Career Leaders and Records for Receiving Yards Per Reception

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	Avg	From	To	Last School
1.	Herman Moore	21.96	1988	1990	Virginia
2.	Corey Alston	21.54	1997	2000	Western Michigan
3.	Henry Ellard*	21.36	1979	1982	Fresno State
4.	Doug Donley*	21.25	1977	1980	Ohio State
5.	Tyrone Davis*	21.06	1991	1994	Virginia
6.	Anthony Lucas	21.01	1995	1999	Arkansas
7.	Chris Roscoe	20.97	1987	1989	Hawaii
8.	Brandon Middleton*	20.97	1999	2003	Houston
9.	Vince Warren	20.61	1981	1985	San Diego State
10.	Quincy Morgan	20.50	1999	2000	Kansas State
11.	Andre Rison*	20.49	1985	1988	Michigan State
12.	Willie Marshall	20.47	1983	1986	Temple
13.	Ken Ealy	20.44	1988	1991	Central Michigan
14.	Charles Rogers	20.41	2001	2002	Michigan State
15.	Dan Bitson	20.25	1987	1991	Tulsa
16.	Marvin Harrison*	20.21	1992	1995	Syracuse
17.	Jim McElroy*	20.09	1994	1997	UCLA
18.	Jason Stargel	19.89	1982	1986	Cincinnati
19.	Wayne Walker	19.87	1985	1988	Texas Tech
20.	Aaron Cox*	19.81	1984	1987	Arizona State
21.	Tim Brown*	19.80	2006	2009	Rutgers
22.	Lee Evans*	19.66	1999	2003	Wisconsin
23.	Jessie Hester	19.63	1981	1984	Florida State
24.	Demaryius Thomas*	19.49	2007	2009	Georgia Tech
25.	Greg McMurtry*	19.49	1986	1989	Michigan
26.	Derrick Mayes	19.47	1992	1995	Notre Dame
27.	Greg Lee*	19.45	2003	2005	Pittsburgh
28.	Owen Spencer*	19.37	2007	2010	North Carolina State
29.	Jacquez Green	19.30	1995	1997	Florida
30.	Rob Moore*	19.29	1987	1989	Syracuse
31.	Keith Poole	19.29	1993	1996	Arizona State
32.	Charles E. Johnson	19.27	1990	1993	Colorado
33.	Duane Gunn	19.27	1981	1983	Indiana
34.	Lou Fanucchi*	19.20	1999	2002	Boise State
35.	Tavarres King*	19.13	2008	2012	Georgia
36.	Rich Hollins*	19.11	1981	1983	West Virginia
37.	Anthony Carter*	19.11	1979	1982	Michigan
38.	Roddy White*	19.09	2001	2004	Alabama-Birmingham
39.	Mardye McDole	19.09	1977	1980	Mississippi State
40.	Andre Davis*	19.04	1998	2001	Virginia Tech
41.	Brian Brennan*	18.96	1980	1983	Boston College
42.	Ryan Yarborough*	18.94	1990	1993	Wyoming
43.	Danny Farmer*	18.93	1996	1999	UCLA
44.	Eric Drage	18.92	1990	1993	Brigham Young
45.	Willie Culpepper	18.91	1985	1988	Louisiana-Lafayette
46.	Mike Wallace*	18.91	2006	2008	Mississippi
47.	Najah Pruden	18.86	2003	2006	Kent State
48.	Lucious Davis	18.84	1992	1995	New Mexico State
49.	John Ford*	18.83	1984	1988	Virginia
50.	Rae Carruth	18.81	1992	1996	Colorado
51.	Dietrich Jells	18.77	1991	1995	Pittsburgh
52.	Donald Richard	18.76	1994	1996	Louisiana-Lafayette
53.	Deron Pointer*	18.73	1991	1993	Washington State
54.	Lavel Bailey	18.67	1997	2000	Akron
55.	Octavus Barnes	18.59	1994	1997	North Carolina
56.	Amani Toomer*	18.58	1992	1995	Michigan
57.	Jared Ellerson*	18.50	2002	2005	Minnesota
58.	Brian Alford*	18.47	1994	1997	Purdue
59.	Shaun McDonald*	18.46	2000	2002	Arizona State
60.	Emile Harry	18.46	1981	1984	Stanford
61.	Kris Adams*	18.45	2007	2010	Texas-El Paso
62.	Kenny Jackson	18.40	1980	1983	Penn State
