1972 independent Receiving Stats

Record: 168-183-8, .479 W-L% (9th of 13) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -3.17 (9th of 13), SOS: -2.34 (8th of 13)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Florida State, Notre Dame and Penn State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Penn State)

54 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G, 75% of school games played).

54 Players Table
				Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Danny Buggs	West Virginia	11	33	740	22.4	7	20	405	20.3	4	53	1145	21.6	11
2	Jack Forde	Navy	11	21	421	20.0	2	3	19	6.3	0	24	440	18.3	2
3	Ricky Scales	Virginia Tech	11	43	826	19.2	7					43	826	19.2	7
4	Steve Fraser	Colgate	10	29	535	18.4	4					29	535	18.4	4
5	Barry Smith	Florida State	11	69	1243	18.0	13	3	11	3.7	1	72	1254	17.4	14
6	Donnie Reel	Virginia Tech	11	31	555	17.9	2	1	8	8.0	1	32	563	17.6	3
7	Frank Murphy	Air Force	10	31	539	17.4	7	7	36	5.1	0	38	575	15.1	7
8	Mark Wakefield	Tampa	11	23	391	17.0	0					23	391	17.0	0
9	Jimmy Robinson	Georgia Tech	11	48	812	16.9	9	3	16	5.3	0	51	828	16.2	9
10	Craig Valentine	Virginia Tech	11	22	369	16.8	4					22	369	16.8	4
11	Marshall Mills	West Virginia	11	35	580	16.6	3	2	-2	-1.0	0	37	578	15.6	3
12	Steve Bilko	Villanova	11	21	343	16.3	2					21	343	16.3	2
13	Larry Nickels	Dayton	11	44	706	16.0	3	1	2	2.0	0	45	708	15.7	3
14	Nate Stephens	West Virginia	11	34	545	16.0	4					34	545	16.0	4
15	Tom Sweeney	Rutgers	11	23	369	16.0	1					23	369	16.0	1
16	Craig Clark	Utah State	11	38	595	15.7	5	4	50	12.5	1	42	645	15.4	6
17	Jerry Hughes	Utah State	11	41	639	15.6	4	171	679	4.0	5	212	1318	6.2	9
18	Robert Ford	Houston	11	35	538	15.4	4	1	1	1.0	0	36	539	15.0	4
19	Dan Natale	Penn State	11	30	460	15.3	5	1	-3	-3.0	0	31	457	14.7	5
20	Randy Grossman	Temple	8	23	349	15.2	3					23	349	15.2	3
Rk	Player	School	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Chuck Foreman	Miami (FL)	11	37	557	15.1	3	107	484	4.5	3	144	1041	7.2	6
22	Mel Briggs	Boston College	11	42	620	14.8	8					42	620	14.8	8
23	Vince Stafford	Chattanooga	11	30	443	14.8	2					30	443	14.8	2
24	Willie Townsend	Notre Dame	9	25	369	14.8	4	2	43	21.5	0	27	412	15.3	4
25	Todd Toerper	Pitt	11	34	501	14.7	3					34	501	14.7	3
26	Greg Smith	Air Force	10	26	382	14.7	3					26	382	14.7	3
27	Ralph Bierdeman	Dayton	11	22	324	14.7	0					22	324	14.7	0
28	Mike Oven	Georgia Tech	11	25	355	14.2	2					25	355	14.2	2
29	Mike Haggard	South Carolina	11	46	639	13.9	8					46	639	13.9	8
30	Tom Forzani	Utah State	11	85	1169	13.8	8					85	1169	13.8	8
31	Lanny Steed	Marshall	10	37	509	13.8	2					37	509	13.8	2
32	Jackie Brown	South Carolina	11	32	436	13.6	0					32	436	13.6	0
33	Mike Burnop	Virginia Tech	11	34	459	13.5	3					34	459	13.5	3
34	Chuck Driesbach	Villanova	11	29	389	13.4	1					29	389	13.4	1
35	Doug Parker	Southern Mississippi	11	41	534	13.0	0					41	534	13.0	0
36	Bob Pickard	Xavier	11	43	555	12.9	1	24	34	1.4	2	67	589	8.8	3
37	Kevin Ault	Idaho	11	23	296	12.9	2					23	296	12.9	2
38	Gary Parris	Florida State	11	49	629	12.8	4					49	629	12.8	4
39	Joe Neary	Holy Cross	10	20	251	12.6	1	3	23	7.7	2	23	274	11.9	3
40	Marshall Veal	Southern Mississippi	11	24	297	12.4	2					24	297	12.4	2
Rk	Player	School	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Jim Ward	Army	10	32	393	12.3	4					32	393	12.3	4
42	Tom Sloan	Temple	9	20	236	11.8	1	45	123	2.7	0	65	359	5.5	1
43	Bob Schaeffer	Villanova	11	22	258	11.7	1	3	12	4.0	0	25	270	10.8	1
44	John Sawyer	Southern Mississippi	11	21	242	11.5	1					21	242	11.5	1
45	Zeke Harden	Cincinnati	11	29	330	11.4	1	5	4	0.8	0	34	334	9.8	1
46	Clint Graves	Temple	9	63	707	11.2	3					63	707	11.2	3
47	Bert Calland	Navy	11	61	650	10.7	2	5	10	2.0	0	66	660	10.0	2
48	Larry Christoff	Rutgers	11	27	278	10.3	1					27	278	10.3	1
49	Kim Knoppe	Xavier	11	29	272	9.4	2					29	272	9.4	2
50	Steve Ogden	Navy	11	26	242	9.3	2					26	242	9.3	2
51	Mike Davison	Florida State	11	24	198	8.3	1	80	372	4.7	5	104	570	5.5	6
52	Paul Loughran	Temple	9	24	197	8.2	2	125	593	4.7	4	149	790	5.3	6
53	Wilson Plunkett	Southern Mississippi	11	23	188	8.2	1	59	293	5.0	1	82	481	5.9	2
54	James Barber	Virginia Tech	11	35	278	7.9	0	186	624	3.4	13	221	902	4.1	13

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