Yards per Catch Leaders: College Football Receivers and tight ends, 2026

Malachi Henry (Cincinnati) leads FBS receivers and tight ends in yards per catch with 33.4, ahead of Koby Howard (Penn State, 28.7) and Landon Wright (Boston College, 27.3). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 698 receivers and tight ends rank; the top 150 are below.

Receivers and tight ends by yards per catch

Rank	Player	Team	Yards per catch
1	Malachi Henry	Cincinnati	33.4
2	Koby Howard	Penn State	28.7
3	Landon Wright	Boston College	27.3
4	Nahzae Cox	Kansas	25.9
5	DJ Epps	West Virginia	25.3
6	Jesse Legree	Oregon State	22.7
7	Anthony Eager	South Alabama	22.5
8	Tim Burns Jr.	Sam Houston	21.8
9	Makai Jackson	Liberty	21.6
10	Kedarius Wade	Louisiana	21.5
11	Isaiah Myers	Missouri State	21.4
12	Dominic Overby	Iowa State	21.2
13	Jaden Reddell	Georgia	21.0
14	Damarion Witten	Miami (OH)	20.9
15	Cataurus Hicks	Pittsburgh	20.9
16	Derrick Eley	Charlotte	20.9
17	Colton Hinton	Coastal Carolina	20.7
18	Kayden McGee	UNLV	20.6
19	Bailen George	New Mexico	20.6
20	TK Keyes	Troy	20.6
21	Lawayne McCoy	Louisville	20.5
22	Jayvan Boggs	Florida State	20.4
23	Audric Harris	Hawai'i	20.3
24	Donnie Cheers	Nevada	20.3
25	Anthony Ivey	San José State	19.9
26	Donovan Murph	South Carolina	19.9
27	Vernell Brown III	Florida	19.8
28	Prince Strachan	West Virginia	19.6
29	Kyle Frendt	Wyoming	19.6
30	Markus Allen	Middle Tennessee	19.6
31	Jadon Porter	Baylor	19.5
32	Devin Alves	Hawai'i	19.5
33	Ben Black	Rutgers	19.5
34	Duce Robinson	Florida State	19.4
35	Josiah Fetui	Hawai'i	19.4
36	Derrick McFall	SMU	19.4
37	Luke Gilbert	Jacksonville State	19.4
38	Isaiah Mizell	Arizona	19.3
39	Koby Young	Houston	19.3
40	C.J. Smith	UAB	19.2
41	Dom Dorwart	Ohio	19.1
42	Deondre Johnson	Jacksonville State	19.0
43	Jeremiah Smith	Ohio State	18.9
44	Jaivon Solomon	Duke	18.8
45	Shamar Porter	UConn	18.7
46	Ardell Banks	Kent State	18.7
47	Shamar Easter	North Carolina	18.6
48	Cody Jackson	Iowa State	18.5
49	Tastean Reddicks	UNLV	18.3
50	Jace Wilson	Sacramento State	18.1
51	Jaylon Hawkins	San Diego State	18.1
52	Kylen Evans	Texas State	18.1
53	Jediyah Willoughby	UConn	18.1
54	Jack Foley	Wake Forest	18.0
55	Nik McMillan	Kansas	18.0
56	Maleek Huggins	Miami (OH)	18.0
57	Luke Dehnicke	Northwestern	17.9
58	Micah Gilbert	Notre Dame	17.9
59	Wyatt Young	Oklahoma State	17.9
60	Justin Bowick	Oklahoma State	17.9
61	Jayden McGowan	Baylor	17.8
62	Legend Glasker	BYU	17.8
63	Somourian Wingo	Miami	17.8
64	Charlie Becker	Indiana	17.7
65	Bryson Hammer	Toledo	17.6
66	Jackson Harris	LSU	17.6
67	Nick Marsh	Indiana	17.6
68	Joseph Griffin Jr.	Massachusetts	17.6
69	DJ Black	South Carolina	17.6
70	Clayton Coppock	Coastal Carolina	17.6
71	Griffin Wilde	Northwestern	17.5