63.	Aldrick Robinson*	18.31	2007	2010	Southern Methodist
64.	Terry Obee*	18.30	1986	1989	Oregon
65.	Jason Hill*	18.27	2003	2006	Washington State
66.	Jonathan Baldwin*	18.26	2008	2010	Pittsburgh
67.	Bryant Johnson*	18.25	1999	2002	Penn State
68.	Snoop Minnis	18.24	1997	2000	Florida State
69.	Allyn Griffin	18.21	1981	1985	Wyoming
70.	Tim Brown	18.20	1984	1987	Notre Dame
71.	Gary Williams*	18.13	1979	1982	Ohio State
72.	Bobby Engram	18.12	1991	1995	Penn State
73.	Marko Mitchell*	18.06	2006	2008	Nevada
74.	Reidel Anthony	18.05	1994	1996	Florida
	Willie Green	18.05	1986	1989	Mississippi
76.	Jimmy Fryzel	18.02	1999	2002	Central Florida
77.	Mike Kirby	18.01	1980	1983	Air Force
78.	Tim Stallworth*	18.00	1986	1989	Washington State
79.	Stacey Bailey*	17.99	1978	1981	San Jose State
80.	Josh Reed	17.97	1999	2001	Louisiana State
81.	Jason Anderson*	17.97	2001	2004	Wake Forest
82.	Ronald Heard	17.92	1986	1989	Bowling Green State
83.	Fred Gibson*	17.91	2001	2004	Georgia
84.	Donnie Hart*	17.91	1995	1998	Texas Tech
85.	Kelvin Martin*	17.91	1983	1986	Boston College
86.	Antonio Freeman*	17.90	1991	1994	Virginia Tech
87.	Denarius Moore*	17.89	2007	2010	Tennessee
88.	Charlie Jones*	17.88	1992	1995	Fresno State
89.	Az-Zahir Hakim	17.84	1994	1997	San Diego State
90.	Mike Hass*	17.84	2003	2005	Oregon State
91.	Ricky Nattiel	17.83	1983	1986	Florida
92.	Jon Horton	17.83	1983	1986	Arizona
93.	Santana Moss	17.81	1997	2000	Miami (FL)
94.	Freddie Mitchell*	17.77	1998	2000	UCLA
95.	Ernie Jones*	17.75	1984	1987	Indiana
96.	Jojo Townsell*	17.73	1979	1982	UCLA
97.	George Thomas*	17.73	1984	1987	Nevada-Las Vegas
98.	Torry Holt	17.69	1995	1998	North Carolina State
99.	Cormac Carney*	17.68	1980	1982	UCLA
100.	Stanley Washington	17.67	1979	1982	Texas Christian
101.	Bryan Rowley*	17.66	1989	1993	Utah
102.	Edell Shepherd	17.66	2000	2001	San Jose State
103.	Darnay Scott	17.63	1991	1993	San Diego State
104.	Harrison Houston	17.63	1990	1993	Florida
105.	Van Johnson	17.63	1992	1996	Temple
106.	Lagregory Sapp	17.61	2005	2009	Louisiana-Monroe
107.	Reggie Harrell*	17.59	2002	2004	Texas Christian
108.	Todd Blythe*	17.59	2004	2007	Iowa State
109.	E.G. Green	17.59	1994	1997	Florida State
110.	Stepfret Williams	17.58	1994	1995	Louisiana-Monroe
111.	Ike Hilliard	17.57	1994	1996	Florida
112.	Clarkston Hines	17.56	1986	1989	Duke
113.	Rick Beasley	17.55	1978	1980	Appalachian State
114.	Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof	17.55	1984	1987	Maryland
115.	Joey Galloway*	17.54	1991	1994	Ohio State
116.	Aaron Lockett	17.52	1998	2001	Kansas State
117.	Quinn Early*	17.51	1984	1987	Iowa
118.	Lew Barnes	17.50	1983	1985	Oregon
119.	Craphonso Thorpe*	17.50	2001	2004	Florida State
120.	Lennie Johnson	17.50	1995	1998	Arkansas State
121.	Michael Jenkins*	17.49	2001	2003	Ohio State
122.	Marcus Badgett	17.48	1990	1992	Maryland
123.	Mario Urrutia*	17.47	2005	2007	Louisville
124.	Andrew Baker	17.46	1981	1984	Rutgers
125.	Jarius Wright*	17.46	2008	2011	Arkansas
