2016 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 2016 leaders: Zay Jones (1,731), Taywan Taylor (1,586), Trent Taylor (1,570).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1893 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Zay Jones	WR	ECU	215	156	1,731
2	Taywan Taylor	WR	WKU	112	89	1,586
3	Trent Taylor	WR	LT	150	124	1,570
4	Amba Etta-Tawo	WR	SYR	129	94	1,482
5	Dede Westbrook	WR	OU	90	74	1,465
6	Richie James	WR	MTSU	130	97	1,463
7	Corey Davis	WR	WMU	112	91	1,427
8	Carlos Henderson	WR	LT	115	72	1,406
9	Anthony Miller	WR	MEM	118	84	1,283
10	Nicholas Norris	WR	WKU	94	73	1,253
11	Chad Hansen	WR	CAL	135	92	1,249
12	Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	124	76	1,246
13	Tanner Gentry	WR	WYO	105	65	1,213
14	James Washington	WR	OKST	108	62	1,209
15	Austin Carr	WR	NU	118	84	1,196
16	Thomas Sperbeck	WR	BOIS	106	72	1,193
17	Noel Thomas	WR	CONN	157	100	1,179
18	Mike Williams	WR	CLEM	112	84	1,171
19	Cody Thompson	WR	TOL	75	59	1,170
20	Michael Gallup	WR	CSU	93	70	1,164
21	Kenny Golladay	WR	NIU	129	88	1,164
22	Jonathan Giles	WR	TTU	91	69	1,158
23	John Ross	WR	WASH	106	76	1,122
24	Keevan Lucas	WR	TLSA	116	74	1,108
25	Linell Bonner	WR	HOU	119	93	1,076
26	Cedrick Wilson	WR	BOIS	75	50	1,041
27	Isaiah Ford	WR	VT	125	73	1,038
28	Marcus Kemp	WR	HAW	107	70	1,036
29	Ryan Switzer	WR	UNC	113	91	1,027
30	Corey Willis	WR	CMU	85	68	1,024
31	Allen Lazard	WR	ISU	110	69	1,018
32	Jerome Lane	WR	AKR	90	62	1,018
33	J'Mon Moore	WR	MIZ	109	62	1,012
34	KD Cannon	WR	BAY	112	73	989
35	KeVonn Mabon	WR	BALL	121	85	972
36	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	101	74	968
37	Robert Davis	WR	GAST	117	67	968
38	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR	ND	78	58	961
39	DeAngelo Yancey	WR	PUR	78	49	951
40	Allenzae Staggers	WR	USM	71	52	935
41	Kalib Woods	WR	FAU	91	68	934
42	Shelton Gibson	WR	WVU	58	40	927
43	Josh Atkinson	WR	TLSA	94	66	927
44	Evan Engram	TE	MISS	87	65	926
45	Nick Westbrook	WR	IU	78	49	915
46	Zach Pascal	WR	ODU	92	63	893
47	Keke Coutee	WR	TTU	78	55	890
48	Josh Reynolds	WR	TA&M	66	49	885
49	Sebastian Smith	WR	OHIO	91	54	877
50	Fred Ross	WR	MSST	100	68	873
51	Cam Phillips	WR	VT	88	70	868
52	Gabe Marks	WR	WSU	121	85	867
53	Ahmmon Richards	WR	MIA	63	46	866
54	Devin Gray	WR	CIN	104	58	860
55	Steven Sims Jr.	WR	KU	104	72	859
56	Josh Malone	WR	TENN	66	45	852
57	ArDarius Stewart	WR	ALA	64	52	852
58	Shay Fields	WR	COLO	71	52	845
59	Christian Kirk	WR	TA&M	107	77	842
60	JoJo Natson	WR	AKR	98	59	837
61	Jalen Robinette	WR	AF	52	33	835
62	Daikiel Shorts	WR	WVU	74	58	833
63	Amara Darboh	WR	MICH	77	52	826
64	Curtis Samuel	WR	OSU	81	65	822
65	Ervin Philips	WR	SYR	116	90	822
66	Jimmy Williams	WR	ECU	82	45	818
67	Chance Allen	WR	HOU	86	56	815
68	Adam Breneman	TE	MASS	103	70	808
69	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	77	54	808
70	Travis Rudolph	WR	FSU	83	53	807
71	Austin Duke	WR	CLT	89	59	803
72	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	92	62	801
73	Sergio Bailey II	WR	EMU	88	55	799
74	Dante Pettis	WR	WASH	60	50	796
75	Chris Godwin	WR	PSU	77	50	795
76	Jester Weah	WR	PITT	56	34	795
77	R.J. Shelton	WR	MSU	80	53	789
78	Drew Wolitarsky	WR	MINN	91	61	787
79	Ishmael Zamora	WR	BAY	88	58	786
80	Ricky Jones	WR	IU	79	50	783
81	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC	84	63	781
82	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	102	66	773
83	Bug Howard	WR	UNC	70	48	768
84	Demetris Robertson	WR	CAL	82	50	767
85	Devin Ross	WR	COLO	97	66	765
86	Jalen McCleskey	WR	OKST	87	69	762
87	Michael Henry	WR	WMU	72	61	760
88	Rodney Adams	WR	USF	67	60	755
89	Jon'Vea Johnson	WR	TOL	52	38	751
90	Devonte Boyd	WR	UNLV	67	45	746
91	Corey Jones	WR	TOL	73	60	745
92	Ventell Bryant	WR	TEM	63	43	744
93	T.J. Rahming	WR	DUKE	98	69	739
94	Emanuel Thompson	WR	TROY	85	72	737
95	LaQuvionte Gonzalez	WR	KU	86	62	729
96	Calvin Ridley	WR	ALA	100	66	727
97	Gerald Everett	TE	USA	64	49	717
98	Damore'ea Stringfellow	WR	MISS	73	46	716
99	Jamire Jordan	WR	FRES	78	45	713
100	Tim White	WR	ASU	80	56	713

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