2018 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 2018 leaders: Andy Isabella (1,697), Antoine Wesley (1,410), Tylan Wallace (1,375).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1978 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Andy Isabella	WR	MASS	144	101	1,697
2	Antoine Wesley	WR	TTU	125	88	1,410
3	Tylan Wallace	WR	OKST	120	78	1,375
4	A.J. Brown	WR	MISS	113	85	1,355
5	Preston Williams	WR	CSU	162	96	1,345
6	John Ursua	WR	HAW	145	89	1,343
7	Marquise Brown	WR	OU	95	75	1,318
8	KeeSean Johnson	WR	FRES	124	93	1,307
9	James Proche	WR	SMU	137	93	1,199
10	Rondale Moore	WR	PUR	131	103	1,164
11	Hakeem Butler	WR	ISU	90	51	1,126
12	Trevon Brown	WR	ECU	162	74	1,123
13	Dillon Mitchell	WR	ORE	118	69	1,114
14	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	113	74	1,112
15	Lil'Jordan Humphrey	WR	TEX	101	79	1,109
16	Scott Miller	WR	BGSU	104	70	1,106
17	Damonte Coxie	WR	MEM	100	66	1,104
18	Jerry Jeudy	WR	ALA	82	59	1,103
19	N'Keal Harry	WR	ASU	107	73	1,088
20	Kelvin Harmon	WR	NCSU	112	74	1,086
21	Travis Fulgham	WR	ODU	101	63	1,083
22	Greg Dortch	WR	WAKE	122	89	1,078
23	Adrian Hardy	WR	LT	112	69	1,053
24	Jalen Reagor	WR	TCU	115	71	1,052
25	CeeDee Lamb	WR	OU	73	56	1,046
26	Jonathan Duhart	WR	ODU	126	74	1,045
27	Antonio Gandy-Golden	WR	LIB	124	71	1,037
28	Rico Bussey Jr.	WR	UNT	106	68	1,017
29	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	COLO	105	86	1,011
30	Stanley Morgan Jr.	WR	NEB	106	70	1,004
31	Darnell Mooney	WR	TULN	76	47	987
32	Sean Modster	WR	BOIS	107	68	978
33	Olamide Zaccheaus	WR	UVA	113	82	973
34	Caleb Wilson	TE	UCLA	83	60	965
35	JJ Arcega-Whiteside	WR	STAN	86	59	950
36	Collin Johnson	WR	TEX	87	65	948
37	Marquez Stevenson	WR	HOU	104	67	947
38	Jalen Hurd	RB	BAY	99	69	946
39	Anthony Johnson	WR	BUF	80	52	944
40	Cedric Byrd II	WR	HAW	106	76	939
41	Kirk Merritt	WR	ARST	95	75	939
42	Jakobi Meyers	WR	NCSU	111	82	932
43	Gary Jennings	WR	WVU	67	54	917
44	Tyre Brady	WR	MRSH	122	66	914
45	Parris Campbell	WR	OSU	95	77	912
46	Papi White	WR	OHIO	87	58	897
47	David Sills V.	WR	WVU	94	61	896
48	Quez Watkins	WR	USM	102	73	896
49	Kalija Lipscomb	WR	VAN	111	81	886
50	Deebo Samuel	WR	SC	93	62	882
51	Riley Miller	WR	BALL	96	61	878
52	Isaiah Hodgins	WR	ORST	88	59	876
53	McLane Mannix	WR	NEV	93	50	875
54	Jovon Durante	WR	FAU	89	65	873
55	DaMarkus Lodge	WR	MISS	104	64	867
56	JoJo Ward	WR	HAW	100	51	865
57	Jamarius Way	WR	USA	84	61	855
58	Marcus Green	WR	ULM	78	50	855
59	K.J. Osborn	WR	BUF	91	49	835
60	K.J. Hill	WR	OSU	78	67	831
61	Ty Lee	WR	MTSU	87	67	828
62	Jamal Custis	WR	SYR	77	46	826
63	A.J. Richardson	WR	BOIS	73	54	825
64	JD Spielman	WR	NEB	82	66	818
65	Bryan Edwards	WR	SC	77	52	809
66	Jace Sternberger	TE	TA&M	71	47	804
67	Ja'Deion High	WR	TTU	77	62	804
68	Miles Boykin	WR	ND	80	54	803
69	Jaylen Waddle	WR	ALA	51	41	803
70	Tee Higgins	WR	CLEM	83	52	802
71	Olabisi Johnson	WR	CSU	71	54	796
72	Aaron Fuller	WR	WASH	83	51	794
73	Jayden Reed	WR	WMU	77	55	792
74	Justin Jefferson	WR	LSU	78	50	787
75	Damion Willis	WR	TROY	60	43	775
76	Kahlil Lewis	WR	CIN	82	55	768
77	Shawn Poindexter	WR	ARIZ	66	42	759
78	Flynn Nagel	WR	NU	99	66	759
79	Emanuel Hall	WR	MIZ	52	35	756
80	Gabriel Davis	WR	UCF	71	50	756
81	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	USC	74	60	750
82	Damon Hazelton	WR	VT	77	45	745
83	Tamorrion Terry	WR	FSU	64	35	744
84	Nyqwan Murray	WR	FSU	71	54	744
85	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR	USC	70	40	743
86	Jack Sorenson	WR	M-OH	71	53	742
87	Dezmon Patmon	WR	WSU	65	55	740
88	Reggie Roberson Jr.	WR	SMU	92	48	735
89	Sean Riley	WR	SYR	79	63	733
90	Kaleb Fossum	WR	NEV	88	68	728
91	Henry Ruggs III	WR	ALA	59	42	724
92	Malcolm Williams	WR	CCU	66	47	724
93	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR	WMU	60	36	715
94	Johnathan Boone	WR	NMSU	99	59	715
95	Blake Banham	WR	EMU	74	54	714
96	KJ Hamler	WR	PSU	70	42	714
97	Tre Walker	WR	SJSU	53	39	714
98	Isaac Zico	WR	PUR	71	43	712
99	Victor Tucker	WR	CLT	81	54	712
100	Josh Oliver	TE	SJSU	95	56	709

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