List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders
Receiving leaders from 1937

List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders

Section Title: Receiving leaders from 1937
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Year	Name	Rec	Name	Rec Yds	Name	Yds/Rec	Name	Rec TD

1937	Jim Benton (Arkansas)	48	Jim Benton	814	Walter Nelson (Michigan St.)	21.6

1938	Sam Boyd (Baylor)	32	Sam Boyd	537	Elmer Tarbox (Texas Tech.)	21.4

1939	Ken Kavanaugh (LSU)	30	Ken Kavanaugh	467	Earle Clark (Texas Tech.)	17.3

1940	Eddie Bryant (Virginia)	30	Don Vosberg (Marquette)	526	Don Vosberg	21.9

1941	Hank Stanton (Arizona)	50	Hank Stanton	820	Lenny Krouse (Penn St.)	16.8

1942	Bill Rogers (Texas A&M)	39	Harding Miller (SMU)	531	George Poschner (Georgia)	20.5

1943	Neill Armstrong (Oklahoma A&M)	39	Marion Flanagan (Texas A&M)	403	Marion Flanagan Billy Collins (VMI)	17.5

1944	Reid Moseley (Georgia)	32	Reid Moseley	506	Cecil Hankins (Oklahoma St.)	24.9

1945	Reid Moseley (Georgia) Gene Wilson (SMU) Steve Contos (Michigan St.)	31	Reid Moseley	662	Reid Moseley	21.4

1946	Neill Armstrong (Oklahoma St.) James Montgomery (Arizona St.)	32	Broughton Williams (Florida)	490	Broughton Williams	16.9

1947	Barney Poole (Ole Miss)	52	John Smith (Arizona)	568	John Smith	18.3

1948	Red O'Quinn (Wake Forest)	39	Red O'Quinn	605	Dick Wilkins (Oregon)	19.3

1949	Art Weiner (North Carolina)	52	Vito Ragazzo (Wm. & Mary)	793	Vito Ragazzo	18.0

1950	Gordon Cooper (Denver)	46	Bucky Curtis (Vanderbilt)	791	Bucky Curtis	29.3

1951	Dewey McConnell (Wyoming)	47	Ed Barker (Washington St)	864	Ed Barker	18.8

1952	Ed Brown (Fordham)	57	Ed Brown	774	Jimmy Byron (VMI)	18.9

1953	Johnny Carson (Georgia) Ken Buck (Pacific) Sam Morley (Stanford)	45	Johnny Carson	663	Dave McLaughlin (Dartmouth)	19.1

1954	Jim Hanifan (California)	45	John Stewart (Stanford)	577	Andrew Nacrelli (Fordham)	19.7

1955	Hank Burnine (Missouri)	44	Hank Burnine	594	Jimmy Orr Georgia	18.5

1956	Art Powell (San Jose St.)	40	Bill Steiger (Washington St.)	607	Jim Morse (Notre Dame)	22.1	3-way tie	6

1957	Stuart Vaughan (Utah)	53	Stuart Vaughan	756	Buddy Dial (Rice)	24.2	Jack Fanning (Washington St.)	9

1958	Dave Hibbert (Arizona)	61	Rich Kreitling (Illinois)	688	Rich Kreitling	29.9	Bob Simms (Rutgers)	9

1959	Chris Burford (Stanford)	61	Chris Burford (Pacific)	757	Bake Turner (Texas Tech)	20.2	Paul Maguire (The Citadel)	10

1960	Hugh Campbell (Washington St)	66	Hugh Campbell	881	Chuck Bryant Ohio St.	19.8	Hugh Campbell	10

1961	Hugh Campbell (Washington St.)	53	Pat Richter (Wisconsin)	817	Jim Stewart Navy	21.7	Larry Vargo (Detroit) Pat Richter	8

1962	Vern Burke (Oregon St.)	69	Vern Burke	1007	Hal Bedsole (USC)	25.1	Hal Bedsole	11

1963	Larry Elkins (Baylor)	70	Larry Elkins	873	Paul Krause (Iowa)	23.3	Vern Burke (Oregon St.) Bob Long (Wichita St.)	9

1964	Howard Twilley (Tulsa)	95	Fred Biletnikoff (Florida St.)	1179	Joe Chapman (Idaho)	25.4	Fred Biletnikoff	15

1965	Howard Twilley (Tulsa)	134	Howard Twilley	1779	Larry Seiple (Kentucky)	23.5	Howard Twilley	16

1966	Glenn Meltzer (Wichita St.)	91	John Love (N. Texas)	1130	Gene Washington (Michigan St.)	25.1	Ken Hebert (Houston)	11

