoma City native came from nearby Millwood High to become a two-time All-American for the Cowboys. In his first three collegiate seasons, Mixon ran for 124 yards, 285 yards and 291 yards. Oct. 23, 1937 before the collection of division records. Receiving stats: 4,345 receiving yards, 266 receptions, 43 TD (no bowl statistics). News, scores, and statistics for your favorite teams and players throughout the 2022 season. Penn State also set the NCAA record for fewest total yards allowed in a single game that season, when Syracuse was held to -47 yards (-107 rushing, 60 passing) in a 40-0 Penn State victory on Oct . Edwardsbegan 1998 with the greatest single-game performance in NCAA history. Nailor is having a stellar performance, but hes facing a tough task. (5 by safety Bill Trewick, 3 by . Mixon's 43 carries and four scores led CMU to a 47-21 win against Eastern Michigan. Had Broyles kept going or stayed a little ahead of the pace he was on in 2011 for the final four games (128.5 receiving yards per game), there's a possibility he would have had a shot at the NCAA receiving yards record.
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