72	Brian Rowe Jr.	UCLA	17.5
73	Craig Dandridge	Georgia	17.4
74	Josiah Abdullah	Virginia	17.4
75	Lotzeir Brooks	Alabama	17.4
76	Jaleel Skinner	Louisville	17.4
77	Jonanthony Hall	Stanford	17.3
78	Ayden Greene	Virginia Tech	17.3
79	Jordan Dwyer	TCU	17.3
80	Braylon Burnside	Memphis	17.2
81	KJ Duff	Rutgers	17.2
82	Tawaski Abrams	Florida	17.2
83	Jemyri Davis	Memphis	17.1
84	TJ Johnson	Old Dominion	17.1
85	Reed Harris	Arizona State	17.0
86	Tyson Carter	Florida International	17.0
87	Jerome Bettis Jr.	Notre Dame	17.0
88	Nyck Harbor	South Carolina	16.9
89	Simon Kibbee	Air Force	16.9
90	John Montague	Boston College	16.8
91	Chris Brooks Jr.	Wisconsin	16.8
92	Tychaun Chapman	Memphis	16.8
93	Tiaquelin Mims	UAB	16.8
94	Zion Taylor	Western Kentucky	16.8
95	Brendan Jenkins	South Alabama	16.7
96	Cam Coleman	Texas	16.7
97	Vandrevious Jacobs	Miami	16.7
98	Colin Chase	Temple	16.5
99	TK Norman	Texas A&M	16.5
100	Zach Williams	USC	16.4
101	Micah Woods	South Alabama	16.4
102	Jeremiah Koger	Auburn	16.4
103	Lawson Luckie	Georgia	16.4
104	Rodshaun Dorsey	Georgia State	16.4
105	Derrick Salley Jr.	Kansas State	16.4
106	Sanfrisco Magee	Mississippi State	16.4
107	Aveion Chenault	Western Michigan	16.4
108	Ezekiel Avit	Fresno State	16.3
109	Derrick Avery Jr.	Georgia State	16.3
110	Bradyn Anderson	Army	16.3
111	Tre Richardson	Louisville	16.3
112	Chris Barnes	Oklahoma State	16.3
113	Corri Milliner	North Texas	16.3
114	Chris Reed	Sam Houston	16.2
115	Dalen Penson	Georgia Tech	16.2
116	Robby Washington	Coastal Carolina	16.2
117	Nate Roberts	Ohio State	16.2
118	Micahi Danzy	Florida State	16.2
119	Wayne Harris	Kent State	16.1
120	Rico Bond	Toledo	16.1
121	Akeem Wright	Boise State	16.1
122	Gary Givens III	Nevada	16.1
123	Da'Wain Lofton	Delaware	16.1
124	Cole Keller	James Madison	16.0
125	Elijah Sessoms	Delaware	16.0
126	Miles Coleman	Oklahoma State	16.0
127	Creed Whittemore	Utah	15.9
128	Rico Scott	Alabama	15.9
129	Brayden Munroe	Kennesaw State	15.9
130	Umari Hatcher	Syracuse	15.9
131	Ja'Cory Thomas	Vanderbilt	15.9
132	JJ Buchanan	Michigan	15.8
133	Ryan Williams	Alabama	15.8
134	Langston Lewis	Central Michigan	15.8
135	Jamari Hawkins	Arkansas	15.8
136	Noreel White	Troy	15.8
137	Justin Stevenson	North Texas	15.7
138	Asaad Waseem	Purdue	15.7
139	Louis Brown	Baylor	15.7
140	Kenny Johnson	Texas Tech	15.7
141	Mike Matthews	Tennessee	15.6
142	Jacob Harris	Wisconsin	15.6
143	De'Nylon Morrissette	Purdue	15.6
144	Alex Sanchez	App State	15.6
145	Keenan Jackson	NC State	15.6
146	Shelton Sampson Jr.	Louisiana	15.5
147	DeAndre Moore Jr.	Colorado	15.4
148	Chris Lawson	Washington	15.4
149	A.J. Little	Southern Miss	15.4
150	Dawson Pough	Boston College	15.3

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