2011 College Receiving Yards per Game Leaders

College play-by-play before 2025 does not record where passes went, so depth, direction, ACE and throw maps start in 2025. Counting stats are the official NCAA season lines.

Receiving yards per game played.

The 2011 leaders: Kendall Wright (131.0), Nick Harwell (129.5), Ryan Broyles (128.6).

Receiving Yards per Game

Minimum to rank: 1.875 receptions per team game (the NFL's rate; the NCAA ranks receivers per game with no reception minimum). 425 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds/G
1	Kendall Wright	WR	BAY	127	101	131.0
2	Nick Harwell	WR	M-OH	123	97	129.5
3	Ryan Broyles	WR	OU	108	83	128.6
4	Jordan White	WR	WMU	179	115	127.2
5	Patrick Edwards	WR	HOU	113	79	117.2
6	Marquess Wilson	WR	WSU	112	82	115.7
7	Rishard Matthews	WR	NEV	131	91	113.7
8	Justin Blackmon	WR	OKST	147	113	111.3
9	Robert Woods	WR	USC	160	111	107.7
10	Chris Givens	WR	WAKE	107	74	106.3
11	Marvin McNutt	WR	IOWA	123	78	105.8
12	Keenan Allen	WR	CAL	136	89	105.1
13	Da'Rick Rogers	WR	TENN	100	67	104.0
14	B.J. Cunningham	WR	MSU	100	72	103.3
15	Quinton Patton	WR	LT	104	74	103.2
16	Darius Johnson	WR	SMU	93	72	99.8
17	Stedman Bailey	WR	WVU	92	67	99.8
18	A.J. Jenkins	WR	ILL	119	84	99.7
19	Gerell Robinson	WR	ASU	89	64	96.3
20	Sammy Watkins	WR	CLEM	109	77	96.1
21	Cole Beasley	WR	SMU	97	79	95.4
22	Mohamed Sanu	WR	RUTG	146	109	95.3
23	Taveon Rogers	WR	NMSU	92	59	95.3
24	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	91	73	95.2
25	Jarius Wright	WR	ARK	92	63	93.5
26	Dwight Jones	WR	UNC	99	79	93.2
27	Michael Floyd	WR	ND	133	95	92.2
28	Royce Pollard	WR	HAW	123	71	91.9
29	Ryan Swope	WR	TA&M	117	81	91.8
30	Kamar Jorden	WR	BGSU	109	78	90.8
31	Tavon Austin	WR	WVU	108	89	88.6
32	Juron Criner	WR	ARIZ	100	75	86.9
33	Willie Carter	WR	TLSA	84	61	86.8
34	Jeremy Ebert	WR	NU	83	71	85.4
35	Nelson Rosario	WR	UCLA	83	61	85.1
36	Justin Johnson	WR	HOU	90	75	83.2
37	Markus Wheaton	WR	ORST	120	73	82.2
38	Jalen Saunders	WR	FRES	72	50	81.9
39	Kenny Stills	WR	OU	93	58	81.8
40	Eric Page	WR	TOL	146	96	81.5
41	Terrance Williams	WR	BAY	69	53	81.4
42	Dwayne Frampton	WR	ARST	112	80	81.0
43	Deon Long	WR	UNM	72	47	80.9
44	LaVon Brazill	WR	OHIO	93	64	80.2
45	Tyler Shoemaker	WR	BOIS	87	59	79.9
46	Conner Vernon	WR	DUKE	95	70	79.7
47	T.Y. Hilton	WR	FIU	106	61	77.8
48	Josh Boyce	WR	TCU	79	56	77.7
49	Billy Ray Stutzmann	WR	HAW	115	78	75.8
50	Lance Lewis	WR	ECU	73	60	75.0
51	Javone Lawson	WR	UL	82	54	74.9
52	Noel Grigsby	WR	SJSU	116	89	73.8
53	Colin Lockett	WR	SDSU	103	52	73.8
54	Eugene Cooper	WR	BGSU	94	67	73.5
55	Eric Thomas	WR	TROY	87	56	71.9
56	Jaz Reynolds	WR	OU	64	41	71.5
57	Alex Neutz	WR	BUF	70	43	71.2
58	Gavin Escobar	TE	SDSU	73	47	71.0
59	Tyron Carrier	WR	HOU	123	87	70.3
60	Rueben Randle	WR	LSU	76	50	69.5
61	Alec Lemon	WR	SYR	89	68	69.5
62	Chris Givens	WR	M-OH	79	60	69.5
63	Jeremiah Ostrowski	WR	HAW	89	65	68.7
64	Nick Toon	WR	WIS	78	55	68.5
65	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	71	53	68.4
66	Titus Davis	WR	CMU	61	40	68.3
67	Tevin Reese	WR	BAY	60	46	67.6
68	Tommy Streeter	WR	MIA	69	46	67.6
69	Kris Burd	WR	UVA	86	60	67.5
70	Chleb Ravenell	WR	WMU	70	55	67.2
71	Ryan Otten	TE	SJSU	79	52	67.2
72	Bryan Burnham	WR	TLSA	60	50	67.0
73	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	CLEM	93	62	67.0
74	Eric Ward	WR	TTU	113	84	66.7
75	Sterling Griffin	WR	USF	56	43	66.2
76	Jaxon Shipley	WR	TEX	61	40	65.9
77	Tannar Rehrer	WR	MEM	84	70	65.9
78	Justin Hardy	WR	ECU	89	64	65.8
79	Jordan Matthews	WR	VAN	64	37	65.6
80	Stephen Hill	WR	GT	50	26	65.4
81	Derek Moye	WR	PSU	67	40	65.4
82	Michael Campanaro	WR	WAKE	83	63	64.1
83	Keith Sconiers	WR	AKR	73	47	63.9
84	Darrin Moore	WR	TTU	74	47	63.4
85	Da'Jon McKnight	WR	MINN	90	51	63.3
86	Emory Blake	WR	AUB	49	30	63.1
87	Chris McNeill	WR	WYO	52	42	63.0
88	Jared Abbrederis	WR	WIS	65	51	62.6
89	Keshawn Martin	WR	MSU	83	62	61.8
90	Mike Scott	WR	IDHO	85	53	61.7
91	Paul Richardson	WR	COLO	69	39	61.7
92	Alex Torres	WR	TTU	68	51	61.6
93	Malcolm Mitchell	WR	UGA	49	38	61.4
94	Anthony McClung	WR	CIN	80	48	61.4
95	Tracy Moore	WR	OKST	65	45	61.1
96	Jarrett Boykin	WR	VT	89	57	60.9
97	Dan Buckner	WR	ARIZ	52	42	60.6
98	Danny Coale	WR	VT	67	52	60.5
99	Josh Cooper	WR	OKST	80	64	60.0
100	Donovan Varner	WR	DUKE	82	61	59.4

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