1972 College Football Receiving Stats

184 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Rec (minimum 1.875 Rec/G, 75% of school games played).

184 Players Table
					Receiving				Rushing				Scrimmage
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Richard Agle	Appalachian State	Southern	11	24	605	25.2	8	2	19	9.5	0	26	624	24.0	8
2	Don Clune	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	28	646	23.1	5					28	646	23.1	5
3	Danny Buggs	West Virginia	Ind	11	33	740	22.4	7	20	405	20.3	4	53	1145	21.6	11
4	Steve Holden	Arizona State	WAC	11	38	848	22.3	12	14	112	8.0	1	52	960	18.5	13
5	Steve Odom	Utah	WAC	11	30	663	22.1	11	8	59	7.4	0	38	722	19.0	11
6	Pat Kenney	North Carolina State	ACC	11	38	832	21.9	5	2	17	8.5	0	40	849	21.2	5
7	Tim Dameron	East Carolina	Southern	11	30	648	21.6	5	1	21	21.0	0	31	669	21.6	5
8	Drew Pearson	Tulsa	MVC	11	33	690	20.9	5					33	690	20.9	5
9	Jack Forde	Navy	Ind	11	21	421	20.0	2	3	19	6.3	0	24	440	18.3	2
10	Jeff Mack	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11	27	528	19.6	5	68	286	4.2	1	95	814	8.6	6
11	Willie Armstead	Utah	WAC	11	28	542	19.4	5					28	542	19.4	5
12	Ricky Scales	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	43	826	19.2	7					43	826	19.2	7
13	Wayne Wheeler	Alabama	SEC	11	30	573	19.1	7	1	-1	-1.0	0	31	572	18.5	7
14	Isaac Curtis	San Diego State	PCAA	11	44	832	18.9	7	8	16	2.0	0	52	848	16.3	7
15	Barry Dean	Arizona	WAC	11	22	414	18.8	3					22	414	18.8	3
16	Kenny Harrison	SMU	SWC	11	29	542	18.7	4	2	-6	-3.0	0	31	536	17.3	4
17	Jim Lash	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	36	667	18.5	2	1	-7	-7.0	0	37	660	17.8	2
18	Theopolis Bell	Arizona	WAC	10	22	408	18.5	4	3	8	2.7	0	25	416	16.6	4
19	Garvin Roberson	Illinois	Big Ten	11	31	569	18.4	5					31	569	18.4	5
20	Steve Fraser	Colgate	Ind	10	29	535	18.4	4					29	535	18.4	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Archie Gray	Wyoming	WAC	11	22	405	18.4	2	3	-3	-1.0	0	25	402	16.1	2
22	Dennis Goss	Clemson	ACC	11	21	385	18.3	1	4	27	6.8	0	25	412	16.5	1
23	Dwight Gates	Appalachian State	Southern	11	26	473	18.2	6	1	23	23.0	0	27	496	18.4	6
24	Bruce Adams	Kansas	Big 8	11	39	704	18.1	8	7	-1	-0.1	0	46	703	15.3	8
25	Barry Smith	Florida State	Ind	11	69	1243	18.0	13	3	11	3.7	1	72	1254	17.4	14
26	Jim Moore	Texas	SWC	9	23	413	18.0	0					23	413	18.0	0
27	Donnie Reel	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	31	555	17.9	2	1	8	8.0	1	32	563	17.6	3
28	Willie Miller	Colorado State	WAC	11	42	749	17.8	3	4	16	4.0	0	46	765	16.6	3
29	Willie Jones	Iowa State	Big 8	11	34	606	17.8	5	3	4	1.3	0	37	610	16.5	5
30	Emmett Edwards	Kansas	Big 8	11	26	464	17.8	2	1	17	17.0	0	27	481	17.8	2
31	Tyrone Byrd	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	19	339	17.8	3					19	339	17.8	3
