2019 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 2019 leaders: Ja'Marr Chase (1,498), Omar Bayless (1,481), Antonio Gandy-Golden (1,333).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1956 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Ja'Marr Chase	WR	LSU	95	73	1,498
2	Omar Bayless	WR	ARST	119	84	1,481
3	Antonio Gandy-Golden	WR	LIB	130	74	1,333
4	Devin Duvernay	WR	TEX	122	103	1,294
5	Gabriel Davis	WR	UCF	111	72	1,241
6	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR	USC	110	95	1,222
7	CeeDee Lamb	WR	OU	74	58	1,208
8	Justin Jefferson	WR	LSU	98	88	1,207
9	DeVonta Smith	WR	ALA	80	65	1,200
10	Brandon Aiyuk	WR	ASU	98	65	1,192
11	Isaiah Hodgins	WR	ORST	127	86	1,171
12	Rashod Bateman	WR	MINN	81	57	1,170
13	Tre Walker	WR	SJSU	117	79	1,161
14	Damonte Coxie	WR	MEM	107	68	1,144
15	James Proche	WR	SMU	145	102	1,139
16	Tutu Atwell	WR	LOU	71	61	1,129
17	Warren Jackson	WR	CSU	118	77	1,119
18	Tyler Johnson	WR	MINN	97	74	1,114
19	Tee Higgins	WR	CLEM	69	52	1,082
20	Cedric Byrd II	WR	HAW	140	95	1,068
21	Keylon Stokes	WR	TLSA	99	62	1,040
22	David Bell	WR	PUR	125	86	1,035
23	Quez Watkins	WR	USM	82	55	1,024
24	Trishton Jackson	WR	SYR	102	66	1,023
25	Tamorrion Terry	WR	FSU	89	51	1,023
26	Harrison Bryant	TE	FAU	97	65	1,004
27	Sage Surratt	WR	WAKE	96	66	1,001
28	Whop Philyor	WR	IU	95	69	1,001
29	Jared Smart	WR	HAW	113	80	987
30	Lucky Jackson	WR	WKU	105	77	985
31	Hasise Dubois	WR	UVA	87	65	979
32	JoJo Ward	WR	HAW	101	58	975
33	Jadan Blue	WR	TEM	130	87	975
34	Jerry Jeudy	WR	ALA	94	71	959
35	Kendall Hinton	WR	WAKE	93	70	953
36	Dyami Brown	WR	UNC	73	46	947
37	Dazz Newsome	WR	UNC	89	64	947
38	Denzel Mims	WR	BAY	97	61	945
39	Jauan Jennings	WR	TENN	82	57	942
40	Brandon Arconado	WR	WSU	84	67	942
41	Austin Watkins	WR	UAB	72	47	933
42	Easop Winston Jr.	WR	WSU	92	80	927
43	John Hightower	WR	BOIS	83	48	923
44	C.J. Johnson	WR	ECU	91	54	908
45	Marquez Stevenson	WR	HOU	85	52	907
46	Tylan Wallace	WR	OKST	80	53	903
47	JD Spielman	WR	NEB	72	49	898
48	Chase Claypool	WR	ND	100	59	891
49	Branden Mack	WR	TEM	101	56	886
50	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	USC	92	68	879
51	Siaosi Mariner	WR	USU	80	56	874
52	Kaylon Geiger	WR	TROY	94	77	873
53	Jhamon Ausbon	WR	TA&M	89	65	862
54	KJ Hamler	WR	PSU	83	54	858
55	Tyler Vaughns	WR	USC	87	68	858
56	Elijah Moore	WR	MISS	100	67	850
57	Victor Tucker	WR	CLT	76	49	848
58	Quintez Cephus	WR	WIS	76	52	842
59	Tim Jones	WR	USM	87	66	840
60	Khalil Shakir	WR	BOIS	85	60	834
61	Deshaunte Jones	WR	ISU	87	72	832
62	Brycen Hopkins	TE	PUR	91	61	830
63	Andrew Parchment	WR	KU	100	65	829
64	Jason-Matthew Sharsh	WR	HAW	106	80	826
65	Cody White	WR	MSU	86	58	825
66	Hunter Bryant	TE	WASH	78	52	825
67	Kalil Pimpleton	WR	CMU	109	79	823
68	Ja'Marcus Bradley	WR	UL	75	53	818
69	Johnny Johnson III	WR	ORE	79	55	818
70	Bryan Edwards	WR	SC	106	71	816
71	Bailey Gaither	WR	SJSU	90	52	812
72	Reggie Roberson Jr.	WR	SMU	57	43	803
73	Dante Wright	WR	CSU	74	56	802
74	Seth Williams	WR	AUB	95	55	801
75	Chris Olave	WR	OSU	67	46	799
76	Jonathan Adams Jr.	WR	ARST	84	58	788
77	Sam Crawford	WR	TLSA	90	59	777
78	Tre Nixon	WR	UCF	72	47	776
79	JaCorey Sullivan	WR	CMU	73	54	776
80	Jahcour Pearson	WR	WKU	94	71	772
81	Deangelo Antoine	WR	FAU	84	61	771
82	Bradley Rozner	WR	RICE	90	55	770
83	Isaiah McKoy	WR	KENT	72	51	767
84	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR	COLO	76	56	764
85	Kirk Merritt	WR	ARST	92	64	763
86	Terrell Jana	WR	UVA	90	67	760
87	Tyler Snead	WR	ECU	86	66	759
88	Tyquan Thornton	WR	BAY	60	41	744
89	Justyn Ross	WR	CLEM	80	55	742
90	Dezmon Patmon	WR	WSU	78	55	740
91	Jaelon Darden	WR	UNT	108	76	736
92	Geraud Sanders	WR	AF	52	29	736
93	Charleston Rambo	WR	OU	58	42	734
94	Skyy Moore	WR	WMU	79	47	734
95	Elijah Cooks	WR	NEV	93	62	729
96	Stephon Robinson Jr.	WR	KU	68	45	727
97	Austin Trammell	WR	RICE	111	60	726
98	Cam Ross	WR	CONN	86	60	723
99	Henry Ruggs III	WR	ALA	47	38	719
100	Isaiah Hamilton	WR	SJSU	61	43	718

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