Explosive Catches (16+ Yards) Leaders: College Football Receivers and tight ends, 2026

Carlos Hernandez (Wake Forest) leads FBS receivers and tight ends in explosive catches (16+ yards) with 24, ahead of Jesse Legree (Oregon State, 23) and Charlie Becker (Indiana, 22).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 682 receivers and tight ends rank; the top 150 are below.

Receivers and tight ends by explosive catches (16+ yards)

Rank	Player	Team	Explosive catches (16+ yards)
1	Carlos Hernandez	Wake Forest	24
2	Jesse Legree	Oregon State	23
3	Charlie Becker	Indiana	22
4	Griffin Wilde	Northwestern	22
5	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State	22
6	Reed Harris	Arizona State	20
7	Easton Messer	Florida Atlantic	20
8	Malachi Toney	Miami	20
9	Umari Hatcher	Syracuse	20
10	Collin Dixon	Illinois	19
11	Cayden Lee	Missouri	19
12	Isaiah Myers	Missouri State	19
13	Joseph Williams	Colorado	18
14	Wyatt Young	Oklahoma State	18
15	Sean Wilson	Delaware	17
16	Jackson Harris	LSU	17
17	JJ Buchanan	Michigan	17
18	Anthony Evans III	Mississippi State	17
19	Adjatay Dabbs	Toledo	17
20	Tre Richardson	Louisville	16
21	Justin Bowick	Oklahoma State	16
22	Mario Sanders II	Southern Miss	16
23	Gavin Freeman	Baylor	15
24	Jordan Allen	Georgia Tech	15
25	Nick Marsh	Indiana	15
26	Deondre Johnson	Jacksonville State	15
27	Jackson Williams	North Dakota State	15
28	Justin Stevenson	North Texas	15
29	Asaad Waseem	Purdue	15
30	Ian Strong	California	14
31	Maguire Anderson	Florida International	14
32	Josiah Freeman	Fresno State	14
33	Chris Durr Jr.	Maryland	14
34	Cataurus Hicks	Pittsburgh	14
35	Junior Sherrill	Vanderbilt	14
36	DJ Epps	West Virginia	14
37	Jaylen Bonelli	Arkansas State	13
38	Kelby Valsin	Florida Atlantic	13
39	Nik McMillan	Kansas	13
40	Wayne Harris	Kent State	13
41	Kenny Darby	Kentucky	13
42	Makai Jackson	Liberty	13
43	Eli Finley	Louisiana Tech	13
44	Lawayne McCoy	Louisville	13
45	Chase Sowell	Penn State	13
46	Mike Matthews	Tennessee	13
47	Oran Singleton Jr.	Tulsa	13
48	Que'Sean Brown	Virginia Tech	13
49	Sam Pickett III	App State	12
50	Chance Morrow	Buffalo	12
51	Derrick Eley	Charlotte	12
52	Amare Thomas	Houston	12
53	Maleek Huggins	Miami (OH)	12
54	Donovan Olugbode	Missouri	12
55	Keenan Jackson	NC State	12
56	Deuce Alexander	Ole Miss	12
57	KJ Duff	Rutgers	12
58	Yamir Knight	SMU	12
59	Ed Small	TCU	12
60	Kenny Johnson	Texas Tech	12
61	Chris Lawson	Washington	12
62	Isaiah Mizell	Arizona	11
63	Chris Marshall	Arkansas	11
64	Keshaun Singleton	Auburn	11
65	Jeremiah Scoby	Bowling Green	11
66	Jaden Barnes	Charlotte	11
67	Dallas Wilson	Florida	11
68	Jayvan Boggs	Florida State	11
69	Rodshaun Dorsey	Georgia State	11
70	Dalen Penson	Georgia Tech	11
71	Trent Walker	Houston	11
72	Hudson Clement	Illinois	11
73	Corey Scott	James Madison	11
74	Michael Scott	James Madison	11
75	Jalen Mickens	Louisiana Tech	11
76	Javon Tracy	Minnesota	11
77	Noah Jennings	Minnesota	11
78	Kwazi Gilmer	Nebraska	11
79	Jordan Shipp	North Carolina	11
80	Isaiah Sategna	Oklahoma	11
81	Dakorien Moore	Oregon	11
82	Anthony Eager	South Alabama	11
83	Kari Ashley	TCU	11
84	Ryan Wingo	Texas	11
85	Bryson Hammer	Toledo	11
86	C.J. Smith	UAB	11
87	Trent Mosley	USC	11
88	Jack Foley	Wake Forest	11
89	Kyan Mason	Akron	10
90	Rico Scott	Alabama	10
91	Chas Nimrod	Auburn	10
92	Legend Glasker	BYU	10
93	JaVonnie Gibson	Cincinnati	10
94	DeAndre Moore Jr.	Colorado	10
95	Reginald Vick Jr	Colorado State	10
96	Duce Robinson	Florida State	10
97	Kainoa Carvalho	Hawai'i	10
98	Tony Diaz	Iowa	10
99	Cam'Ron Lacy	Middle Tennessee	10
100	Jordan Faison	Notre Dame	10
101	Evan Stewart	Oregon	10
102	Carson Clark	San José State	10
103	Brendan Jenkins	South Alabama	10
104	Kayden Dixon-Wyatt	USC	10
105	Braden Pegan	Utah	10
106	Eli Wood	Utah State	10
107	Luke Reynolds	Virginia Tech	10
108	Aveion Chenault	Western Michigan	10
109	Lotzeir Brooks	Alabama	9
110	Nate Branch	App State	9
111	Chauncy Cobb	Arkansas State	9
112	Hunter Summers	Arkansas State	9
113	Rasean Jones	Boise State	9
114	Javarius Green	Boston College	9
115	Clayton Coppock	Coastal Carolina	9
116	Javon Rogers	Kennesaw State	9
117	Winston Watkins	LSU	9
118	Braylon Burnside	Memphis	9
119	Jemyri Davis	Memphis	9
120	Sanfrisco Magee	Mississippi State	9
121	Jacory Barney Jr.	Nebraska	9
122	Reis Kessel	North Dakota State	9
123	Corri Milliner	North Texas	9
124	Riley Neer	Ohio	9
125	Devin Mccuin	Ohio State	9
126	Rocky Beers	Oklahoma	9
127	Miles Coleman	Oklahoma State	9
128	Josh Rodriguez	Old Dominion	9
129	Jamari Johnson	Oregon	9
130	Matthew Coleman	Sacramento State	9
131	Caden High	Stanford	9
132	Javon Ross	Tulsa	9
133	Jediyah Willoughby	UConn	9
134	Dezmen Roebuck	Washington	9
135	Tre Spivey	Arizona	8
136	Kyler Kasper	BYU	8
137	Louis Brown	Baylor	8
138	Chase Hendricks	California	8
139	Bryant Wesco Jr.	Clemson	8
140	Tristian Gardner	Coastal Carolina	8
141	Jackson Harper	Colorado State	8
142	Ben Prosper	Eastern Michigan	8
143	Joshua Long	Eastern Michigan	8
144	Vernell Brown III	Florida	8
145	Dom Henry	Florida Atlantic	8
146	Craig Dandridge	Georgia	8
147	Alex Taylor	Georgia Southern	8
148	Patrick Overmyer	Houston	8
149	Cole Keller	James Madison	8
150	Brayden Munroe	Kennesaw State	8

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