32	Billy Joe DuPree	Michigan State	Big Ten	11	23	406	17.7	0					23	406	17.7	0
33	David Yaege	North Texas	MVC	11	42	738	17.6	2	4	118	29.5	0	46	856	18.6	2
34	John Hagerty	Harvard	Ivy	9	19	332	17.5	3	1	0	0.0	0	20	332	16.6	3
35	Frank Murphy	Air Force	Ind	10	31	539	17.4	7	7	36	5.1	0	38	575	15.1	7
36	Bob Palm	Oregon	Pac-8	11	24	418	17.4	4	4	8	2.0	0	28	426	15.2	4
37	David Kervin	North Texas	MVC	11	35	605	17.3	4					35	605	17.3	4
38	Willie Jackson	Florida	SEC	11	23	397	17.3	4	1	-7	-7.0	0	24	390	16.3	4
39	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	Big 8	11	55	942	17.1	8	58	267	4.6	7	113	1209	10.7	15
40	Mark Wakefield	Tampa	Ind	11	23	391	17.0	0					23	391	17.0	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Jimmy Robinson	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	48	812	16.9	9	3	16	5.3	0	51	828	16.2	9
42	Mike Telep	Columbia	Ivy	9	29	491	16.9	3					29	491	16.9	3
43	Bob Burns	Georgia	SEC	11	23	389	16.9	0	16	40	2.5	1	39	429	11.0	1
44	Ronnie Moore	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	11	40	673	16.8	3	5	13	2.6	0	45	686	15.2	3
45	Joe Petty	Arizona State	WAC	11	31	522	16.8	4	3	-11	-3.7	0	34	511	15.0	4
46	Craig Valentine	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	22	369	16.8	4					22	369	16.8	4
47	Walt Walker	Davidson	Southern	11	62	1031	16.6	8	1	-13	-13.0	0	63	1018	16.2	8
48	Greg Taylor	UTEP	WAC	10	53	878	16.6	4					53	878	16.6	4
49	Marshall Mills	West Virginia	Ind	11	35	580	16.6	3	2	-2	-1.0	0	37	578	15.6	3
50	Jim Hodge	Arkansas	SWC	11	27	449	16.6	2	1	7	7.0	0	28	456	16.3	2
51	Bill Buckley	Mississippi State	SEC	11	47	776	16.5	6	1	5	5.0	0	48	781	16.3	6
52	Scott Freeman	Wyoming	WAC	11	26	429	16.5	4	19	55	2.9	2	45	484	10.8	6
53	David Knight	William & Mary	Southern	11	44	721	16.4	6	4	39	9.8	1	48	760	15.8	7
54	Charles Young	USC	Pac-8	11	23	378	16.4	3					23	378	16.4	3
55	Steve Bilko	Villanova	Ind	11	21	343	16.3	2					21	343	16.3	2
56	Ken Matthews	Long Beach State	PCAA	11	58	938	16.2	2					58	938	16.2	2
57	Steve Shores	Tulsa	MVC	11	23	373	16.2	2					23	373	16.2	2
58	Larry Nickels	Dayton	Ind	11	44	706	16.0	3	1	2	2.0	0	45	708	15.7	3
59	Nate Stephens	West Virginia	Ind	11	34	545	16.0	4					34	545	16.0	4
60	Gerald Keigley	LSU	SEC	11	27	433	16.0	7					27	433	16.0	7
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
61	Tom Sweeney	Rutgers	Ind	11	23	369	16.0	1					23	369	16.0	1
62	Curt Wurst	Fresno State	PCAA	11	21	336	16.0	2					21	336	16.0	2
63	Dave Juenger	Ohio	MAC	11	32	508	15.9	6	51	70	1.4	1	83	578	7.0	7
64	Ken Smith	New Mexico	WAC	11	24	382	15.9	2					24	382	15.9	2
65	Ron Arceneaux	Rice	SWC	11	24	379	15.8	1	1	47	47.0	0	25	426	17.0	1
66	Gary Butler	Rice	SWC	11	45	708	15.7	1					45	708	15.7	1
67	Chuck Belic	Virginia	ACC	11	39	613	15.7	5	10	32	3.2	0	49	645	13.2	5
68	Craig Clark	Utah State	Ind	11	38	595	15.7	5	4	50	12.5	1	42	645	15.4	6
