2018 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 2018 leaders: Andy Isabella (141.4), Antoine Wesley (117.5), Tylan Wallace (114.6).

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). 444 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds/G
1	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	144	101	141.4
2	Antoine Wesley	WR	TTU	125	88	117.5
3	Tylan Wallace	WR	OKST	120	78	114.6
4	A.J. Brown	WR	MISS	113	85	112.9
5	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	COLO	105	86	112.3
6	Preston Williams	WR	CSU	162	96	112.1
7	John Ursua	WR	HAW	145	89	103.3
8	Marquise Brown	WR	OU	95	75	101.4
9	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	104	70	100.5
10	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	124	93	100.5
11	James Proche	WR	SMU	137	93	99.9
12	Rondale Moore	WR	PUR	131	103	97.0
13	Caleb Wilson	TE	UCLA	83	60	96.5
14	Emanuel Hall	WR	MIZ	52	35	94.5
15	Antonio Gandy-Golden	WR	LIB	124	71	94.3
16	Hakeem Butler	WR	ISU	90	51	93.8
17	Trevon Brown	WR	ECU	162	74	93.6
18	Dillon Mitchell	WR	ORE	118	69	92.8
19	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	113	74	92.7
20	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	107	73	90.7
21	Kelvin Harmon	WR	NCSU	112	74	90.5
22	Travis Fulgham	WR	ODU	101	63	90.2
23	Greg Dortch	WR	WAKE	122	89	89.8
24	Darnell Mooney	WR	TULN	76	47	89.7
25	Adrian Hardy	WR	LT	112	69	87.8
26	Jalen Reagor	WR	TCU	115	71	87.7
27	Jonathan Duhart	WR	ODU	126	74	87.1
28	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	WR	STAN	86	59	86.4
29	Anthony Johnson	WR	BUF	80	52	85.8
30	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR	TEX	101	79	85.3
31	Damonte Coxie	WR	MEM	100	66	84.9
32	Jerry Jeudy	WR	ALA	82	59	84.8
33	Rico Bussey Jr.	WR	UNT	106	68	84.8
34	Jakobi Meyers	WR	NCSU	111	82	84.7
35	Stanley Morgan Jr.	WR	NEB	106	70	83.7
36	Gary Jennings	WR	WVU	67	54	83.4
37	JD Spielman	WR	NEB	82	66	81.8
38	Reggie Roberson Jr.	WR	SMU	92	48	81.7
39	David Sills V.	WR	WVU	94	61	81.5
40	Quez Watkins	WR	USM	102	73	81.5
41	D.K. Metcalf	WR	MISS	40	26	81.3
42	Tutu Atwell	WR	LOU	8	24	81.2
43	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	UVA	113	82	81.1
44	CeeDee Lamb	WR	OU	73	56	80.5
45	Isaiah Hodgins	WR	ORST	88	59	79.6
46	Jovon Durante	WR	FAU	89	65	79.4
47	Tre Walker	WR	SJSU	53	39	79.3
48	Collin Johnson	WR	TEX	87	65	79.0
49	Marquez Stevenson	WR	HOU	104	67	78.9
50	Jalen Hurd	RB	BAY	99	69	78.8
51	DaMarkus Lodge	WR	MISS	104	64	78.8
52	Kirk Merritt	WR	ARST	95	75	78.2
53	Jamarius Way	WR	USA	84	61	77.7
54	Damion Willis	WR	TROY	60	43	77.5
55	Tyre Brady	WR	MRSH	122	66	76.2
56	Sean Modster	WR	BOIS	107	68	75.2
57	Papi White	WR	OHIO	87	58	74.8
58	Kalija Lipscomb	WR	VAN	111	81	73.8
59	Deebo Samuel	WR	SC	93	62	73.5
60	Riley Miller	WR	BALL	96	61	73.2
61	McLane Mannix	WR	NEV	93	50	72.9
62	Olabisi Johnson	WR	CSU	71	54	72.4
63	Cedric Byrd II	WR	HAW	106	76	72.2
64	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR	WMU	60	36	71.5
65	Marcus Green	WR	ULM	78	50	71.2
66	Victor Tucker	WR	CLT	81	54	71.2
67	Kaden Smith	TE	STAN	63	47	70.6
68	Parris Campbell	WR	OSU	95	77	70.2
69	Jamal Custis	WR	SYR	77	46	68.8
70	Jaylen Smith	WR	LOU	18	36	68.8
71	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	USC	74	60	68.2
72	Damon Hazelton	WR	VT	77	45	67.7
73	Felton Davis III	WR	MSU	57	31	67.7
74	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR	USC	70	40	67.5
75	Bryan Edwards	WR	SC	77	52	67.4
76	Ja'Deion High	WR	TTU	77	62	67.0
77	Jace Sternberger	TE	TA&M	71	47	67.0
78	Miles Boykin	WR	ND	80	54	66.9
79	JoJo Ward	WR	HAW	100	51	66.5
80	Jayden Reed	WR	WMU	77	55	66.0
81	Justin Jefferson	WR	LSU	78	50	65.6
82	Jaylond Adams	WR	USM	34	25	65.5
83	K.J. Osborn	WR	BUF	91	49	64.2
84	Kahlil Lewis	WR	CIN	82	55	64.0
85	K.J. Hill	WR	OSU	78	67	63.9
86	Ty Lee	WR	MTSU	87	67	63.7
87	Courtney Lark	WR	HOU	53	32	63.6
88	Denzel Mims	WR	BAY	74	49	63.5
89	Marcus Simms	WR	WVU	61	46	63.5
90	A.J. Richardson	WR	BOIS	73	54	63.5
91	Anthony Ratliff-Williams	WR	UNC	76	42	63.3
92	Flynn Nagel	WR	NU	99	66	63.2
93	Shawn Poindexter	WR	ARIZ	66	42	63.2
94	Gabriel Davis	WR	UCF	71	50	63.0
95	T.J. Vasher	WR	TTU	78	54	62.5
96	Nyqwan Murray	WR	FSU	71	54	62.0
97	Tamorrion Terry	WR	FSU	64	35	62.0
98	Jack Sorenson	WR	M-OH	71	53	61.8
99	Jaylen Waddle	WR	ALA	51	41	61.8
100	Tee Higgins	WR	CLEM	83	52	61.7

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