1967	Bob Goodridge (Vanderbilt)	79	Ron Sellers (Florida St.)	1228	Mike Carroll (New Mexico St.)	24.1	Ronnie Shanklin (N. Texas)	13

1968	Ron Sellers (Florida St.) Jerry Hendren (Idaho)	86	Ron Sellers (Florida St.)	1496	Elmo Wright (Houston)	27.9	Jerry Hendren (Idaho)	14

1969	Jerry Hendren (Idaho)	95	Jerry Hendren	1452	Mel Gray (Missouri)	27.1	Tom Reynolds (San Diego St.)	18

1970	Mike Mikolayunas (Davidson)	87	Mike Siani (Villanova)	1328	Larry Hart (Louisville)	24.1	Ernie Jennings (Air Force)	17

1971	Tom Reynolds (San Diego St.)	67	Brian Baima (The Citadel)	1230	Tom Scott (Washington)	23.4	Mike Siani (Villanova)	14

1972	Tom Forzani (Utah St.)	85	Barry Smith (Florida St.)	1243	Richard Agle (Appalachian St.)	25.2	Barry Smith Steve Sweeney (California)	13

1973	Jay Miller (BYU)	100	Jay Miller	1181	Larry Stokes (Chattanooga)	27.9	Keith Denson (San Diego St.)	11

1974	Dwight McDonald (San Diego St.)	86	Willie Miller (Colorado St.)	1193	Tracy Dickson (W. Texas A&M)	26.8	Steve Largent (Tulsa)	14

1975	Dave Quehl (Holy Cross)	63	Steve Largent (Tulsa)	1000	Kelvin Kirk (Dayton)	24.5	Steve Largent	14

1976	Billy Ryckman (Louisiana Tech)	77	Billy Ryckman	1382	Jim Smith (Michigan)	27.5	4-way tie	10

1977	Wayne Tolleson (W. Carolina)	73	Rod Foppe (Louisiana Tech)	1274	Ernest Gray (Memphis)	29.5	3-way tie	12

1978	Rick Beasley (Appalachian St.)	74	Rick Beasley	1205	Mark Nichols (San Jose St.)	26.7	3-way tie	11

1979	Dave Petzke (N. Illinois)	91	Dave Petzke	1215	Joe Burke (Chattanooga)	28.1	Gerald Lucear (Temple)	13

1980	Dave Young (Purdue)	70	Rainey Meszaros (Pacific)	1062	Dwight Collins (Pittsburgh)	27.6	Clay Brown (BYU)	15

1981	Tim Kearse (San Diego St.)	71	Jim Sandusky (UNLV)	1346	Mike Whitwell (Texas A&M)	27.1	Julius Dawkins (Pittsburgh)	16

1982	Mike Martin (Illinois)	69	Henry Ellard (Fresno St.)	1510	Herkie Walls (Texas)	28.1	Henry Ellard	15

1983	Keith Edwards (Vanderbilt)	97	Jim Sandusky (San Diego St.)	1171	Reggie Bynum (Oregon St.)	24.2	Kirk Pendleton (BYU)	11

1984	David Williams (Illinois)	101	David Williams	1278	Ronnie Kelley (Tulsa)	25.0	Doug Allen (Arizona St.)	14

1985	Rodney Carter (Purdue)	98	Marc Zeno (Tulane)	1137	Stephen Baker (Fresno St.)	29.1	Mark Bellini (BYU)	14

1986	Mark Templeton (Long Beach St.)	99	Wendell Davis (LSU)	1244	Keith Gloster (Temple)	24.7	Andy Schillinger (Miami-OH)	12

1987	Jason Phillips (Houston)	99	Ernie Jones (Indiana)	1265	Willie Vaughn (Kansas)	26.9	Tommy Kane (Syracuse)	14

1988	Jason Phillips (Houston)	108	Jason Phillips	1444	Calvin Phillips (W. Virginia)	25.5	Jason Phillips	15

1989	Manny Hazard (Houston)	142	Manny Hazard	1689	Randy Jackson (Rutgers)	28.5	Manny Hazard	22

1990	Eric Morgan (New Mexico)	80	Patrick Rowe (San Diego St.)	1392	Bryan Rowley (Utah)	27.2	Tracey Jenkins (Utah St.) Daryl Hobbs (Pacific)	14

