Receiving Yards Per Reception Year-by-Year Leaders and Records

Minimum 100 receptions.
An asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates bowl stats are included.
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Leaders

  • Since 1956
  • Minimum 1.875 receptions per school game.
Leaders Table
Year Player Avg School
2023Chris Lewis*23Troy
2022Trea Shropshire*22.5Alabama-Birmingham
2021Trea Shropshire*26Alabama-Birmingham
2020Jaylen Hall26.9Western Michigan
2019Geraud Sanders*24.9Air Force
2018Xavier Ubosi*23.9Alabama-Birmingham
2017Aaron Cephus24.9Rice
2016Jalen Robinette*27.4Air Force
2015Mack Hollins*24.8North Carolina
2014Devin Smith*28.2Ohio State
2013Devon Cajuste*22.9Stanford
2012Willis Wright25.3Florida International
2011Stephen Hill*29.3Georgia Tech
2010Kris Adams*22.8UTEP
2009Owen Spencer25.5North Carolina State
2008Brennan Marion*25.9Tulsa
2007Brennan Marion*31.9Tulsa
2006Terry Moss25.4Ball State
2005Matt Miller*23.5Arizona State
2004Dan Sheldon*23.4Northern Illinois
2003Lawrence Bady*25Boise State
2002Brandon Middleton24.1Houston
2001Doug Gabriel28.7Central Florida
2000Derrick Lewis25.2San Diego State
1999Andre Davis27.5Virginia Tech
1998Kevin Coffey25.3Virginia
1997Kent Layman25.4Missouri
1996Marcus Robinson24South Carolina
1995Terry Glenn23.1Ohio State
1994Jimmy Oliver23.8TCU
1993Jay Kearney27.6West Virginia
1992Ron Peters26.2Houston
1991Melvin Bonner24.6Baylor
1990Bryan Rowley27.2Utah
1989Randy Jackson28.5Rutgers
1988Calvin Phillips25.5West Virginia
1987Willie Vaughn26.9Kansas
1986Keith Gloster24.7Temple
1985Stephen Baker29.1Fresno State
1984Ronnie Kelley25Tulsa
1983Reggie Bynum24.2Oregon State
1982Herkie Walls28.1Texas
1981Mike Whitwell27.1Texas A&M
1980Dwight Collins28.8Pittsburgh
1979Mark Nichols26.7San Jose State
1978Joe Burke28.1Chattanooga
1977Ernest Gray29.5Memphis
1976Jim Smith27.6Michigan
1975Kelvin Kirk24.5Dayton
1974Tracy Dickson26.8West Texas A&M
1973Larry Stokes27.9Chattanooga
1972Richard Agle25.2Appalachian State
1971Tom Scott23.4Washington
1970Larry Hart24.1Louisville
1969Mel Gray27.1Missouri
1968Elmo Wright27.9Houston
1967Mike Carroll24.1New Mexico State
1966Gene Washington25.1Michigan State
1965Larry Seiple23.5Kentucky
1964Joe Chapman25.4Idaho
1963Paul Krause23.3Iowa
1962Hal Bedsole25Southern California
1961Jim Stewart21.7Navy
1960Chuck Bryant19.8Ohio State
1959Bake Turner20.2Texas Tech
1958Rich Kreitling29.9Illinois
1957Buddy Dial24.2Rice
1956Jim Morse22.1Notre Dame