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1996 Big East Conference Receiving Stats
Record: 48-45, .516 W-L% (6th of 11) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 2.95 (5th of 11) ▪ SOS: 2.92 (6th of 11)
Conference Champion: Miami (FL), Syracuse and Virginia Tech
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Miami (FL), Syracuse and Virginia Tech)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Miami (FL), Syracuse and Virginia Tech)
- Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G).
- An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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21 Players
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Tony Gaiter* | Miami (FL) | 30 | 671 | 22.4 | 7 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 31 | 670 | 21.6 | 7 |
| 2 | Troy Kersey | Temple | 28 | 543 | 19.4 | 3 | 5 | -58 | -11.6 | 0 | 33 | 485 | 14.7 | 3 |
| 3 | Van Johnson | Temple | 50 | 902 | 18.0 | 8 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 51 | 899 | 17.6 | 8 |
| 4 | Anthony DiCosmo | Boston College | 36 | 632 | 17.6 | 1 | 36 | 632 | 17.6 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Jake Hoffart | Pittsburgh | 39 | 667 | 17.1 | 5 | 39 | 667 | 17.1 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Yatil Green* | Miami (FL) | 44 | 746 | 17.0 | 4 | 44 | 746 | 17.0 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | Shawn Scales | Virginia Tech | 30 | 510 | 17.0 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 33 | 533 | 16.2 | 5 |
| 8 | Shawn Foreman* | West Virginia | 25 | 415 | 16.6 | 3 | 25 | 415 | 16.6 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | Michael Stuewe | Virginia Tech | 25 | 385 | 15.4 | 5 | 25 | 385 | 15.4 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Kenyatta Watson | Boston College | 25 | 384 | 15.4 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | 29 | 449 | 15.5 | 1 |
| 11 | Cornelius White | Virginia Tech | 30 | 449 | 15.0 | 4 | 30 | 449 | 15.0 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Deon Maddox | Syracuse | 23 | 344 | 15.0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 24 | 356 | 14.8 | 1 |
| 13 | Magic Benton* | Miami (FL) | 38 | 547 | 14.4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 39 | 569 | 14.6 | 4 |
| 14 | David Saunders* | West Virginia | 76 | 1043 | 13.7 | 5 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 77 | 1035 | 13.4 | 5 |
| 15 | Rahsaan Vanterpool* | West Virginia | 31 | 421 | 13.6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 33 | 434 | 13.2 | 3 |
| 16 | Danny Davis | Temple | 21 | 284 | 13.5 | 0 | 101 | 101 | 1.0 | 4 | 122 | 385 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 17 | Steven Harper | Rutgers | 25 | 321 | 12.8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 30 | 326 | 10.9 | 1 |
| 18 | John Jones | Pittsburgh | 21 | 263 | 12.5 | 1 | 21 | 263 | 12.5 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | Dennis Harding | Boston College | 42 | 444 | 10.6 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 46 | 491 | 10.7 | 3 |
| 20 | Mark Butler | Pittsburgh | 28 | 285 | 10.2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 289 | 10.0 | 3 |
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Omari Walker | Boston College | 32 | 187 | 5.8 | 0 | 261 | 1199 | 4.6 | 13 | 293 | 1386 | 4.7 | 13 |
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