1991	Fred Gilbert (Houston)	106	Aaron Turner (Pacific)	1604	Melvin Bonner (Baylor)	24.6	Desmond Howard (Michigan)	19

1992	Sherman Smith (Houston)	103	Ryan Yarborough (Wyoming)	1351	Ron Peters (Houston)	26.2	Sean Dawkins (California)	14

1993	Chris Penn (Tulsa)	105	Chris Penn	1578	Jay Kearney (W. Virginia)	25.9	Bryan Reeves (Nevada) J. J. Stokes (UCLA)	17

1994	Alex Van Dyke (Nevada)	98	Marcus Harris (Wyoming)	1431	Jimmy Oliver (TCU)	23.8	Jack Jackson (Florida)	15

1995	Alex Van Dyke (Nevada)	129	Alex Van Dyke	1854	Terry Glenn (Ohio State)	22.0	Terry Glenn Chris Doering (Florida)	17

1996	Damond Wilkins (Nevada)	114	Marcus Harris (Wyoming)	1650	Marcus Robinson (South Carolina)	24.0	Reidel Anthony (Florida)	18

1997	Eugene Baker (Kent State)	103	Randy Moss (Marshall)	1820	Corey Alston (Washington State)	23.8	Randy Moss	26

1998	Troy Edwards (Louisiana Tech)	140	Troy Edwards	1996	Kevin Coffey (Virginia)	25.3	Troy Edwards	27

1999	Trevor Insley (Nevada)	134	Trevor Insley	2060	André Davis (Virginia Tech)	25.5	Trevor Insley James Williams (Marshall)	13

2000	James Jordan (La.-Tech)	109	Snoop Minnis (Florida St.)	1340	Derrick Lewis (San Diego St.)	25.2	Lee Mays (UTEP)	15

2001	Rodney Wright (Fresno St.)	104	Josh Reed (LSU)	1740	Doug Gabriel (UCF)	28.7	Ashley Lelie (Hawaii)	19

2002	Nate Burleson (Nevada)	138	J. R. Tolver (San Diego St.)	1785	Brandon Middleton (Houston)	24.1	Rashaun Woods (Okla. St.)	17

2003	Lance Moore (Toledo)	103	Larry Fitzgerald (Pittsburgh)	1672	Dwight Counter (N. Mexico) Lawrence Brady (Boise St.)	25.0	Larry Fitzgerald	22

2004	Dante Ridgeway (Ball St.)	105	Roddy White (UAB)	1452	Dan Sheldon (N. Illinois)	23.4	Chad Owens (Hawaii)	17

2005	Greg Jennings (W. Michigan)	98	Mike Hass (Oregon St.)	1532	Matt Miller (Arizona St.)	23.5	Dwayne Jarrett (USC)	16

2006	Davone Bess (Hawaii)	96	Chris Williams (N. Mexico St.)	1425	Terry Moss (Ball St.)	25.4	Jarett Dillard (Rice)	21

2007	Michael Crabtree (Texas Tech)	134	Michael Crabtree	1962	Brennan Marion (Tulsa)	31.9	Michael Crabtree	22

2008	Casey Fitzgerald (N. Texas)	113	Austin Collie (BYU)	1538	Brennan Marion (Tulsa)	25.9	Jarett Dillard (Rice)	20

2009	Freddie Barnes (Bowling Green)	155	Danario Alexander (Missouri)	1781	Owen Spencer (NC State)	25.5	Freddie Barnes	19

2010	Ryan Broyles (Oklahoma)	131	Greg Salas (Hawaii)	1889	Kris Adams (UTEP)	22.8	Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma St.)	20

2011	Jordan White (W. Michigan)	140	Jordan White	1911	Stephen Hill (Ga. Tech)	29.3	Patrick Edwards (Houston)	20

2012	Marqise Lee (USC)	118	Terrance Williams (Baylor)	1832	Willis Wright (Fla. Int.)	25.3	Stedman Bailey (W. Virginia)	25

2013	Davante Adams (Fresno St.)	131	Brandin Cooks (Oregon St.)	1730	Devon Cajuste (Stanford)	22.9	Davante Adams	24

2014	Amari Cooper (Alabama)	124	Rashard Higgins (Colorado St.)	1750	Devin Smith (Ohio St.)	28.2	Rashard Higgins	18

2015	Tajae Sharpe (UMass)	111	Keyarris Garrett (Tulsa)	1588	Mack Hollins (North Carolina)	24.8	Corey Coleman (Baylor)	20

2016	Zay Jones (East Carolina)	158	Trent Taylor (Louisiana Tech)	1803	Jalen Robinette (Air Force)	27.4	Corey Davis (Western Michigan) & Carlos Henderson (Louisiana Tech)	19

2017	Trey Quinn (SMU)	114	James Washington (Oklahoma State)	1549	Aaron Cephus (Rice)	24.9	Anthony Miller (Memphis) & David Sills V (West Virginia)	18

Sentence(s)

While playing for Arizona, Dave Hibbert was the NCAA receiving leader in 1958 with 61 receptions.

final_sentence: While playing for Arizona, Dave Hibbert was the NCAA receiving leader in 1958 with 61 receptions.