2024 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 2024 leaders: Nick Nash (1,382), Harold Fannin Jr. (1,337), Tetairoa McMillan (1,319).

Receiving Yards

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 2059 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Tgt	Rec	Yds
1	Nick Nash	WR	SJSU	97	104	1,382
2	Harold Fannin Jr.	TE	BGSU	113	100	1,337
3	Tetairoa McMillan	WR	ARIZ	89	84	1,319
4	Jayden Higgins	WR	ISU	97	87	1,183
5	Eric Rivers	WR	FIU	61	62	1,172
6	Travis Hunter	WR	COLO	89	92	1,152
7	Andrew Armstrong	WR	ARK	91	78	1,140
8	Xavier Restrepo	WR	MIA	77	69	1,127
9	Jamaal Pritchett	WR	USA	90	91	1,126
10	Tai Felton	WR	MD	104	96	1,124
11	Jordyn Tyson	WR	ASU	71	75	1,101
12	Coleman Owen	WR	OHIO	71	67	1,095
13	Jaylin Noel	WR	ISU	77	73	1,077
14	Tre Harris	WR	MISS	68	61	1,063
15	Tyler Warren	TE	PSU	92	88	1,062
16	Devonte Ross	WR	TROY	73	76	1,044
17	Ricky White III	WR	UNLV	80	79	1,041
18	Jack Bech	WR	TCU	68	62	1,034
19	Josh Kelly	WR	TTU	84	89	1,023
20	Kyle Williams	WR	WSU	55	60	1,021
21	Ja'Corey Brooks	WR	LOU	64	61	1,013
22	KeAndre Lambert-Smith	WR	AUB	54	50	981
23	Pat Bryant	WR	ILL	49	53	978
24	Justin Lockhart	WR	SJSU	51	52	973
25	Ted Hurst	WR	GAST	56	56	961
26	Jerjuan Newton	WR	TOL	62	64	949
27	Corey Rucker	WR	ARST	63	65	946
28	Mario Williams	WR	TULN	65	54	940
29	Jeremiah Smith	WR	OSU	56	57	934
30	Jackson Meeks	WR	SYR	82	73	911
31	Trent Walker	WR	ORST	80	81	901
32	Tru Edwards	WR	LT	74	77	897
33	De'Zhaun Stribling	WR	OKST	69	52	892
34	Elijah Sarratt	WR	IU	50	49	890
35	LaJohntay Wester	WR	COLO	71	70	880
36	Mac Dalena	WR	FRES	52	54	880
37	Trebor Pena	WR	SYR	84	79	871
38	Holden Willis	TE	MTSU	52	53	871
39	Jakobie Keeney-James	WR	MASS	54	51	870
40	Omari Kelly	WR	MTSU	51	53	869
41	Tez Johnson	WR	ORE	77	78	866
42	Kyren Lacy	WR	LSU	81	58	866
43	Daniel Jackson	WR	MINN	71	75	863
44	Kisean Johnson	WR	WKU	74	66	855
45	Jaden Smith	WR	NEV	61	62	849
46	Oronde Gadsden II	TE	SYR	74	68	848
47	Kevin Coleman Jr.	WR	MSST	77	69	844
48	Kaedin Robinson	WR	APP	54	53	840
49	Luke Wysong	WR	UNM	59	69	840
50	Tanner Koziol	TE	BALL	101	94	839
51	Cameron Camper	WR	BOIS	54	55	837
52	Antonio Williams	WR	CLEM	81	70	836
53	Jalen Royals	WR	USU	46	55	834
54	Roc Taylor	WR	MEM	65	61	834
55	Adrian Norton	WR	AKR	63	43	832
56	Elic Ayomanor	WR	STAN	78	63	831
57	DT Sheffield	WR	UNT	64	66	822
58	Kamdyn Benjamin	WR	TLSA	83	70	822
59	Javon Tracy	WR	M-OH	58	57	818
60	Cayden Lee	WR	MISS	56	49	817
61	Reggie Virgil	WR	M-OH	43	41	816
62	Lance LeGendre	WR	UL	46	48	814
63	Isiah Paige	WR	ODU	60	61	814
64	Konata Mumpfield	WR	PITT	55	52	813
65	Theo Wease Jr.	WR	MIZ	66	55	809
66	Malachi Fields	WR	UVA	56	55	808
67	Denzel Boston	WR	WASH	61	60	807
68	Jordan Moore	WR	DUKE	58	50	798
69	O'Mega Blake	WR	CLT	36	32	795
70	Matt Sykes	WR	RICE	66	65	795
71	Dante Wright	WR	TEM	69	61	792
72	Chase Roberts	WR	BYU	57	49	792
73	Elijhah Badger	WR	FLA	52	37	789
74	Aaron Anderson	WR	LSU	64	53	784
75	Skyler Bell	WR	CONN	52	47	783
76	Kobe Hudson	WR	UCF	45	47	770
77	Anthony Smith	WR	ECU	41	38	767
78	Caleb Douglas	WR	TTU	60	55	765
79	Brennan Presley	WR	OKST	105	89	764
80	Jayce Brown	WR	KSU	46	42	763
81	Junior Vandeross III	WR	TOL	75	73	763
82	Kenny Odom	WR	UTEP	48	47	761
83	Taylor Morin	WR	WAKE	66	64	756
84	Eric Singleton Jr.	WR	GT	63	56	754
85	Arian Smith	WR	UGA	54	47	750
86	Ryan Davis	WR	UNM	51	54	747
87	Makai Jackson	WR	APP	49	46	745
88	Emeka Egbuka	WR	OSU	51	60	743
89	Eli Pancol	WR	DUKE	56	55	741
90	Matthew Golden	WR	TEX	51	47	738
91	Xzavier Henderson	WR	CIN	57	58	735
92	Giles Jackson	WR	WASH	75	74	732
93	Dymere Miller	WR	RUTG	54	57	731
94	Jacolby George	WR	MIA	57	51	728
95	Jordan Watkins	WR	MISS	58	42	726
96	Easton Messer	WR	WKU	60	52	725
97	Cortez Braham Jr.	WR	NEV	55	56	724
98	Nick Cenacle	WR	HAW	61	63	721
99	Dane Key	WR	UK	54	47	715
100	Germie Bernard	WR	ALA	59	46	714

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