2011 College Receiving Yards 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.

Official receiving yards.

The 2011 leaders: Kendall Wright (1,572), Jordan White (1,527), Patrick Edwards (1,524).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1772 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Kendall Wright	WR	BAY	127	101	1,572
2	Jordan White	WR	WMU	179	115	1,527
3	Patrick Edwards	WR	HOU	113	79	1,524
4	Nick Harwell	WR	M-OH	123	97	1,425
5	Marquess Wilson	WR	WSU	112	82	1,388
6	Rishard Matthews	WR	NEV	131	91	1,364
7	Justin Blackmon	WR	OKST	147	113	1,336
8	Robert Woods	WR	USC	160	111	1,292
9	Chris Givens	WR	WAKE	107	74	1,276
10	Marvin McNutt	WR	IOWA	123	78	1,269
11	Keenan Allen	WR	CAL	136	89	1,261
12	B.J. Cunningham	WR	MSU	100	72	1,240
13	Stedman Bailey	WR	WVU	92	67	1,197
14	A.J. Jenkins	WR	ILL	119	84	1,196
15	Ryan Broyles	WR	OU	108	83	1,157
16	Gerell Robinson	WR	ASU	89	64	1,156
17	Sammy Watkins	WR	CLEM	109	77	1,153
18	Mohamed Sanu	WR	RUTG	146	109	1,144
19	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	91	73	1,143
20	Quinton Patton	WR	LT	104	74	1,135
21	Dwight Jones	WR	UNC	99	79	1,119
22	Michael Floyd	WR	ND	133	95	1,106
23	Nelson Rosario	WR	UCLA	83	61	1,106
24	Ryan Swope	WR	TA&M	117	81	1,102
25	Kamar Jorden	WR	BGSU	109	78	1,089
26	Justin Johnson	WR	HOU	90	75	1,081
27	Jalen Saunders	WR	FRES	72	50	1,065
28	Tavon Austin	WR	WVU	108	89	1,063
29	Taveon Rogers	WR	NMSU	92	59	1,048
30	LaVon Brazill	WR	OHIO	93	64	1,042
31	Da'Rick Rogers	WR	TENN	100	67	1,040
32	Jarius Wright	WR	ARK	92	63	1,029
33	Jeremy Ebert	WR	NU	83	71	1,025
34	Royce Pollard	WR	HAW	123	71	1,011
35	Darius Johnson	WR	SMU	93	72	998
36	Markus Wheaton	WR	ORST	120	73	986
37	Eric Page	WR	TOL	146	96	978
38	Dwayne Frampton	WR	ARST	112	80	972
39	Tyler Shoemaker	WR	BOIS	87	59	959
40	Juron Criner	WR	ARIZ	100	75	956
41	Conner Vernon	WR	DUKE	95	70	956
42	Cole Beasley	WR	SMU	97	79	954
43	T.Y. Hilton	WR	FIU	106	61	934
44	Josh Boyce	WR	TCU	79	56	932
45	Tyron Carrier	WR	HOU	123	87	914
46	Billy Ray Stutzmann	WR	HAW	115	78	910
47	Rueben Randle	WR	LSU	76	50	904
48	Javone Lawson	WR	UL	82	54	899
49	Terrance Williams	WR	BAY	69	53	895
50	Noel Grigsby	WR	SJSU	116	89	886
51	Colin Lockett	WR	SDSU	103	52	885
52	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	CLEM	93	62	871
53	Willie Carter	WR	TLSA	84	61	868
54	Alec Lemon	WR	SYR	89	68	834
55	Nick Toon	WR	WIS	78	55	822
56	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	71	53	821
57	Kenny Stills	WR	OU	93	58	818
58	Jared Abbrederis	WR	WIS	65	51	814
59	Tommy Streeter	WR	MIA	69	46	811
60	Tevin Reese	WR	BAY	60	46	811
61	Kris Burd	WR	UVA	86	60	810
62	Deon Long	WR	UNM	72	47	809
63	Eugene Cooper	WR	BGSU	94	67	808
64	Eric Ward	WR	TTU	113	84	800
65	Eric Thomas	WR	TROY	87	56	791
66	Danny Coale	WR	VT	67	52	787
67	Stephen Hill	WR	GT	50	26	785
68	Da'Jon McKnight	WR	MINN	90	51	760
69	Titus Davis	WR	CMU	61	40	751
70	Ryan Balentine	WR	USM	67	49	742
71	Keshawn Martin	WR	MSU	83	62	742
72	Chleb Ravenell	WR	WMU	70	55	739
73	Ryan Otten	TE	SJSU	79	52	739
74	Bryan Burnham	WR	TLSA	60	50	737
75	Jarrett Boykin	WR	VT	89	57	731
76	Jordan Matthews	WR	VAN	64	37	722
77	Devon Wylie	WR	FRES	77	56	716
78	Jaz Reynolds	WR	OU	64	41	715
79	Tyler Eifert	TE	ND	88	57	713
80	Donovan Varner	WR	DUKE	82	61	713
81	Gavin Escobar	TE	SDSU	73	47	710
82	Jeff Fuller	WR	TA&M	109	63	709
83	Michael Campanaro	WR	WAKE	83	63	705
84	Marvin Jones	WR	CAL	101	53	701
85	Jared Karstetter	WR	WSU	99	60	700
86	Chris Givens	WR	M-OH	79	60	695
87	Brent Leonard	WR	ULM	109	66	694
88	Devin Street	WR	PITT	73	48	692
89	Jeremiah Ostrowski	WR	HAW	89	65	687
90	Nathan Palmer	WR	NIU	57	46	683
91	Toney Clemons	WR	COLO	70	43	680
92	Mike Scott	WR	IDHO	85	53	679
93	Anthony McClung	WR	CIN	80	48	675
94	Tracy Moore	WR	OKST	65	45	672
95	David Douglas	WR	ARIZ	83	65	666
96	Griff Whalen	WR	STAN	69	49	664
97	Josh Cooper	WR	OKST	80	64	660
98	Justin Hardy	WR	ECU	89	64	658
99	Mike Edwards	WR	UTEP	79	50	657
100	Darius Reynolds	WR	ISU	82	41	655

More 2011 College Receiver Leaderboards

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