2016 College Receptions 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.

Catches.

The 2016 leaders: Zay Jones (156), Trent Taylor (124), Noel Thomas (100).

Receptions

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1899 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Rec
1	Zay Jones	WR	ECU	215	156	156
2	Trent Taylor	WR	LT	150	124	124
3	Noel Thomas	WR	CONN	157	100	100
4	Richie James	WR	MTSU	130	97	97
5	Amba Etta-Tawo	WR	SYR	129	94	94
6	Linell Bonner	WR	HOU	119	93	93
7	Chad Hansen	WR	CAL	135	92	92
8	Corey Davis	WR	WMU	112	91	91
9	Ryan Switzer	WR	UNC	113	91	91
10	Ervin Philips	WR	SYR	116	90	90
11	Taywan Taylor	WR	WKU	112	89	89
12	Kenny Golladay	WR	NIU	129	88	88
13	Gabe Marks	WR	WSU	121	85	85
14	KeVonn Mabon	WR	BALL	121	85	85
15	Anthony Miller	WR	MEM	118	84	84
16	Austin Carr	WR	NU	118	84	84
17	Mike Williams	WR	CLEM	112	84	84
18	Christian Kirk	WR	TA&M	107	77	77
19	Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	124	76	76
20	John Ross	WR	WASH	106	76	76
21	Dede Westbrook	WR	OU	90	74	74
22	Keevan Lucas	WR	TLSA	116	74	74
23	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	101	74	74
24	Isaiah Ford	WR	VT	125	73	73
25	KD Cannon	WR	BAY	112	73	73
26	Nicholas Norris	WR	WKU	94	73	73
27	Carlos Henderson	WR	LT	115	72	72
28	Emanuel Thompson	WR	TROY	85	72	72
29	Steven Sims Jr.	WR	KU	104	72	72
30	Thomas Sperbeck	WR	BOIS	106	72	72
31	Adam Breneman	TE	MASS	103	70	70
32	Artavis Scott	WR	CLEM	85	70	70
33	Cam Phillips	WR	VT	88	70	70
34	Marcus Kemp	WR	HAW	107	70	70
35	Michael Gallup	WR	CSU	93	70	70
36	Allen Lazard	WR	ISU	110	69	69
37	Jalen McCleskey	WR	OKST	87	69	69
38	Jonathan Giles	WR	TTU	91	69	69
39	T.J. Rahming	WR	DUKE	98	69	69
40	Corey Willis	WR	CMU	85	68	68
41	Fred Ross	WR	MSST	100	68	68
42	Kalib Woods	WR	FAU	91	68	68
43	Robert Davis	WR	GAST	117	67	67
44	Calvin Ridley	WR	ALA	100	66	66
45	Devin Ross	WR	COLO	97	66	66
46	Josh Atkinson	WR	TLSA	94	66	66
47	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	102	66	66
48	Curtis Samuel	WR	OSU	81	65	65
49	Evan Engram	TE	MISS	87	65	65
50	Tanner Gentry	WR	WYO	105	65	65
51	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	USC	84	63	63
52	Zach Pascal	WR	ODU	92	63	63
53	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	92	62	62
54	I'Tavius Mathers	RB	MTSU	61	62	62
55	J'Mon Moore	WR	MIZ	109	62	62
56	James Washington	WR	OKST	108	62	62
57	Jerome Lane	WR	AKR	90	62	62
58	Josh Knight	WR	MRSH	72	62	62
59	LaQuvionte Gonzalez	WR	KU	86	62	62
60	Drew Morgan	WR	ARK	86	61	61
61	Drew Wolitarsky	WR	MINN	91	61	61
62	Michael Henry	WR	WMU	72	61	61
63	Tavares Martin Jr.	WR	WSU	88	61	61
64	Cameron Batson	WR	TTU	78	60	60
65	Corey Jones	WR	TOL	73	60	60
66	Rodney Adams	WR	USF	67	60	60
67	Austin Duke	WR	CLT	89	59	59
68	Cody Thompson	WR	TOL	75	59	59
69	JoJo Natson	WR	AKR	98	59	59
70	Mason Schreck	TE	BUF	84	59	59
71	Daikiel Shorts	WR	WVU	74	58	58
72	Devin Gray	WR	CIN	104	58	58
73	Dylan Cantrell	WR	TTU	88	58	58
74	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR	ND	78	58	58
75	Ishmael Zamora	WR	BAY	88	58	58
76	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	86	58	58
77	Stacy Coley	WR	MIA	81	58	58
78	James Proche	WR	SMU	86	57	57
79	Nate Cole	WR	CIN	81	57	57
80	Quay Johnson	WR	ECU	72	57	57
81	Chance Allen	WR	HOU	86	56	56
82	Tim White	WR	ASU	80	56	56
83	Al Riles	WR	UL	68	55	55
84	Darren Andrews	WR	UCLA	77	55	55
85	Keke Coutee	WR	TTU	78	55	55
86	Sergio Bailey II	WR	EMU	88	55	55
87	Tim Crawley	WR	SJSU	80	55	55
88	Deondre Douglas	WR	TROY	67	54	54
89	Mitchell Paige	WR	IU	76	54	54
90	Sebastian Smith	WR	OHIO	91	54	54
91	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	77	54	54
92	R.J. Shelton	WR	MSU	80	53	53
93	River Cracraft	WR	WSU	71	53	53
94	Travis Rudolph	WR	FSU	83	53	53
95	Ty Lee	WR	MTSU	72	53	53
96	Wyatt Demps	WR	NEV	68	53	53
97	Allenzae Staggers	WR	USM	71	52	52
98	Amara Darboh	WR	MICH	77	52	52
99	ArDarius Stewart	WR	ALA	64	52	52
100	Charles Nelson	WR	ORE	74	52	52

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