2020 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 2020 leaders: DeVonta Smith (1,511), Elijah Moore (1,193), Jaelon Darden (1,190).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1731 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	DeVonta Smith	WR	ALA	117	98	1,511
2	Elijah Moore	WR	MISS	82	86	1,193
3	Jaelon Darden	WR	UNT	114	74	1,190
4	Dax Milne	WR	BYU	84	63	1,119
5	Jonathan Adams Jr.	WR	ARST	120	79	1,111
6	Jalen Tolbert	WR	USA	99	64	1,086
7	Dyami Brown	WR	UNC	82	54	1,084
8	Calvin Austin III	WR	MEM	105	60	1,025
9	Marlon Williams	WR	UCF	95	69	1,017
10	Kadarius Toney	WR	FLA	83	70	984
11	Amari Rodgers	WR	CLEM	84	69	966
12	Romeo Doubs	WR	NEV	83	51	943
13	Jaylon Robinson	WR	UCF	71	50	913
14	Zay Flowers	WR	BC	90	56	892
15	Jahan Dotson	WR	PSU	76	52	884
16	Tylan Wallace	WR	OKST	74	53	872
17	Dez Fitzpatrick	WR	LOU	62	43	833
18	Jaivon Heiligh	WR	CCU	71	52	820
19	Treylon Burks	WR	ARK	65	51	820
20	Jaquarii Roberson	WR	WAKE	70	54	795
21	John Metchie	WR	ALA	58	44	782
22	Kyle Pitts	TE	FLA	69	43	770
23	D'Wayne Eskridge	WR	WMU	51	33	768
24	Gunner Romney	WR	BYU	55	38	755
25	Sam Pinckney	WR	GAST	57	44	753
26	Kaylon Geiger	WR	TROY	81	64	752
27	Cornell Powell	WR	CLEM	65	45	743
28	Erik Ezukanma	WR	TTU	71	45	739
29	Taj Harris	WR	SYR	90	58	733
30	Terrace Marshall Jr.	WR	LSU	65	48	731
31	Mike Harley	WR	MIA	74	49	730
32	Xavier Hutchinson	WR	ISU	82	60	726
33	Bailey Gaither	WR	SJSU	59	41	725
34	Khalil Shakir	WR	BOIS	78	52	719
35	Javon McKinley	WR	ND	53	40	697
36	Emeka Emezie	WR	NCSU	61	42	694
37	Ty Fryfogle	WR	IU	56	34	692
38	Jacob Cowing	WR	UTEP	71	41	691
39	Jaden Walley	WR	MSST	69	48	691
40	Kayshon Boutte	WR	LSU	71	42	688
41	Hunter Long	TE	BC	80	57	685
42	Rashee Rice	WR	SMU	74	48	683
43	Seth Williams	WR	AUB	80	42	672
44	Jordan Addison	WR	PITT	82	60	666
45	Justin Hall	WR	BALL	52	49	665
46	Kawaan Baker	WR	USA	69	50	656
47	Anthony Schwartz	WR	AUB	80	54	652
48	Billy Kemp IV	WR	UVA	91	67	644
49	Bo Melton	WR	RUTG	65	46	639
50	Tahj Washington	WR	MEM	57	35	638
51	DJ Turner	WR	PITT	62	44	634
52	David Bell	WR	PUR	75	53	625
53	Tutu Atwell	WR	LOU	66	46	625
54	Garrett Wilson	WR	OSU	53	38	621
55	Shi Smith	WR	SC	80	55	621
56	Dazz Newsome	WR	UNC	59	48	616
57	Mike Woods	WR	ARK	48	31	602
58	Jason Brownlee	WR	USM	53	33	595
59	Trevon Grimes	WR	FLA	61	38	589
60	Tayvion Robinson	WR	VT	54	37	588
61	Marcell Barbee	WR	TXST	59	40	584
62	Tyrice Richie	WR	NIU	70	52	584
63	Jarrin Pierce	WR	MTSU	75	59	584
64	Simi Fehoko	WR	STAN	57	37	584
65	Marvin Mims	WR	OU	44	36	583
66	Zakhari Franklin	WR	UTSA	62	44	579
67	Blake Proehl	WR	ECU	58	47	577
68	Thomas Hennigan	WR	APP	64	45	571
69	Sean Dykes	TE	MEM	57	46	570
70	Jaylen Waddle	WR	ALA	27	25	557
71	Tre Walker	WR	SJSU	59	38	546
72	Cole Turner	TE	NEV	65	44	545
73	Dahu Green	WR	ARST	44	32	542
74	Charlie Kolar	TE	ISU	60	39	538
75	Kylen Granson	TE	SMU	52	35	536
76	Malik Williams	WR	APP	58	41	536
77	Tyler Snead	WR	ECU	69	53	535
78	Reggie Todd	WR	TROY	67	43	530
79	Dillon Stoner	WR	OKST	54	37	530
80	Antonio Nunn	WR	BUF	42	32	530
81	Tre Turner	WR	VT	45	34	529
82	Chris Olave	WR	OSU	37	36	528
83	Cam Johnson	WR	VAN	51	55	528
84	Keylon Stokes	WR	TLSA	49	37	527
85	Kenny Yeboah	TE	MISS	28	27	525
86	Travis Etienne	RB	CLEM	54	44	524
87	Joshua Cephus	WR	UTSA	72	55	521
88	Winston Wright Jr.	WR	WVU	61	44	518
89	Greg Dulcich	TE	UCLA	34	26	517
90	Deonte Simpson	WR	UNT	41	25	517
91	Isaiah Likely	TE	CCU	36	25	517
92	Neil Pau'u	WR	BYU	50	39	516
93	Jalen Nailor	WR	MSU	49	26	515
94	Duece Watts	WR	TULN	55	31	512
95	Justin Garrett	WR	UTEP	54	38	510
96	Hassan Beydoun	WR	EMU	54	40	508
97	Brandon Bowling	WR	ARST	63	39	507
98	Yo'Heinz Tyler	WR	BALL	52	38	504
99	Jalen Wydermyer	TE	TA&M	62	45	502
100	Osirus Mitchell	WR	MSST	59	46	502

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