2021 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 2021 leaders: Deven Thompkins (1,589), Jordan Addison (1,479), Jalen Tolbert (1,474).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 1961 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Deven Thompkins	WR	USU	101	96	1,589
2	Jordan Addison	WR	PITT	112	93	1,479
3	Jalen Tolbert	WR	USA	92	82	1,474
4	Jameson Williams	WR	ALA	97	68	1,445
5	Jacob Cowing	WR	UTEP	69	67	1,330
6	Mitchell Tinsley	WR	WKU	107	80	1,299
7	Jack Sorenson	WR	M-OH	80	69	1,290
8	David Bell	WR	PUR	118	93	1,286
9	Josh Downs	WR	UNC	133	98	1,273
10	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	WR	OSU	95	80	1,259
11	Skyy Moore	WR	WMU	93	91	1,256
12	Dontayvion Wicks	WR	UVA	82	57	1,203
13	Jahan Dotson	WR	PSU	108	91	1,182
14	Nathaniel Dell	WR	HOU	101	80	1,179
15	Charleston Rambo	WR	MIA	103	79	1,172
16	A.T. Perry	WR	WAKE	103	61	1,166
17	Wan'Dale Robinson	WR	UK	127	94	1,164
18	Calvin Austin III	WR	MEM	89	74	1,149
19	John Metchie	WR	ALA	124	96	1,142
20	Dante Cephas	WR	KENT	104	78	1,124
21	Trey McBride	TE	CSU	94	90	1,121
22	Khalil Shakir	WR	BOIS	83	77	1,117
23	Romeo Doubs	WR	NEV	99	80	1,109
24	Treylon Burks	WR	ARK	77	66	1,104
25	Drake London	WR	USC	97	88	1,084
26	Jaquarii Roberson	WR	WAKE	97	71	1,078
27	Tyrese Chambers	WR	FIU	39	45	1,074
28	Garrett Wilson	WR	OSU	99	70	1,058
29	Jaivon Heiligh	WR	CCU	81	59	1,034
30	Ali Jennings	WR	ODU	50	56	992
31	Keytaon Thompson	WR	UVA	100	78	990
32	Makai Polk	WR	MSST	118	98	989
33	Josh Johnson	WR	TLSA	87	75	985
34	Xavier Worthy	WR	TEX	71	62	981
35	Calvin Jackson Jr.	WR	WSU	67	63	955
36	Xavier Hutchinson	WR	ISU	81	82	953
37	Tyquan Thornton	WR	BAY	93	61	946
38	Jayden Reed	WR	MSU	75	53	946
39	Zakhari Franklin	WR	UTSA	101	73	938
40	Chris Olave	WR	OSU	91	65	936
41	Hassan Beydoun	WR	EMU	106	86	932
42	Cedric Tillman	WR	TENN	76	57	931
43	Kalil Pimpleton	WR	CMU	74	58	929
44	Dontario Drummond	WR	MISS	81	67	924
45	Nick Mardner	WR	HAW	70	46	913
46	Corey Sutton	WR	APP	81	61	904
47	Samori Toure	WR	NEB	68	46	898
48	Grant DuBose	WR	CLT	67	62	892
49	Trayvon Rudolph	WR	NIU	75	49	877
50	Calvin Turner Jr.	RB	HAW	87	73	876
51	Alec Pierce	WR	CIN	70	50	867
52	Tyler Snead	WR	ECU	78	67	855
53	Bryce Singleton	WR	FIU	35	46	847
54	Quian Williams	WR	BUF	81	64	835
55	Corey Gammage	WR	MRSH	89	69	828
56	Isaiah Likely	TE	CCU	58	52	816
57	Corey Rucker	WR	ARST	77	59	816
58	Danny Gray	WR	SMU	66	49	803
59	Emeka Emezie	WR	NCSU	87	60	802
60	Travell Harris	WR	WSU	80	73	801
61	Puka Nacua	WR	BYU	51	42	796
62	Jake Bobo	WR	DUKE	103	74	794
63	Joshua Cephus	WR	UTSA	89	69	793
64	Brock Bowers	TE	UGA	63	47	791
65	Isaiah Neyor	WR	WYO	47	39	791
66	Mac Hippenhammer	WR	M-OH	71	48	786
67	Brandon Bowling	WR	USU	57	52	784
68	Kevin Austin Jr.	WR	ND	60	42	783
69	Malik Williams	WR	APP	65	51	783
70	Thomas Hennigan	WR	APP	61	55	776
71	Rakim Jarrett	WR	MD	73	56	769
72	Michael Mayer	TE	ND	79	64	768
73	Josh Kelly	WR	FRES	62	50	768
74	Te'Vailance Hunt	WR	ARST	64	52	758
75	Derek Wright	WR	USU	50	45	756
76	Smoke Harris	WR	LT	76	71	756
77	Jaylen Hall	WR	WMU	58	46	752
78	Konata Mumpfield	WR	AKR	68	63	751
79	Zay Flowers	WR	BC	54	44	746
80	Stanley Berryhill III	WR	ARIZ	93	83	744
81	Kyle Philips	WR	UCLA	64	59	739
82	Tez Johnson	WR	TROY	75	67	735
83	Milton Wright	WR	PUR	69	57	732
84	Derrick Deese Jr.	TE	SJSU	46	47	730
85	Ryan O'Keefe	WR	UCF	76	77	727
86	Billy Kemp IV	WR	UVA	91	74	725
87	Greg Dulcich	TE	UCLA	50	42	725
88	Charlie Kolar	TE	ISU	60	58	723
89	Velus Jones Jr.	WR	TENN	64	52	722
90	Parker Washington	WR	PSU	60	57	722
91	Jalon Calhoun	WR	DUKE	67	56	718
92	Roderic Burns	WR	UNT	59	54	715
93	Xavier Weaver	WR	USF	65	41	715
94	Jake Bailey	WR	RICE	70	56	714
95	Daewood Davis	WR	WKU	56	41	707
96	Michael Mathison	WR	AKR	64	56	706
97	Erik Ezukanma	WR	TTU	53	48	705
98	LaJohntay Wester	WR	FAU	82	65	702
99	Dallas Dixon	WR	CMU	46	44	696
100	Corey Crooms Jr.	WR	WMU	41	43	694

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