126.	Pat Johnson*	17.45	1994	1997	Oregon
127.	Marcus Harris	17.44	1993	1996	Wyoming
128.	Nian Taylor*	17.44	1996	1999	Washington State
129.	Antonio Bryant	17.42	1999	2001	Pittsburgh
130.	Kendal Smith	17.41	1985	1988	Utah State
131.	Harold Jasper*	17.41	1991	1994	Iowa
132.	Adarius Bowman*	17.40	2003	2007	Oklahoma State
	Marcus Davis*	17.40	2009	2012	Virginia Tech
	Koren Robinson	17.40	1999	2000	North Carolina State
135.	Greg Carr*	17.39	2005	2008	Florida State
136.	Jeff Simmons	17.38	1980	1982	Southern California
137.	Clarence Cannon	17.37	1991	1994	Boston College
138.	Germane Crowell*	17.32	1994	1997	Virginia
139.	Mercury Hayes*	17.29	1992	1995	Michigan
140.	Patrick Rowe	17.28	1987	1991	San Diego State
141.	Eric Martin	17.27	1981	1984	Louisiana State
142.	Dave Moritz*	17.27	1980	1983	Iowa
143.	Scott Mayle*	17.26	2003	2006	Ohio
144.	Linzy Collins	17.25	1989	1990	Missouri
145.	Derek Hill	17.25	1985	1988	Arizona
146.	Golden Tate*	17.24	2007	2009	Notre Dame
147.	Wayne Baumgardner	17.24	1978	1981	Wake Forest
148.	Ken Margerum*	17.24	1977	1980	Stanford
149.	Anthony Hancock	17.23	1978	1981	Tennessee
150.	Ashley Lelie	17.22	1999	2001	Hawaii
151.	Dwight Counter*	17.22	2000	2003	New Mexico
152.	Jabar Gaffney	17.21	2000	2001	Florida
153.	Carl Pickens	17.20	1989	1991	Tennessee
154.	Darvin Adams*	17.20	2008	2010	Auburn
155.	Todd Tyrrell	17.19	1984	1987	Colorado State
156.	Todd Dixon	17.16	1990	1993	Wake Forest
157.	Ken-Yon Rambo*	17.15	1997	2000	Ohio State
158.	Nasrallah Worthen*	17.15	1984	1988	North Carolina State
159.	Tony Hartley*	17.15	1996	1999	Oregon
160.	Eric Moulds	17.14	1993	1995	Mississippi State
161.	Mike Adams	17.13	1992	1996	Texas
162.	Deno Foster	17.12	1981	1984	Cincinnati
163.	Robert Meachem*	17.12	2004	2006	Tennessee
164.	Kenny Britt*	17.10	2006	2008	Rutgers
165.	Justin Hunter*	17.09	2010	2012	Tennessee
166.	Chris Smith*	17.07	1988	1990	Brigham Young
167.	Richard Estell	17.07	1983	1985	Kansas
168.	Todd Kinchen	17.06	1989	1991	Louisiana State
169.	Tony Jones	17.06	1986	1989	Texas
170.	J.R. Ambrose	17.05	1984	1987	Mississippi
171.	Jonathan Orr*	17.05	2002	2005	Wisconsin
172.	Willie Vaughn	17.04	1985	1988	Kansas
173.	Todd Watkins*	17.03	2004	2005	Brigham Young
174.	Ronnie Redd	17.02	1991	1994	Bowling Green State
175.	Dwight Collins*	17.02	1980	1983	Pittsburgh
176.	Jim Teahan	17.02	1978	1981	Utah
177.	Peter Warrick	16.99	1995	1999	Florida State
178.	Dennis Arey	16.97	1988	1990	San Diego State
	Larry Shannon	16.97	1994	1997	East Carolina
180.	Marquess Wilson	16.97	2010	2012	Washington State
181.	Larry Brodsky	16.96	1979	1981	Miami (FL)
182.	Michael Irvin	16.94	1985	1987	Miami (FL)
183.	C.J. Davis*	16.94	1988	1992	Washington State
184.	Johnnie Lee Higgins Jr.*	16.94	2003	2006	Texas-El Paso
185.	Steve Bryant*	16.94	1980	1981	Purdue
186.	Harry Douglas*	16.90	2004	2007	Louisville
187.	Sean Dawkins	16.90	1990	1992	California
188.	Terry Smith	16.90	1988	1991	Penn State
189.	Perry Tuttle*	16.89	1978	1981	Clemson
