2017 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 2017 leaders: James Washington (1,423), Anthony Miller (1,407), Anthony Johnson (1,356).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1927 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	James Washington	WR	OKST	95	69	1,423
2	Anthony Miller	WR	MEM	125	92	1,407
3	Anthony Johnson	WR	BUF	119	76	1,356
4	Steve Ishmael	WR	SYR	155	105	1,347
5	Michael Gallup	WR	CSU	146	94	1,345
6	Cedrick Wilson	WR	BOIS	116	73	1,290
7	Diontae Johnson	WR	TOL	93	72	1,257
8	A.J. Brown	WR	MISS	91	75	1,252
9	Keke Coutee	WR	TTU	105	82	1,242
10	Trey Quinn	WR	SMU	142	106	1,191
11	Jordan Lasley	WR	UCLA	93	61	1,136
12	Penny Hart	WR	GAST	96	73	1,094
13	Denzel Mims	WR	BAY	114	61	1,087
14	Tre'Quan Smith	WR	UCF	71	54	1,082
15	Korey Robertson	WR	USM	104	72	1,070
16	Trevon Brown	WR	ECU	100	60	1,069
17	Marcell Ateman	WR	OKST	75	54	1,049
18	Jaleel Scott	WR	NMSU	107	73	1,042
19	D.J. Moore	WR	MD	126	80	1,033
20	Gary Jennings	WR	WVU	126	94	1,030
21	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	107	65	1,020
22	Courtland Sutton	WR	SMU	117	62	1,017
23	J'Mon Moore	WR	MIZ	83	60	1,017
24	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	106	73	1,000
25	Kelvin Harmon	WR	NCSU	103	65	993
26	Stanley Morgan Jr.	WR	NEB	101	61	986
27	Marquise Brown	WR	OU	63	49	981
28	David Sills V	WR	WVU	91	60	980
29	Ka'Raun White	WR	WVU	89	58	978
30	Deontay Burnett	WR	USC	96	74	975
31	Cam Phillips	WR	VT	102	71	964
32	James Gardner	WR	M-OH	83	47	927
33	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	102	69	918
34	Darren Carrington II	WR	UTAH	88	66	918
35	Ty Lee	WR	MTSU	110	74	916
36	Wyatt Demps	WR	NEV	100	67	908
37	Mark Andrews	TE	OU	76	58	906
38	Ervin Philips	WR	SYR	136	89	904
39	Calvin Ridley	WR	ALA	82	55	896
40	Thomas Owens	WR	FIU	81	59	887
41	Davon Grayson	WR	ECU	84	59	886
42	Sergio Bailey II	WR	EMU	97	54	878
43	Jaylen Smith	WR	LOU	87	53	873
44	Steven Dunbar	WR	HOU	92	66	873
45	Vic Wharton III	WR	CAL	107	67	871
46	Alfonso Onunwor	WR	IDHO	98	64	856
47	Linell Bonner	WR	HOU	89	73	850
48	Marcus Green	WR	ULM	82	55	847
49	Simmie Cobbs Jr.	WR	IU	113	72	841
50	Steven Sims Jr.	WR	KU	91	59	839
51	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	UVA	123	80	833
52	Teddy Veal	WR	LT	108	69	832
53	Tavares Martin Jr.	WR	WSU	99	70	831
54	Justin Hobbs	WR	TLSA	94	55	830
55	JD Spielman	WR	NEB	96	55	830
56	Emanuel Hall	WR	MIZ	54	33	817
57	James Proche	WR	SMU	57	40	816
58	D.J. Chark	WR	LSU	53	35	811
59	Mark Chapman	WR	CMU	90	54	805
60	Justin Hall	WR	BALL	114	78	801
61	Allen Lazard	WR	ISU	105	61	799
62	Dylan Cantrell	WR	TTU	101	67	790
63	Kanawai Noa	WR	CAL	88	56	788
64	McLane Mannix	WR	NEV	93	57	778
65	Tyre Brady	WR	MRSH	93	56	777
66	Darren Andrews	WR	UCLA	88	60	773
67	Ryan Davis	WR	AUB	85	76	768
68	Jalen Guyton	WR	UNT	71	48	764
69	Adam Breneman	TE	MASS	91	64	764
70	Jamarius Way	WR	USA	86	47	762
71	Elijah King	WR	TXST	73	52	750
72	Michael Lawrence	WR	UNT	71	56	749
73	DaeSean Hamilton	WR	PSU	74	48	747
74	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR	USF	83	50	746
75	CeeDee Lamb	WR	OU	56	40	741
76	T.J. Rahming	WR	DUKE	100	61	733
77	Christian Kirk	WR	TA&M	93	58	730
78	Terren Encalade	WR	TULN	53	39	730
79	Trent Sherfield	WR	VAN	68	50	729
80	Kwadarrius Smith	WR	AKR	54	34	726
81	Collin Johnson	WR	TEX	82	51	725
82	Malcolm Williams	WR	CCU	58	38	724
83	Greg Dortch	WR	WAKE	71	53	722
84	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	84	63	722
85	Dante Pettis	WR	WASH	92	62	721
86	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	WR	STAN	64	43	720
87	Byron Pringle	WR	KSU	45	28	705
88	Bryan Edwards	WR	SC	89	59	705
89	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR	LOU	70	45	699
90	DaMarkus Lodge	WR	MISS	69	41	698
91	Jester Weah	WR	PITT	73	41	698
92	Bryce Bobo	WR	COLO	94	62	693
93	Justin McInnis	WR	ARST	57	42	693
94	Adonis Jennings	WR	TEM	67	39	691
95	Tyler Vaughns	WR	USC	60	51	690
96	R.J. Turner	WR	ULM	52	39	686
97	Kyle Williams	WR	ASU	75	59	678
98	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	65	35	677
99	Kahlil Lewis	WR	CIN	101	61	676
100	Ryheem Malone	WR	UL	58	44	676

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