Catches Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Nate Sheppard (Duke) leads FBS running backs in catches with 31, ahead of Dilin Jones (LSU, 30) and Jahiem White (North Texas, 29).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 403 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by catches

Rank	Player	Team	Catches
1	Nate Sheppard	Duke	31
2	Dilin Jones	LSU	30
3	Jahiem White	North Texas	29
4	Titan Lacaden	Hawai'i	26
5	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	26
6	Terrence Brown Jr.	Middle Tennessee	26
7	Micah Ford	Stanford	26
8	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	26
9	Joey Mattord	Eastern Michigan	25
10	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	25
11	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	25
12	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	24
13	Jeffrey Overton Jr.	Virginia Tech	23
14	Darius Taylor	Minnesota	22
15	Davion Gause	NC State	21
16	Nakai Amachree	Bowling Green	20
17	TJ Thomas Jr.	Minnesota	20
18	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	20
19	Kaderris Roberts	Delaware	19
20	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	19
21	Kam Thomas	UTEP	19
22	Adam Mohammed	California	18
23	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	18
24	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	18
25	Jeremy Payne	TCU	18
26	Ajay Allen	Western Kentucky	18
27	Jordan Gant	Akron	17
28	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	17
29	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	17
30	Fame Ijeboi	Purdue	17
31	Landan Brown	Sam Houston	17
32	Ashten Emory	California	16
33	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	16
34	Trelain Maddox	Georgia Tech	16
35	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	16
36	Wayne Knight	UCLA	16
37	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	16
38	Markell Holman	Wyoming	16
39	Anthony League	California	15
40	Devon Rice	Hawai'i	15
41	Hunter Hopperton	Kent State	15
42	Isaac Brown	Louisville	15
43	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	15
44	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	15
45	Damari Alston	Tulsa	15
46	Daniel Bray	Utah	15
47	Joe Jackson	Kansas State	14
48	Brandon White	Kent State	14
49	Devin Roche	Old Dominion	14
50	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	14
51	Alton McCaskill	Sam Houston	14
52	Will Henderson III	UTSA	14
53	Sedrick Alexander	Vanderbilt	14
54	Quincy Craig	Arizona	13
55	Sutton Smith	Arkansas	13
56	Dekalon Taylor	Colorado	13
57	Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	13
58	Qwantavius Wiggins	Georgia State	13
59	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	13
60	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	13
61	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	13
62	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	13
63	Isaiah Ene	Sacramento State	13
64	Kirby Vorhees	Washington State	13
65	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	13
66	Kedrick Reescano	Arizona	12
67	Cam Settles	Arkansas	12
68	TJ Horton	Ball State	12
69	Dylan Riley	Boise State	12
70	Evan Dickens	Boston College	12
71	Tre Wisner	Florida State	12
72	Re'Shaun Sanford II	Houston	12
73	Terrell Washington Jr.	New Mexico State	12
74	Daylan Smothers	Texas	12
75	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	12
76	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	12
77	Jordan Lovett	Troy	12
78	Kenji Christian	UConn	12
79	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	12
80	Sean Patrick	Akron	11
81	Kyson Brown	Arizona State	11
82	Jeremiah Cobb	Auburn	11
83	Johnny Thompson Jr.	Ball State	11
84	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	11
85	Terrance Gibbs	Georgia Southern	11
86	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	11
87	Justice Haynes	Georgia Tech	11
88	Cam Barfield	Hawai'i	11
89	Mekhi Nelson	Nebraska	11
90	Telly Johnson Jr.	Northern Illinois	11
91	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	11
92	Jerrian Parker	Sam Houston	11
93	Leo Pulalasi	Washington State	11
94	Cam Cook	West Virginia	11
95	Daniel Hill	Alabama	10
96	Kenyon Clay	Arkansas State	10
97	Jalen Bonds	Ball State	10
98	Sire Gaines	Boise State	10
99	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	10
100	Anthony Carrie	Florida International	10
101	Devonte Lyons	Florida International	10
102	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	10
103	Chauncey Bowens	Georgia	10
104	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	10
105	Aidan Laughery	Illinois	10
106	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	10
107	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	10
108	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	10
109	Kolin Wilson	Mississippi State	10
110	Herschel Turner	Nevada	10
111	Lloyd Avant	Oklahoma	10
112	Kewan Lacy	Ole Miss	10
113	Ja'Kyrian Turner	Pittsburgh	10
114	PJ Martin	South Alabama	10
115	Sedrick Irvin	Stanford	10
116	Keveun Mason	Temple	10
117	Raleek Brown	Texas	10
118	Jaylin Lucas	Tulane	10
119	Tavorus Jones	UTEP	10
120	Makhilyn Young	Vanderbilt	10
121	Omar Mabson Ii	Auburn	9
122	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	9
123	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	9
124	Michael Allen	East Carolina	9
125	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	9
126	Braydon Bennett	Eastern Michigan	9
127	Jadan Baugh	Florida	9
128	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	9
129	Makhi Hughes	Houston	9
130	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	9
131	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	9
132	Iverson Howard	Maryland	9
133	Curtis Kimmons IV	Massachusetts	9
134	Connor Lair	Missouri State	9
135	Isaiah Mozee	Nebraska	9
136	DJ Scott	North Dakota State	9
137	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	9
138	Jamar Curtis	Sacramento State	9
139	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	9
140	Jabari Bates	San José State	9
141	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	9
142	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	9
143	Rueben Owens	Texas A&M	9
144	CJ Miller	Toledo	9
145	Anthony Woods	UCLA	9
146	Riley Wormley	USC	9
147	Noah White	Utah State	9
148	Marcellous Hawkins	Virginia Tech	9
149	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	9
150	Jaquari Lewis	App State	8

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