190.	Richard Dice	16.89	1993	1996	Arizona
191.	Reggie Allen	16.89	1995	1998	Central Michigan
192.	Maurice Stovall*	16.88	2002	2005	Notre Dame
193.	J.D. Brookhart	16.87	1985	1987	Colorado State
194.	Demond Thompkins	16.87	1991	1993	Nevada-Las Vegas
195.	Mario Manningham*	16.86	2005	2007	Michigan
196.	Marvin McNutt*	16.83	2008	2011	Iowa
197.	Greg Primus*	16.82	1989	1992	Colorado State
198.	Reuben Eckels	16.81	1980	1983	Wichita State
199.	Anthony DiCosmo	16.80	1996	1998	Boston College
200.	Mark Bellini*	16.80	1984	1986	Brigham Young
201.	Trevor Insley	16.80	1996	1999	Nevada
202.	Tyrone Goodson	16.79	1993	1997	Auburn
203.	James Newson*	16.78	2001	2003	Oregon State
204.	Marlon Pearce	16.77	1990	1992	Cincinnati
205.	Eron Riley	16.76	2005	2008	Duke
206.	D'Juan Woods*	16.74	2003	2006	Oklahoma State
207.	Jerome McIntosh	16.74	1986	1989	Tulane
208.	Travis McGriff	16.72	1994	1998	Florida
209.	Doug Allen*	16.71	1982	1984	Arizona State
210.	Trae Johnson*	16.70	2007	2010	Tulsa
211.	Chris Penn	16.69	1991	1993	Tulsa
212.	L.C. Stevens	16.68	1995	1998	North Carolina
213.	Mike Quick	16.67	1978	1981	North Carolina State
214.	Victor Bailey*	16.66	1988	1992	Missouri
215.	Sherrod Gideon*	16.65	1996	1999	Southern Mississippi
216.	Trevor Gaylor	16.65	1996	1999	Miami (OH)
217.	Tyler Shoemaker*	16.65	2008	2011	Boise State
218.	Eddie Ruffin	16.65	1978	1981	Indiana State
219.	Keyshawn Johnson*	16.64	1994	1995	Southern California
220.	Tony Moss	16.64	1986	1989	Louisiana State
221.	Taylor Stockemer*	16.64	2009	2012	Arkansas State
222.	Lawrence Dawsey*	16.63	1987	1990	Florida State
223.	Derek Moye*	16.63	2008	2011	Penn State
224.	Larry Fitzgerald*	16.63	2002	2003	Pittsburgh
225.	Alshon Jeffery*	16.62	2009	2011	South Carolina
226.	Patrick Jeffers*	16.62	1992	1995	Virginia
227.	Marcus Grant	16.61	1989	1991	Houston
228.	Jared Abbrederis*	16.60	2010	2012	Wisconsin
229.	Tim McGee	16.60	1983	1985	Tennessee
230.	R. Jay Soward*	16.60	1996	1999	Southern California
231.	Jalen Saunders*	16.59	2010	2012	Oklahoma
232.	Lee DeRamus*	16.59	1991	1993	Wisconsin
233.	Damon Griffin*	16.56	1994	1998	Oregon
234.	Terry Smith*	16.55	1990	1993	Clemson
235.	Rashaun Greer*	16.54	2007	2009	Colorado State
236.	Walter Jones	16.54	1988	1991	Duke
237.	Gary Wellman*	16.54	1988	1990	Southern California
238.	Tim Gilligan*	16.53	2000	2003	Boise State
239.	Mark Harrison*	16.53	2009	2012	Rutgers
240.	Reggie Barrett*	16.52	1987	1990	Texas-El Paso
241.	Shelby Hill*	16.52	1990	1993	Syracuse
242.	Frank Sanders	16.51	1991	1994	Auburn
243.	Andy Boyce*	16.51	1989	1990	Brigham Young
244.	Jerome Pathon	16.50	1995	1997	Washington
245.	Paul Turner	16.50	1993	1997	Colorado State
246.	Dez Bryant*	16.50	2007	2009	Oklahoma State
247.	Jerry Butler*	16.50	1975	1978	Clemson
248.	Steve Martinez	16.48	1979	1982	Wyoming
249.	Deandre Brown*	16.47	2008	2010	Southern Mississippi
250.	Juan Daniels	16.46	1994	1996	Georgia

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