Receiving Yards Leaders: College Football Receivers and tight ends, 2026

Jesse Legree (Oregon State) leads FBS receivers and tight ends in receiving yards with 1,042, ahead of Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State, 984) and Malachi Toney (Miami, 952).

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

Receivers and tight ends by receiving yards

Rank	Player	Team	Receiving yards
1	Jesse Legree	Oregon State	1,042
2	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State	984
3	Malachi Toney	Miami	952
4	Umari Hatcher	Syracuse	952
5	Easton Messer	Florida Atlantic	948
6	Charlie Becker	Indiana	868
7	Carlos Hernandez	Wake Forest	862
8	Isaiah Myers	Missouri State	858
9	Gavin Freeman	Baylor	808
10	Reed Harris	Arizona State	800
11	Justin Stevenson	North Texas	785
12	Collin Dixon	Illinois	782
13	KJ Duff	Rutgers	774
14	Kelby Valsin	Florida Atlantic	761
15	Griffin Wilde	Northwestern	753
16	Joseph Williams	Colorado	750
17	Que'Sean Brown	Virginia Tech	719
18	Junior Sherrill	Vanderbilt	706
19	Isaiah Mizell	Arizona	677
20	Cayden Lee	Missouri	670
21	Nick Marsh	Indiana	669
22	Deuce Alexander	Ole Miss	669
23	Wayne Harris	Kent State	661
24	Chris Durr Jr.	Maryland	660
25	Anthony Evans III	Mississippi State	653
26	Tre Richardson	Louisville	651
27	Cataurus Hicks	Pittsburgh	649
28	Carson Clark	San José State	646
29	Wyatt Young	Oklahoma State	643
30	Jackson Harris	LSU	634
31	Amare Thomas	Houston	628
32	Asaad Waseem	Purdue	628
33	Makai Jackson	Liberty	626
34	Jackson Williams	North Dakota State	622
35	Jalen Mickens	Louisiana Tech	618
36	Adjatay Dabbs	Toledo	608
37	Justin Bowick	Oklahoma State	607
38	Mario Sanders II	Southern Miss	604
39	JJ Buchanan	Michigan	602
40	Chris Marshall	Arkansas	601
41	Maguire Anderson	Florida International	597
42	Sean Wilson	Delaware	591
43	Isaiah Sategna	Oklahoma	578
44	Chase Hendricks	California	573
45	Dakorien Moore	Oregon	557
46	DJ Epps	West Virginia	556
47	DeAree Rogers	Northern Illinois	549
48	Kenny Johnson	Texas Tech	548
49	Donovan Olugbode	Missouri	543
50	Jordan Shipp	North Carolina	543
51	Aveion Chenault	Western Michigan	540
52	Oran Singleton Jr.	Tulsa	539
53	Jordan Allen	Georgia Tech	533
54	Mike Matthews	Tennessee	532
55	Ed Small	TCU	522
56	Ian Strong	California	517
57	Cam'Ron Lacy	Middle Tennessee	514
58	Lawayne McCoy	Louisville	513
59	Chase Sowell	Penn State	513
60	Kari Ashley	TCU	512
61	Kenny Darby	Kentucky	511
62	Luke Reynolds	Virginia Tech	509
63	Braden Pegan	Utah	505
64	Legend Glasker	BYU	498
65	Jordan Faison	Notre Dame	497
66	Riley Neer	Ohio	496
67	Bryson Hammer	Toledo	494
68	Chris Lawson	Washington	493
69	Kwazi Gilmer	Nebraska	492
70	Matthew Coleman	Sacramento State	492
71	Chance Morrow	Buffalo	491
72	Winston Watkins	LSU	487
73	Derrick Eley	Charlotte	481
74	Eli Wood	Utah State	479
75	DeAndre Moore Jr.	Colorado	478
76	Jaden Barnes	Charlotte	477
77	Eli Finley	Louisiana Tech	477
78	Sam Pickett III	App State	476
79	Yamir Knight	SMU	474
80	Dezmen Roebuck	Washington	474
81	Javon Tracy	Minnesota	470
82	Lotzeir Brooks	Alabama	469
83	Tony Diaz	Iowa	469
84	Keenan Jackson	NC State	467
85	Ryan Wingo	Texas	464
86	JaVonnie Gibson	Cincinnati	461
87	Rodshaun Dorsey	Georgia State	459
88	Caden High	Stanford	455
89	Jaylen Bonelli	Arkansas State	452
90	Brendan Jenkins	South Alabama	451
91	Jonathan Stafford Jr.	Western Kentucky	451
92	Anthony Eager	South Alabama	450
93	Keshaun Singleton	Auburn	448
94	Kayden Dixon-Wyatt	USC	443
95	Dom Henry	Florida Atlantic	440
96	Dalen Penson	Georgia Tech	438
97	Deondre Johnson	Jacksonville State	438
98	Joshua Derry	UCF	436
99	Nik McMillan	Kansas	432
100	Patrick Overmyer	Houston	431
101	Maleek Huggins	Miami (OH)	431
102	Braylon Burnside	Memphis	430
103	Micah Gilbert	Notre Dame	430
104	Rasean Jones	Boise State	428
105	Reginald Vick Jr	Colorado State	425
106	Josiah Freeman	Fresno State	424
107	Hudson Clement	Illinois	423
108	Hunter Summers	Arkansas State	422
109	Trent Mosley	USC	422
110	Jmariyae Robinson	Missouri State	420
111	Xavier Townsend	Purdue	420
112	Dallas Wilson	Florida	417
113	Semaj Morgan	UCLA	417
114	Rico Scott	Alabama	413
115	Nate Branch	App State	408
116	Chauncy Cobb	Arkansas State	408
117	Evan Stewart	Oregon	404
118	C.J. Smith	UAB	403
119	Chas Nimrod	Auburn	402
120	Javon Rogers	Kennesaw State	401
121	Branden Ganashamoorthy	Washington State	401
122	Chris Dawn Jr.	Texas State	400
123	Kainoa Carvalho	Hawai'i	399
124	Brayden Munroe	Kennesaw State	397
125	Jacory Barney Jr.	Nebraska	397
126	Jack Foley	Wake Forest	397
127	Rocky Beers	Oklahoma	395
128	Onterrio Smith Jr.	Sacramento State	395
129	Bryant Wesco Jr.	Clemson	394
130	Destyn Hill	Tulane	394
131	Joshua Long	Eastern Michigan	393
132	Noah Jennings	Minnesota	393
133	Jelani Thurman	North Carolina	393
134	Omarion Miller	Arizona State	392
135	Tim Burns Jr.	Sam Houston	392
136	Josh Rodriguez	Old Dominion	389
137	Duce Robinson	Florida State	388
138	Corey Scott	James Madison	386
139	Hunter Tipton	Memphis	383
140	Trent Walker	Houston	382
141	Jaron Tibbs	Kansas State	381
142	Langston Lewis	Central Michigan	379
143	Terrence Smith Jr.	Colorado State	374
144	Kyler Kasper	BYU	373
145	Marcellus Jackson	UL Monroe	372
146	Dashawn Martin	Virginia	372
147	Treyshun Hurry	Louisville	370
148	Andrew Marsh	Michigan	370
149	Caleb Odom	Ole Miss	370
150	Harold Mack	Eastern Michigan	367

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