What Does Yards Per Catch Measure?
Yards per catch is receiving yards divided by receptions. This table ranks college football players for the selected season and displays the applicable minimum qualifier where one is used.
College Football Yards Per Catch Leaders
| Player | Team | Pos | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | Cameren Smith | CLT | RB | 5.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | - | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 1895 | Dijon Stanley | NMSU | RB | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| 1903 | Qua Ashley | BALL | RB | 5.1 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 2.5 |
| 1903 | Daylan Smothers |  | RB | 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 1903 | London Montgomery | ECU | RB | 5.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | - | 5.9 | 4.1 |
| 1906 | James Peoples |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | - | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Demond Claiborne |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 6.7 |
| 1906 | Quaid Carr |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Colton Joseph | ODU | QB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Carmelo Mays | GASO | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Brendon McQueen | MOST | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Madrid Tucker |  | WR | 5.0 | 4.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Tucker Ashcraft |  | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Stacy Gage |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Antonio Jones | TEM | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Brady Clough |  | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Christian Vaughn | HAW | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Jeremiah Coney |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Mark Gronowski |  | QB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Will Kiker |  | DB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Brock Lium | FRES | TE | 5.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Jordan Brunson | M-OH | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Ian Schieffelin |  | TE | 5.0 | 11.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | -1.0 |
| 1906 | Jahiem White | WVU | RB | 5.0 | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| 1906 | Devin Spencer | ARST | RB | 5.0 | 13.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
| 1906 | Joseph Griffin Jr. | | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Max White |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Kache Kaio | USU | TE | 5.0 | 6.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Jadyn Ott |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Reggie Branch | MOST | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Brec Long | USA | TE | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 | - | - | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 1906 | Malachi Riley | SJSU | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Jaylen Jenkins | TXST | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Banks Pope | | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Charles Montgomery | USM | WR | 5.0 | 2.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Julian Allen |  | WR | 5.0 | 6.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Evan Poticher | MTSU | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Jason Patterson |  | RB | 5.0 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 5.7 | - | 6.5 | 2.2 |
| 1906 | Drew Allar |  | QB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Tylor Latham | AF | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Brayden Bockler | LT | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Elijah Faulkner | MASS | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Steve Chavez-Soto | SJSU | RB | 5.0 | -1.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Brandon Young Jr. | UNT | TE | 5.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Brandon High |  | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Willy Suarez |  | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Shaun Boykins |  | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Elijah Thomas | | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | DJ Asiasi | NEV | TE | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Kourdey Glass | ORST | RB | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Makai Jackson |  | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - |
| 1906 | Jewlyen Roberts | TLSA | TE | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | - | - | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Keynan Higgins | CSU | WR | 5.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | 5.0 |
| 1906 | Keveun Mason | TEM | RB | 5.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | - | - | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | Jaylen Poe | NIU | RB | 4.9 | 2.0 | 4.9 | - | - | 4.3 | 8.0 |
| 1955 | Joseph Bearns III | CLT | TE | 4.9 | -1.0 | 3.3 | 5.7 | - | 5.7 | 3.3 |
| 1955 | Isaiah Rudison | NMSU | RB | 4.9 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | - | 3.6 | 6.5 |
| 1955 | Alexander Diggs | KENN | RB | 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 4.7 | - | 8.5 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | Terion Stewart | | RB | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | - | - | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| 1959 | Kevorian Barnes |  | RB | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | - | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| 1959 | Marlon Gunn | ECU | RB | 4.8 | 7.3 | 4.8 | - | - | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| 1959 | Ja'shon Benjamin |  | RB | 4.8 | 6.0 | 4.3 | - | - | 3.5 | 6.0 |
| 1959 | Caleb Hood | | RB | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | - | - | 15.0 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | Khamari Anderson |  | TE | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | - | 4.0 | 8.0 |
| 1965 | Quentin Gibson | COLO | WR | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.8 | - | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 1965 | Dane Benedix | LT | WR | 4.7 | 6.0 | - | - | - | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 1965 | TJ Horton | BALL | RB | 4.7 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | - | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 1965 | Lukas Ungar | NMSU | TE | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | - | - | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| 1965 | Royal Capell | OKST | WR | 4.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 2.8 | - | 6.0 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | Enoch Nawahine |  | RB | 4.7 | 8.0 | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3.0 |
| 1971 | Ryder Kusch | TEM | TE | 4.6 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 3.3 | - | 6.1 | 2.8 |
| 1971 | Jevyon Ducker | TEM | RB | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | Juwuan Price | MASS | RB | 4.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | - | - | 3.3 | 6.5 |
| 1971 | Jack Van Dorselaer |  | TE | 4.6 | 6.5 | 4.0 | - | - | 3.3 | 6.5 |
| 1971 | James Johnson |  | CB | 4.6 | 10.0 | - | - | - | 10.0 | 3.3 |
| 1971 | Ethan Ervin | FAU | RB | 4.6 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | 4.6 |
| 1977 | Leyton Smithson | WSU | WR | 4.5 | 2.0 | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2.0 |
| 1977 | Dakerric Hobbs | NMSU | CB | 4.5 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | 4.5 |
| 1977 | E.J. Smith |  | RB | 4.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | - | - | 3.7 | 7.0 |
| 1977 | Fame Ijeboi |  | RB | 4.5 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 3.7 | - | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | Kyle Miller |  | WR | 4.5 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | 4.5 |
| 1977 | Terrell Washington Jr. | | RB | 4.5 | 16.0 | 5.3 | - | - | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| 1977 | Josiah Abdullah |  | WR | 4.5 | 4.5 | - | - | - | 4.5 | - |
| 1977 | Nolan Ray |  | RB | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | - | 4.9 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | Dramekco Green |  | RB | 4.5 | -2.0 | - | - | - | 11.0 | -2.0 |
| 1977 | LJ Johnson Jr. | | RB | 4.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | - | - | 4.5 | - |
| 1987 | Smith Snowden |  | CB | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | - | - | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| 1987 | Branson Robinson |  | RB | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | - | - | 4.4 | - |
| 1987 | Ja'Vin Simpkins | CCU | RB | 4.4 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 5.6 | - | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| 1987 | Jevon Edwards | CCU | RB | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 5.0 | - | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 1991 | Marquez Taylor | UTEP | RB | 4.3 | - | 4.3 | - | - | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | Harrison Waylee | | RB | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | - | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 1991 | Benjamin Hall | | RB | 4.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 4.3 | - | 14.0 | 2.9 |
| 1991 | Dante Dowdell | | RB | 4.3 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | - | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 1991 | Hunter Herring | ULM | QB | 4.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | - | - | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | Yasin Willis |  | RB | 4.3 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | - | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | Andrew Burnette | LT | RB | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | - | - | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 1991 | Jeffery Pittman | USM | RB | 4.3 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| 1991 | Luke Mcgary |  | TE | 4.3 | 0.0 | - | - | - | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | Tawee Walker |  | RB | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | - | 4.4 | 4.0 |