2015 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 2015 leaders: Roger Lewis (1,476), Keyarris Garrett (1,451), JuJu Smith-Schuster (1,389).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1901 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Roger Lewis	WR	BGSU	116	82	1,476
2	Keyarris Garrett	WR	TLSA	135	88	1,451
3	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC	121	85	1,389
4	Corey Coleman	WR	BAY	105	74	1,363
5	Taywan Taylor	WR	WKU	93	79	1,363
6	Thomas Sperbeck	WR	BOIS	124	82	1,334
7	Josh Doctson	WR	TCU	99	79	1,327
8	Tajae Sharpe	WR	MASS	174	111	1,319
9	Daniel Braverman	WR	WMU	126	103	1,266
10	Corey Davis	WR	WMU	114	82	1,253
11	Richie James	WR	MTSU	125	100	1,220
12	Aaron Burbridge	WR	MSU	130	80	1,219
13	Michael Thomas	WR	USM	95	62	1,201
14	Sterling Shepard	WR	OU	97	79	1,201
15	Jakeem Grant	WR	TTU	105	80	1,143
16	Demarcus Ayers	WR	HOU	111	89	1,140
17	Trent Taylor	WR	LT	112	89	1,133
18	Gabe Marks	WR	WSU	137	99	1,125
19	Kenny Golladay	WR	NIU	114	71	1,122
20	Penny Hart	WR	GAST	94	71	1,095
21	Laquon Treadwell	WR	MISS	110	76	1,082
22	James Washington	WR	OKST	89	52	1,077
23	Jordan Payton	WR	UCLA	108	75	1,069
24	Nelson Spruce	WR	COLO	107	89	1,053
25	Isaiah Jones	WR	ECU	121	97	1,018
26	Dom Williams	WR	WSU	115	73	997
27	Robert Davis	WR	GAST	91	60	979
28	Pharoh Cooper	WR	SC	104	66	973
29	Shaq Washington	WR	CIN	121	88	971
30	Zach Pascal	WR	ODU	115	68	970
31	Chris Godwin	WR	PSU	96	63	968
32	Ed'Marques Batties	WR	MTSU	116	77	960
33	Gehrig Dieter	WR	BGSU	121	89	957
34	Isaiah Ford	WR	VT	104	63	937
35	Rashard Higgins	WR	CSU	88	66	933
36	Fred Ross	WR	MSST	109	81	933
37	Josh Atkinson	WR	TLSA	84	65	932
38	Devin Lucien	WR	ASU	77	57	930
39	Christian Kirk	WR	TA&M	101	70	925
40	Alex Erickson	WR	WIS	115	72	924
41	Simmie Cobbs Jr.	WR	IU	77	54	914
42	Devonte Boyd	WR	UNLV	98	54	904
43	Calvin Ridley	WR	ALA	103	75	893
44	Geronimo Allison	WR	ILL	124	65	882
45	Teddy Ruben	WR	TROY	82	63	879
46	Jordan Westerkamp	WR	NEB	81	63	874
47	Robby Anderson	WR	TEM	104	64	873
48	Tyler Boyd	WR	PITT	119	85	873
49	Ronnie Moore	WR	BGSU	80	67	871
50	Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	79	49	862
51	Jesse Kroll	WR	CMU	79	59	856
52	Casey Martin	WR	USM	95	74	855
53	Nicholas Norris	WR	WKU	72	58	851
54	KD Cannon	WR	BAY	69	46	828
55	Jamal Robinson	WR	UL	81	54	824
56	Chris Moore	WR	CIN	62	39	823
57	De'Runnya Wilson	WR	MSST	82	55	822
58	Thomas Duarte	WR	UCLA	79	49	820
59	Jenson Stoshak	WR	FAU	93	57	820
60	Ricky Jones	WR	IU	80	50	817
61	Bryce Treggs	WR	CAL	65	41	813
62	Ron Willoughby	WR	BUF	89	62	813
63	Leonte Carroo	WR	RUTG	50	39	809
64	Allen Lazard	WR	ISU	86	56	808
65	David Glidden	WR	OKST	74	53	807
66	Artavis Scott	WR	CLEM	101	84	805
67	Will Fuller	WR	ND	80	48	803
68	Bralon Addison	WR	ORE	75	58	775
69	Dezmon Epps	WR	IDHO	82	61	762
70	Canaan Severin	WR	UVA	72	54	759
71	Jared Dangerfield	WR	WKU	96	76	752
72	Sebastian Smith	WR	OHIO	90	61	752
73	Drew Morgan	WR	ARK	63	55	751
74	Malcolm Mitchell	WR	UGA	79	53	751
75	Jerome Lane	WR	AKR	56	35	750
76	Mose Frazier	WR	MEM	80	66	750
77	Callen Hightower	WR	IDHO	69	57	749
78	Hunter Sharp	WR	USU	86	60	746
79	KeVonn Mabon	WR	BALL	111	70	745
80	Shelton Gibson	WR	WVU	66	33	744
81	D.J. Thompson	WR	USM	84	52	743
82	Kermit Whitfield	WR	FSU	61	53	742
83	Josh Reynolds	WR	TA&M	58	40	730
84	Mitch Mathews	WR	BYU	82	52	729
85	Carlos Harris	WR	UNT	109	61	727
86	Jay Lee	WR	BAY	53	36	726
87	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	89	52	724
88	Cayleb Jones	WR	ARIZ	79	51	722
89	Carlos Henderson	WR	LT	61	35	721
90	Taquan Mizzell	WR	UVA	98	75	721
91	Noel Thomas	WR	CONN	86	54	719
92	Brandon Reilly	WR	NEB	56	37	716
93	Travis Rudolph	WR	FSU	71	52	715
94	Mack Hollins	WR	UNC	41	28	711
95	Michael Thomas	WR	OSU	70	49	709
96	Ajalen Holley	WR	ULM	111	60	709
97	Hasaan Henderson	WR	NEV	81	50	709
98	Jerico Richardson	WR	NEV	103	64	708
99	Cody Thompson	WR	TOL	46	33	706
100	Amara Darboh	WR	MICH	86	56	703

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