2012 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 2012 leaders: Terrance Williams (1,764), Marqise Lee (1,680), Stedman Bailey (1,501).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1847 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Terrance Williams	WR	BAY	137	95	1,764
2	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	158	112	1,680
3	Stedman Bailey	WR	WVU	137	106	1,501
4	Quinton Patton	WR	LT	154	104	1,392
5	Cobi Hamilton	WR	ARK	135	90	1,335
6	Jordan Matthews	WR	VAN	123	87	1,262
7	Tavon Austin	WR	WVU	131	110	1,259
8	Austin Franklin	WR	NMSU	120	74	1,245
9	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	CLEM	102	69	1,214
10	Alex Amidon	WR	BC	138	78	1,210
11	Markus Wheaton	WR	ORST	127	88	1,207
12	Austin Hill	WR	ARIZ	103	73	1,189
13	Noel Grigsby	WR	SJSU	97	73	1,173
14	Davante Adams	WR	FRES	125	89	1,168
15	Josh Stewart	WR	OKST	122	96	1,154
16	Ryan Grant	WR	TULN	102	76	1,149
17	Tommy Shuler	WR	MRSH	141	110	1,138
18	Cody Hoffman	WR	BYU	126	90	1,134
19	Brandin Cooks	WR	ORST	92	64	1,120
20	Justin Hunter	WR	TENN	127	73	1,083
21	Willie Snead	WR	BALL	128	82	1,070
22	Alec Lemon	WR	SYR	96	70	1,063
23	Martel Moore	WR	NIU	88	71	1,054
24	Chip Reeves	WR	TROY	103	65	1,050
25	Justin Hardy	WR	ECU	102	83	1,046
26	Bernard Reedy	WR	TOL	124	83	1,043
27	Brent Leonard	WR	ULM	126	97	1,042
28	Jamison Crowder	WR	DUKE	103	70	1,025
29	Mike Evans	WR	TA&M	106	75	1,022
30	Allen Robinson	WR	PSU	119	77	1,018
31	Alex Neutz	WR	BUF	95	65	1,015
32	Anthony Amos	WR	MTSU	117	72	992
33	William Dukes	WR	FAU	92	63	979
34	Eric Ward	WR	TTU	109	75	974
35	Jordan Leslie	WR	UTEP	78	51	973
36	Conner Vernon	WR	DUKE	115	75	955
37	Darrin Moore	WR	TTU	105	81	948
38	Donte Moncrief	WR	MISS	83	60	948
39	Mike Shanahan	WR	PITT	78	58	926
40	Alonzo Russell	WR	TOL	85	54	925
41	Mike Davis	WR	TEX	77	54	909
42	J.D. McKissic	WR	ARST	107	92	909
43	Chad Bumphis	WR	MSST	79	55	904
44	Amari Cooper	WR	ALA	69	53	895
45	Kenny Stills	WR	OU	111	75	892
46	Devin Street	WR	PITT	89	66	892
47	Marcus Davis	WR	VT	82	47	891
48	Tevin Reese	WR	BAY	79	51	889
49	Nick Harwell	WR	M-OH	107	68	870
50	Marcus Sales	WR	SYR	97	63	863
51	Je'Ron Hamm	WR	ULM	86	58	862
52	Titus Davis	WR	CMU	70	43	860
53	Devante Davis	WR	UNLV	109	61	854
54	Dawan Scott	WR	M-OH	82	57	851
55	Stefon Diggs	WR	MD	82	54	848
56	Tavarres King	WR	UGA	62	39	846
57	Phillip Dorsett	WR	MIA	100	58	842
58	Zach Ertz	TE	STAN	102	66	837
59	Keyarris Garrett	WR	TLSA	107	64	826
60	Justin Brown	WR	OU	97	66	822
61	Michael Edwards	WR	UTEP	70	51	820
62	Marquelo Suel	WR	AKR	87	76	820
63	Robert Woods	WR	USC	106	73	813
64	Marquess Wilson	WR	WSU	85	52	813
65	Ryan Swope	WR	TA&M	85	64	809
66	Cody Latimer	WR	IU	64	51	805
67	Kenny Bell	WR	NEB	69	46	803
68	Josh Boyce	WR	TCU	86	61	800
69	Jackie Williams	WR	UAB	80	52	799
70	Shaquelle Evans	WR	UCLA	79	53	795
71	Jared Abbrederis	WR	WIS	64	46	793
72	Jaime Wilson	WR	WMU	101	67	792
73	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	WASH	87	63	791
74	Emory Blake	WR	AUB	74	50	789
75	Brandon Wimberly	WR	NEV	83	63	788
76	Chris Harper	WR	KSU	76	50	786
77	Kasen Williams	WR	WASH	98	71	783
78	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR	TENN	78	46	778
79	Quinshad Davis	WR	UNC	87	61	776
80	Harry Peoples	WR	UL	76	61	774
81	Corey Fuller	WR	VT	59	41	769
82	Jalen Saunders	WR	OU	63	53	766
83	Michael Campanaro	WR	WAKE	91	79	763
84	Isaiah Burse	WR	FRES	72	53	762
85	Quintin Payton	WR	NCSU	73	48	761
86	Chris Boyd	WR	VAN	74	46	756
87	Darius Johnson	WR	SMU	108	61	747
88	Antavious Wilson	WR	MRSH	96	69	741
89	Dan Buckner	WR	ARIZ	90	59	741
90	Cody Wilson	WR	CMU	74	64	739
91	Keenan Allen	WR	CAL	86	61	737
92	Chris McNeill	WR	WYO	100	63	722
93	Myles White	WR	LT	72	56	718
94	DeVante Parker	WR	LOU	58	38	712
95	Sammy Watkins	WR	CLEM	74	57	708
96	Jamill Smith	WR	BALL	101	69	706
97	Ryan Otten	TE	SJSU	58	44	706
98	Rashad Greene	WR	FSU	63	52	696
99	Jeremy Gallon	WR	MICH	60	40	684
100	Andy Cruse	WR	M-OH	99	74	681

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