Single Season Leaders and Records for Receiving Yards

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	Yds	Season	School
1.	Trevor Insley	2060	1999	Nevada
2.	Troy Edwards	1996	1998	Louisiana Tech
3.	Michael Crabtree*	1962	2007	Texas Tech
4.	Jordan White*	1911	2011	Western Michigan
5.	Greg Salas*	1889	2010	Hawaii
6.	Alex Van Dyke	1854	1995	Nevada
7.	Terrance Williams*	1832	2012	Baylor
8.	Randy Moss*	1820	1997	Marshall
9.	J.R. Tolver	1785	2002	San Diego State
10.	Justin Blackmon*	1782	2010	Oklahoma State
11.	Danario Alexander*	1781	2009	Missouri
12.	Freddie Barnes*	1770	2009	Bowling Green State
13.	Patrick Edwards*	1752	2011	Houston
14.	Josh Reed	1740	2001	Louisiana State
15.	Marqise Lee*	1721	2012	Southern California
16.	Ashley Lelie	1713	2001	Hawaii
17.	Troy Edwards	1707	1997	Louisiana Tech
18.	Rashaun Woods*	1695	2002	Oklahoma State
19.	Manny Hazard	1689	1989	Houston
20.	Larry Fitzgerald*	1672	2003	Pittsburgh
21.	Kendall Wright*	1663	2011	Baylor
22.	Marcus Harris	1650	1996	Wyoming
23.	Nate Burleson	1629	2002	Nevada
24.	Stedman Bailey*	1622	2012	West Virginia
	Ryan Broyles*	1622	2010	Oklahoma
26.	Jordy Nelson	1606	2007	Kansas State
27.	Torry Holt	1604	1998	North Carolina State
	Aaron Turner	1604	1991	Pacific
29.	Greg Salas	1590	2009	Hawaii
30.	Chris Penn	1578	1993	Tulsa
31.	Kassim Osgood	1552	2002	San Diego State
32.	Eugene Baker	1549	1997	Kent State
33.	Lee Evans	1545	2001	Wisconsin
34.	Austin Collie*	1538	2008	Brigham Young
35.	Mike Hass	1532	2005	Oregon State
36.	Kevin Curtis	1531	2001	Utah State
37.	Justin Blackmon*	1522	2011	Oklahoma State
38.	Johnnie Morton*	1520	1993	Southern California
39.	Alshon Jeffery*	1517	2010	South Carolina
40.	Ryan Yarborough	1512	1993	Wyoming
41.	Henry Ellard*	1510	1982	Fresno State
42.	Geoff McArthur*	1504	2003	California
43.	Edell Shepherd	1500	2001	San Jose State
44.	Martin Nance*	1498	2003	Miami (OH)
45.	Golden Tate	1496	2009	Notre Dame
46.	Jordan Shipley*	1485	2009	Texas
47.	Dez Bryant*	1480	2008	Oklahoma State
48.	Chad Mackey	1466	1996	Louisiana Tech
49.	Donnie Avery*	1456	2007	Houston
	Troy Walters	1456	1999	Stanford
51.	Reggie Williams*	1454	2002	Washington
52.	Roddy White*	1452	2004	Alabama-Birmingham
53.	Jason Phillips	1444	1988	Houston
54.	David Boston*	1435	1998	Ohio State
	Geoff Noisy	1435	1996	Nevada
56.	Keyshawn Johnson*	1434	1995	Southern California
57.	Marcus Harris	1431	1994	Wyoming
58.	Nick Harwell	1425	2011	Miami (OH)
	Mark Clayton*	1425	2003	Oklahoma
	Dan Bitson	1425	1989	Tulsa
61.	Marcus Harris	1423	1995	Wyoming
62.	Dennis Northcutt	1422	1999	Arizona
63.	Darius Watts	1417	2001	Marshall
64.	Chris Williams	1415	2006	New Mexico State
65.	Terry Glenn*	1411	1995	Ohio State
66.	Dezmon Briscoe*	1407	2008	Kansas
67.	Deandre Hopkins*	1405	2012	Clemson
	Shaun McDonald*	1405	2002	Arizona State
	Geoff Noisy	1405	1998	Nevada
70.	Naaman Roosevelt*	1402	2008	Buffalo
71.	Kevin Alexander	1400	1995	Utah State
72.	Dante Ridgeway	1399	2004	Ball State
73.	Dante Love*	1398	2007	Ball State
74.	Gerell Robinson*	1397	2011	Arizona State
	Nakia Jenkins	1397	1996	Utah State
76.	Quinton Patton	1392	2012	Louisiana Tech
	Patrick Rowe	1392	1990	San Diego State
78.	Bobby Wade	1389	2002	Arizona
79.	Marquess Wilson	1388	2011	Washington State
80.	Mike Hass*	1379	2004	Oregon State
81.	Jordan White	1378	2010	Western Michigan
82.	Ryan Grice-Mullen*	1372	2007	Hawaii
83.	Kenny Britt*	1371	2008	Rutgers
84.	Jerricho Cotchery*	1369	2003	North Carolina State
85.	Kevin Walter	1368	2002	Eastern Michigan
86.	Rashaun Woods*	1367	2003	Oklahoma State
87.	Austin Hill*	1364	2012	Arizona
	Rishard Matthews*	1364	2011	Nevada
89.	Keyshawn Johnson*	1362	1994	Southern California
	Bryan Reeves	1362	1993	Nevada
91.	Travis McGriff	1357	1998	Florida
92.	Vincent Brown*	1352	2010	San Diego State
93.	Charles Rogers	1351	2002	Michigan State
	Ryan Yarborough	1351	1992	Wyoming
95.	Jim Sandusky	1346	1981	Nevada-Las Vegas
96.	Keenan Allen*	1343	2011	California
97.	Snoop Minnis	1340	2000	Florida State
98.	Emmanuel Sanders*	1339	2009	Southern Methodist
99.	Dezmon Briscoe	1337	2009	Kansas
100.	Cobi Hamilton	1335	2012	Arkansas

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