Receiving Yards Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Nate Sheppard (Duke) leads FBS running backs in receiving yards with 314, ahead of Jahiem White (North Texas, 291) and AJ Newberry (Oregon State, 288).

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 401 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by receiving yards

Rank	Player	Team	Receiving yards
1	Nate Sheppard	Duke	314
2	Jahiem White	North Texas	291
3	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	288
4	Kam Thomas	UTEP	285
5	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	284
6	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	275
7	Micah Ford	Stanford	252
8	Kaderris Roberts	Delaware	248
9	Jeffrey Overton Jr.	Virginia Tech	228
10	Dilin Jones	LSU	221
11	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	221
12	Joey Mattord	Eastern Michigan	209
13	Davion Gause	NC State	202
14	Jerrian Parker	Sam Houston	185
15	Darius Taylor	Minnesota	183
16	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	182
17	Adam Mohammed	California	180
18	Terrence Brown Jr.	Middle Tennessee	180
19	Dylan Edwards	Kansas	178
20	Nakai Amachree	Bowling Green	173
21	Titan Lacaden	Hawai'i	171
22	Samuel Singleton	Florida State	162
23	Caleb Komolafe	Northwestern	162
24	Tre Wisner	Florida State	161
25	Isaac Brown	Louisville	161
26	Jai'Den Thomas	UNLV	161
27	Antwan Raymond	Rutgers	160
28	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	159
29	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	155
30	Mekhi Nelson	Nebraska	153
31	Re'Shaun Sanford II	Houston	149
32	Matthew Fuller	South Carolina	148
33	Jordan Gant	Akron	145
34	Joe Jackson	Kansas State	138
35	TJ Thomas Jr.	Minnesota	138
36	Deandre Desinor	NC State	137
37	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	137
38	Wayne Knight	UCLA	135
39	Herschel Turner	Nevada	134
40	Kenji Christian	UConn	134
41	Fame Ijeboi	Purdue	133
42	Landan Brown	Sam Houston	133
43	Chauncey Bowens	Georgia	132
44	Jaylin Lucas	Tulane	132
45	Alan Woods III	Kennesaw State	131
46	Samuel Brown V	Temple	129
47	Sutton Smith	Arkansas	127
48	Dylan Riley	Boise State	127
49	Qwantavius Wiggins	Georgia State	127
50	Kenyon Clay	Arkansas State	126
51	Evan Dickens	Boston College	124
52	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	124
53	Sedrick Alexander	Vanderbilt	123
54	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	120
55	Trelain Maddox	Georgia Tech	118
56	Devin Roche	Old Dominion	117
57	Henry Rutledge	Charlotte	115
58	Jamal Roberts	Missouri	115
59	Keenan Phillips	South Alabama	115
60	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	115
61	Cam Cook	West Virginia	115
62	Ajay Allen	Western Kentucky	115
63	Cam Barfield	Hawai'i	114
64	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	113
65	Jalen Bonds	Ball State	112
66	Dylone Brooks	Louisiana Tech	112
67	Markell Holman	Wyoming	111
68	Dekalon Taylor	Colorado	110
69	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	110
70	Damari Alston	Tulsa	110
71	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	109
72	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	107
73	Brandon White	Kent State	104
74	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	104
75	Ja'Kyrian Turner	Pittsburgh	104
76	Terrell Washington Jr.	New Mexico State	103
77	Quincy Craig	Arizona	102
78	Ashten Emory	California	102
79	Jayden Brown	Colorado State	102
80	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	102
81	Xay Davis	Virginia	102
82	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	101
83	Jalen Buckley	Western Michigan	101
84	Devon Rice	Hawai'i	100
85	Sedrick Irvin	Stanford	99
86	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	97
87	DeJuan Williams	Maryland	96
88	Daylan Smothers	Texas	96
89	Jamarion Morrow	Texas A&M	96
90	Maurice Turner	Tulane	96
91	Daniel Bray	Utah	96
92	Noah White	Utah State	96
93	Sean Patrick	Akron	95
94	Devonte Lyons	Florida International	95
95	Braydon Bennett	Eastern Michigan	94
96	Braeden Jackson	Iowa	94
97	Rayshun Hurt	Louisiana Tech	94
98	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	94
99	Rayshon Luke	Fresno State	93
100	Aiden Flora	Iowa State	92
101	Jabari Bates	San José State	90
102	Javen Jacobs	Utah State	90
103	Xavier Brown	Virginia	89
104	Ousmane Kromah	Florida State	88
105	Taeo Todd	Georgia Southern	88
106	Will Henderson III	UTSA	88
107	Amari Latimer	West Virginia	87
108	Hunter Hopperton	Kent State	86
109	Isaiah Ene	Sacramento State	86
110	Jeremy Payne	TCU	86
111	A'Marion Peterson	UTSA	85
112	Daniel Hill	Alabama	84
113	Terrance Gibbs	Georgia Southern	84
114	Jordan Lovett	Troy	84
115	Isaiah Mozee	Nebraska	83
116	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	82
117	Sire Gaines	Boise State	81
118	Anthony League	California	81
119	Jaquail Smith	Colorado	81
120	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	81
121	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	80
122	Kolin Wilson	Mississippi State	80
123	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	80
124	Makhi Hughes	Houston	78
125	Lucas Farrington	Jacksonville State	78
126	Riley Wormley	USC	78
127	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	78
128	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	77
129	Connor Lair	Missouri State	76
130	Dramekco Green	SMU	76
131	Keveun Mason	Temple	76
132	Makhilyn Young	Vanderbilt	76
133	Jaden McGill	Western Kentucky	76
134	Johnny Thompson Jr.	Ball State	75
135	Justice Haynes	Georgia Tech	75
136	Vic Listorti	Navy	75
137	Kirby Vorhees	Washington State	75
138	Joseph Himon II	Northwestern	74
139	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	74
140	Kedrick Reescano	Arizona	73
141	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	73
142	Derrick Jameson	UL Monroe	73
143	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	71
144	CJ Miller	Toledo	71
145	Anthony Carrie	Florida International	70
146	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	70
147	Dominic Knicely	Coastal Carolina	69
148	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	69
149	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	69
150	Gi'Bran Payne	Cincinnati	68

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