2023 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 2023 leaders: Malik Nabers (1,546), Rome Odunze (1,428), Malik Washington (1,426).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 2034 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Malik Nabers	WR	LSU	116	86	1,546
2	Rome Odunze	WR	WASH	102	81	1,428
3	Malik Washington	WR	UVA	129	110	1,426
4	Ricky White III	WR	UNLV	108	81	1,386
5	Troy Franklin	WR	ORE	95	81	1,383
6	Caullin Lacy	WR	USA	108	91	1,316
7	Xavier Legette	WR	SC	91	71	1,255
8	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	ARIZ	85	80	1,242
9	Marvin Harrison Jr.	WR	OSU	90	67	1,211
10	Luther Burden III	WR	MIZ	84	82	1,190
11	LaJohntay Wester	WR	FAU	141	108	1,168
12	Tory Horton	WR	CSU	96	96	1,136
13	Kris Mitchell	WR	FIU	67	64	1,118
14	Brian Thomas Jr.	WR	LSU	69	60	1,079
15	Elijah Sarratt	WR	JMU	71	74	1,076
16	Isaiah Williams	WR	ILL	105	82	1,055
17	Joshua Cephus	WR	UTSA	87	82	1,049
18	Kelly Akharaiyi	WR	UTEP	59	48	1,033
19	Steven McBride	WR	HAW	66	63	1,024
20	Jalen Royals	WR	USU	64	68	1,023
21	Elic Ayomanor	WR	STAN	66	62	1,013
22	Reggie Brown	WR	JMU	55	51	1,010
23	Tez Johnson	WR	ORE	80	75	1,010
24	Ja'Mori Maclin	WR	UNT	62	57	1,004
25	Ja'Lynn Polk	WR	WASH	70	60	1,000
26	Xavier Restrepo	WR	MIA	91	74	993
27	CJ Daniels	WR	LIB	48	47	988
28	Roc Taylor	WR	MEM	70	61	981
29	Ricky Pearsall	WR	FLA	76	64	970
30	Xavier Worthy	WR	TEX	85	73	969
31	Javon Baker	WR	UCF	47	43	966
32	Luke McCaffrey	WR	RICE	87	68	963
33	Tahj Washington	WR	USC	54	52	963
34	Sean Atkins	WR	USF	92	86	961
35	Malachi Corley	WR	WKU	87	75	958
36	Josh Kelly	WR	WSU	70	61	923
37	Khaleb Hood	WR	GASO	97	94	917
38	Xavier Weaver	WR	COLO	84	68	908
39	Sam Pinckney	WR	CCU	77	64	904
40	Jabre Barber	WR	TROY	72	64	887
41	Robert Lewis	WR	GAST	70	70	881
42	Drake Stoops	WR	OU	84	78	880
43	Eric McAlister	WR	BOIS	54	47	873
44	Lincoln Victor	WR	WSU	107	89	860
45	Tejhaun Palmer	WR	UAB	51	47	858
46	Jamari Thrash	WR	LOU	65	63	858
47	Kobe Hudson	WR	UCF	47	42	853
48	Terrell Vaughn	WR	USU	80	82	851
49	Jacolby George	WR	MIA	64	55	851
50	Tre Harris	WR	MISS	56	47	851
51	Joey Hobert	WR	TXST	82	71	847
52	Kyle Williams	WR	WSU	74	61	842
53	Brennan Presley	WR	OKST	108	84	836
54	Pofele Ashlock	WR	HAW	85	83	832
55	Daniel Jackson	WR	MINN	70	57	831
56	Demeer Blankumsee	WR	MEM	52	51	825
57	Ashtyn Hawkins	WR	TXST	67	52	819
58	Samuel Brown	WR	HOU	63	61	815
59	Adonai Mitchell	WR	TEX	61	51	813
60	Malachi Fields	WR	UVA	85	58	811
61	Smoke Harris	WR	LT	88	83	796
62	Ainias Smith	WR	TA&M	64	53	795
63	Jordan Moore	WR	DUKE	73	59	794
64	Anthony Simpson	WR	MASS	79	57	792
65	Brenden Rice	WR	USC	48	45	791
66	Kaedin Robinson	WR	APP	66	59	787
67	Noah Smith	WR	SHSU	94	79	782
68	Xzavier Henderson	WR	CIN	64	58	782
69	Cyrus Allen	WR	LT	49	46	778
70	Jermaine Burton	WR	ALA	47	35	777
71	Jayden Higgins	WR	ISU	52	44	769
72	Dayton Wade	WR	MISS	55	52	769
73	KC Concepcion	WR	NCSU	83	64	767
74	Dallin Holker	TE	CSU	63	64	767
75	Squirrel White	WR	TENN	84	65	765
76	Andrew Armstrong	WR	ARK	74	56	764
77	Jamaal Pritchett	WR	USA	61	49	756
78	Jeshaun Jones	WR	MD	56	53	747
79	Jaylin Noel	WR	ISU	60	60	741
80	Jordan Watkins	WR	MISS	58	53	741
81	Jared Brown	WR	CCU	67	58	740
82	Chris Lewis	WR	TROY	39	32	734
83	Rashod Owens	WR	OKST	72	53	731
84	Kamdyn Benjamin	WR	TLSA	68	47	727
85	Nic Anderson	WR	OU	40	31	725
86	Justus Ross-Simmons	WR	CSU	48	45	724
87	Tai Felton	WR	MD	50	48	723
88	Bub Means	WR	PITT	51	41	721
89	Travis Hunter	WR	COLO	65	57	721
90	Silas Bolden	WR	ORST	51	51	718
91	Anthony Gould	WR	ORST	47	44	718
92	Brock Bowers	TE	UGA	62	56	714
93	Elijhah Badger	WR	ASU	91	65	713
94	Chris Brazzell II	WR	TULN	66	44	711
95	Nick Nash	WR	SJSU	47	47	704
96	Devontez Walker	WR	UNC	63	41	699
97	Kole Wilson	WR	TXST	74	61	697
98	Holden Willis	TE	MTSU	45	46	697
99	Derwin Burgess Jr.	WR	GASO	75	68	696
100	Erik Brooks	WR	FRES	58	54	694

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