Catches Leaders: College Football Receivers and tight ends, 2026

Easton Messer (Florida Atlantic) leads FBS receivers and tight ends in catches with 70, ahead of Malachi Toney (Miami, 66) and Gavin Freeman (Baylor, 63).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 704 receivers and tight ends rank; the top 150 are below.

Receivers and tight ends by catches

Rank	Player	Team	Catches
1	Easton Messer	Florida Atlantic	70
2	Malachi Toney	Miami	66
3	Gavin Freeman	Baylor	63
4	Chase Hendricks	California	61
5	Kelby Valsin	Florida Atlantic	61
6	Umari Hatcher	Syracuse	60
7	Collin Dixon	Illinois	58
8	Chris Durr Jr.	Maryland	58
9	DeAree Rogers	Northern Illinois	57
10	Carlos Hernandez	Wake Forest	57
11	Carson Clark	San José State	55
12	Anthony Evans III	Mississippi State	53
13	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State	52
14	Joseph Williams	Colorado	51
15	Que'Sean Brown	Virginia Tech	51
16	Justin Stevenson	North Texas	50
17	Luke Reynolds	Virginia Tech	50
18	Jaden Barnes	Charlotte	49
19	Charlie Becker	Indiana	49
20	Junior Sherrill	Vanderbilt	49
21	Deuce Alexander	Ole Miss	48
22	Dezmen Roebuck	Washington	48
23	Reed Harris	Arizona State	47
24	Cam'Ron Lacy	Middle Tennessee	46
25	Javon Tracy	Minnesota	46
26	Jesse Legree	Oregon State	46
27	Cayden Lee	Missouri	45
28	KJ Duff	Rutgers	45
29	Jonathan Stafford Jr.	Western Kentucky	45
30	Jmariyae Robinson	Missouri State	44
31	Mario Sanders II	Southern Miss	44
32	Chris Marshall	Arkansas	43
33	Jalen Mickens	Louisiana Tech	43
34	Griffin Wilde	Northwestern	43
35	Oran Singleton Jr.	Tulsa	43
36	Joshua Long	Eastern Michigan	42
37	Jordan Allen	Georgia Tech	42
38	Jackson Williams	North Dakota State	42
39	Chance Morrow	Buffalo	41
40	Maguire Anderson	Florida International	41
41	Josh Dallas	Georgia Southern	41
42	Amare Thomas	Houston	41
43	Wayne Harris	Kent State	41
44	Eli Finley	Louisiana Tech	41
45	Jordan Shipp	North Carolina	41
46	Isaiah Sategna	Oklahoma	41
47	Matthew Coleman	Sacramento State	41
48	Sean Wilson	Delaware	40
49	Tre Richardson	Louisville	40
50	Isaiah Myers	Missouri State	40
51	Dakorien Moore	Oregon	40
52	Asaad Waseem	Purdue	40
53	Adjatay Dabbs	Toledo	40
54	David Amador	UTSA	40
55	Dom Henry	Florida Atlantic	39
56	Patrick Overmyer	Houston	39
57	Willie Rodriguez	Kentucky	39
58	Andrew Marsh	Michigan	39
59	Braden Pegan	Utah	39
60	Keshaun Singleton	Auburn	38
61	Nick Marsh	Indiana	38
62	Jaron Tibbs	Kansas State	38
63	Kenny Darby	Kentucky	38
64	JJ Buchanan	Michigan	38
65	Kwazi Gilmer	Nebraska	38
66	Jordan Faison	Notre Dame	38
67	Yamir Knight	SMU	38
68	Ed Small	TCU	38
69	Omarion Miller	Arizona State	37
70	Chas Nimrod	Auburn	37
71	Winston Watkins	LSU	37
72	Riley Neer	Ohio	37
73	Joshua Derry	UCF	37
74	Eli Wood	Utah State	37
75	Jackson Harris	LSU	36
76	Donovan Olugbode	Missouri	36
77	Wyatt Young	Oklahoma State	36
78	Xavier Townsend	Purdue	36
79	Onterrio Smith Jr.	Sacramento State	36
80	Grady O'Neill	Sam Houston	36
81	Chris Dawn Jr.	Texas State	36
82	Semaj Morgan	UCLA	36
83	Isaiah Mizell	Arizona	35
84	Chauncy Cobb	Arkansas State	35
85	Ian Strong	California	35
86	Bailey Stockton	Florida	35
87	Kainoa Carvalho	Hawai'i	35
88	Kari Ashley	TCU	35
89	Kenny Johnson	Texas Tech	35
90	JaVonnie Gibson	Cincinnati	34
91	Bryant Wesco Jr.	Clemson	34
92	Ben Prosper	Eastern Michigan	34
93	Harold Mack	Eastern Michigan	34
94	Justin Bowick	Oklahoma State	34
95	Chase Sowell	Penn State	34
96	Mike Matthews	Tennessee	34
97	Jaden Smith	UTEP	34
98	Nathaniel Joseph	East Carolina	33
99	Tony Diaz	Iowa	33
100	Jelani Thurman	North Carolina	33
101	Caden High	Stanford	33
102	Ryan Wingo	Texas	33
103	Marcellus Jackson	UL Monroe	33
104	Aveion Chenault	Western Michigan	33
105	Sam Pickett III	App State	32
106	Tama Uiliata	Hawai'i	32
107	Joshua Manning	Kansas State	32
108	Noah Jennings	Minnesota	32
109	Jerry Mcclure	San José State	32
110	Braylon Staley	Tennessee	32
111	Destyn Hill	Tulane	32
112	Kayden Dixon-Wyatt	USC	32
113	Chris Lawson	Washington	32
114	Nate Branch	App State	31
115	Hunter Summers	Arkansas State	31
116	Jaylen Bonelli	Arkansas State	31
117	Tyler Brown	Clemson	31
118	DeAndre Moore Jr.	Colorado	31
119	Dallas Wilson	Florida	31
120	Josiah Freeman	Fresno State	31
121	Treyshun Hurry	Louisville	31
122	Damien Moun	Nevada	31
123	Evan Stewart	Oregon	31
124	Cataurus Hicks	Pittsburgh	31
125	Mazeo Bennett	South Carolina	31
126	Benjamin Blackburn	Stanford	31
127	T.J. Moore	Clemson	30
128	Hudson Clement	Illinois	30
129	Keenan Jackson	NC State	30
130	Rocky Beers	Oklahoma	30
131	Josh Rodriguez	Old Dominion	30
132	Eric Olsen	Oregon State	30
133	Mario Craver	Texas A&M	30
134	Branden Ganashamoorthy	Washington State	30
135	Daniel Blood	Washington State	30
136	Jeremiah Scoby	Bowling Green	29
137	Reginald Vick Jr	Colorado State	29
138	DJ Riles	Georgia State	29
139	Kevin Roche Jr.	Georgia Tech	29
140	DJ Vonnahme	Iowa	29
141	Makai Jackson	Liberty	29
142	Hunter Tipton	Memphis	29
143	Chrishon Mccray	Michigan State	29
144	Jayden Savoury	Michigan State	29
145	Jacory Barney Jr.	Nebraska	29
146	Mekhi Anderson	UTSA	29
147	Tyrell Henry	Wisconsin	29
148	Legend Glasker	BYU	28
149	Rasean Jones	Boise State	28
150	Javarius Green	Boston College	28

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