2017 College Receiving Yards per Game 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.

Receiving yards per game played.

The 2017 leaders: Jordan Lasley (142.0), Penny Hart (121.6), James Washington (118.6).

Receiving Yards per Game

Minimum to rank: 1.875 receptions per team game (the NFL's rate; the NCAA ranks receivers per game with no reception minimum). 458 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds/G
1	Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA	93	61	142.0
2	Penny Hart	WR	GAST	96	73	121.6
3	James Washington	WR	OKST	95	69	118.6
4	Anthony Miller	WR	MEM	125	92	117.2
5	A.J. Brown	WR	MISS	91	75	113.8
6	Anthony Johnson	WR	BUF	119	76	113.0
7	Steve Ishmael	WR	SYR	155	105	112.2
8	Michael Gallup	WR	CSU	146	94	112.1
9	John Ursua	WR	HAW	62	47	111.2
10	Cody Thompson	WR	TOL	37	28	107.4
11	Keke Coutee	WR	TTU	105	82	103.5
12	Trey Quinn	WR	SMU	142	106	99.2
13	Cedrick Wilson	WR	BOIS	116	73	99.2
14	Thomas Owens	WR	FIU	81	59	98.6
15	Caleb Wilson	TE	UCLA	48	38	98.0
16	Jaylen Smith	WR	LOU	87	53	97.0
17	Diontae Johnson	WR	TOL	93	72	96.7
18	Jaleel Scott	WR	NMSU	107	73	94.7
19	Denzel Mims	WR	BAY	114	61	90.6
20	Greg Dortch	WR	WAKE	71	53	90.2
21	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	71	54	90.2
22	Stanley Morgan Jr.	WR	NEB	101	61	89.6
23	Korey Robertson	WR	USM	104	72	89.2
24	Trevon Brown	WR	ECU	100	60	89.1
25	Marcell Ateman	WR	OKST	75	54	87.4
26	D.J. Moore	WR	MD	126	80	86.1
27	Darren Andrews	WR	UCLA	88	60	85.9
28	Gary Jennings	WR	WVU	126	94	85.8
29	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	107	65	85.0
30	Linell Bonner	WR	HOU	89	73	85.0
31	Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	117	62	84.8
32	J'Mon Moore	WR	MIZ	83	60	84.8
33	James Gardner	WR	M-OH	83	47	84.3
34	Darren Carrington II	WR	UTAH	88	66	83.5
35	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	106	73	83.3
36	Kelvin Harmon	WR	NCSU	103	65	82.8
37	Marquise Brown	WR	OU	63	49	81.8
38	David Sills V	WR	WVU	91	60	81.7
39	Ka'Raun White	WR	WVU	89	58	81.5
40	Davon Grayson	WR	ECU	84	59	80.5
41	Cam Phillips	WR	VT	102	71	80.3
42	Steven Dunbar	WR	HOU	92	66	79.4
43	Corey Willis	WR	CMU	66	42	78.1
44	Alfonso Onunwor	WR	IDHO	98	64	77.8
45	Tyre Brady	WR	MRSH	93	56	77.7
46	Ty Lee	WR	MTSU	110	74	76.3
47	Steven Sims Jr.	WR	KU	91	59	76.3
48	Wyatt Demps	WR	NEV	100	67	75.7
49	Tavares Martin Jr.	WR	WSU	99	70	75.5
50	JD Spielman	WR	NEB	96	55	75.5
51	Ervin Philips	WR	SYR	136	89	75.3
52	Ryheem Malone	WR	UL	58	44	75.1
53	Deontay Burnett	WR	USC	96	74	75.0
54	Papi White	WR	OHIO	46	32	75.0
55	Calvin Ridley	WR	ALA	82	55	74.7
56	Emanuel Hall	WR	MIZ	54	33	74.3
57	D.J. Chark	WR	LSU	53	35	73.7
58	Sergio Bailey II	WR	EMU	97	54	73.2
59	Vic Wharton III	WR	CAL	107	67	72.6
60	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	WR	STAN	64	43	72.0
61	Kanawai Noa	WR	CAL	88	56	71.6
62	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	102	69	70.6
63	Marcus Green	WR	ULM	82	55	70.6
64	Simmie Cobbs Jr.	WR	IU	113	72	70.1
65	Mark Andrews	TE	OU	76	58	69.7
66	Adam Breneman	TE	MASS	91	64	69.5
67	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	UVA	123	80	69.4
68	Teddy Veal	WR	LT	108	69	69.3
69	Justin Hobbs	WR	TLSA	94	55	69.2
70	R.J. Turner	WR	ULM	52	39	68.6
71	Hergy Mayala	WR	CONN	78	43	68.3
72	Elijah King	WR	TXST	73	52	68.2
73	James Proche	WR	SMU	57	40	68.0
74	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR	USF	83	50	67.8
75	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	65	35	67.7
76	Mark Chapman	WR	CMU	90	54	67.1
77	Justin Hall	WR	BALL	114	78	66.8
78	Allen Lazard	WR	ISU	105	61	66.6
79	Darnell Mooney	WR	TULN	51	34	66.6
80	Terren Encalade	WR	TULN	53	39	66.4
81	Dylan Cantrell	WR	TTU	101	67	65.8
82	Lucky Jackson	WR	WKU	54	37	65.8
83	McLane Mannix	WR	NEV	93	57	64.8
84	Byron Pringle	WR	KSU	45	28	64.1
85	Rhashid Bonnette	WR	LT	47	32	64.0
86	Jalen Guyton	WR	UNT	71	48	63.7
87	Jamarius Way	WR	USA	86	47	63.5
88	Justin McInnis	WR	ARST	57	42	63.0
89	DaeSean Hamilton	WR	PSU	74	48	62.2
90	Anthony Mahoungou	WR	PUR	36	33	62.2
91	Brendan O'Leary-Orange	WR	NEV	58	39	61.8
92	Rico Bussey Jr.	WR	UNT	62	43	61.3
93	T.J. Rahming	WR	DUKE	100	61	61.1
94	Kamathi Holsey	WR	BUF	51	32	60.9
95	Christian Kirk	WR	TA&M	93	58	60.8
96	Trent Sherfield	WR	VAN	68	50	60.8
97	Kwadarrius Smith	WR	AKR	54	34	60.5
98	Collin Johnson	WR	TEX	82	51	60.4
99	Malcolm Williams	WR	CCU	58	38	60.3
100	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	84	63	60.2

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