69	Frank Russell	Maryland	ACC	11	30	472	15.7	1					30	472	15.7	1
70	Jerry Hughes	Utah State	Ind	11	41	639	15.6	4	171	679	4.0	5	212	1318	6.2	9
71	Tim Boyer	San Diego State	PCAA	11	30	464	15.5	2	0	0		2	30	464	15.5	4
72	Miles Moore	Stanford	Pac-8	11	27	418	15.5	4	1	-9	-9.0	0	28	409	14.6	4
73	Robert Ford	Houston	Ind	11	35	538	15.4	4	1	1	1.0	0	36	539	15.0	4
74	Ike Harris	Iowa State	Big 8	11	26	400	15.4	3					26	400	15.4	3
75	Dan Natale	Penn State	Ind	11	30	460	15.3	5	1	-3	-3.0	0	31	457	14.7	5
76	George Milosevic	Cornell	Ivy	9	37	564	15.2	3					37	564	15.2	3
77	Randy Grossman	Temple	Ind	8	23	349	15.2	3					23	349	15.2	3
78	Steve Sweeney	California	Pac-8	11	52	785	15.1	13	1	5	5.0	0	53	790	14.9	13
79	Chuck Foreman	Miami (FL)	Ind	11	37	557	15.1	3	107	484	4.5	3	144	1041	7.2	6
80	John Brady	Washington	Pac-8	11	30	450	15.0	3	5	17	3.4	0	35	467	13.3	3
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
81	Keith Krepfle	Iowa State	Big 8	11	30	450	15.0	4	3	0	0.0	0	33	450	13.6	4
82	Jeff Smith	Brown	Ivy	9	23	346	15.0	5					23	346	15.0	5
83	Brock Aynsley	Washington State	Pac-8	11	23	344	15.0	3	1	8	8.0	0	24	352	14.7	3
84	Hank Cook	New Mexico State	MVC	11	41	611	14.9	1	1	3	3.0	0	42	614	14.6	1
85	Mel Briggs	Boston College	Ind	11	42	620	14.8	8					42	620	14.8	8
86	Vince Stafford	Chattanooga	Ind	11	30	443	14.8	2					30	443	14.8	2
87	Fred Leathers	California	Pac-8	11	29	429	14.8	3	88	404	4.6	3	117	833	7.1	6
88	Willie Townsend	Notre Dame	Ind	9	25	369	14.8	4	2	43	21.5	0	27	412	15.3	4
89	Jimmy Jerome	North Carolina	ACC	11	22	326	14.8	4	11	66	6.0	0	33	392	11.9	4
90	Todd Toerper	Pitt	Ind	11	34	501	14.7	3					34	501	14.7	3
91	Greg Smith	Air Force	Ind	10	26	382	14.7	3					26	382	14.7	3
92	Bob Redmond	Washington State	Pac-8	11	22	324	14.7	2	3	34	11.3	0	25	358	14.3	2
93	Ralph Bierdeman	Dayton	Ind	11	22	324	14.7	0					22	324	14.7	0
94	Tommy Strahan	Mississippi State	SEC	11	21	308	14.7	1					21	308	14.7	1
95	Gregg Brown	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	18	260	14.4	2					18	260	14.4	2
96	Jeff Calabrese	Toledo	MAC	11	62	886	14.3	2					62	886	14.3	2
97	Don Ratliff	Maryland	ACC	11	36	515	14.3	6					36	515	14.3	6
98	John Viher	Miami (OH)	MAC	10	29	414	14.3	3					29	414	14.3	3
99	Henry Childs	Kansas State	Big 8	11	33	467	14.2	5					33	467	14.2	5
100	Richard Osborne	Texas A&M	SWC	11	31	440	14.2	1					31	440	14.2	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
101	Mike Oven	Georgia Tech	Ind	11	25	355	14.2	2					25	355	14.2	2
102	Don Seymour	Toledo	MAC	11	22	312	14.2	0					22	312	14.2	0
103	Kerry Brown	Princeton	Ivy	9	31	436	14.1	2					31	436	14.1	2
104	Lance Robbins	Utah	WAC	11	28	394	14.1	2					28	394	14.1	2
105	Dan Bungori	Maryland	ACC	11	24	339	14.1	1					24	339	14.1	1
106	Lonnie Crittenden	UTEP	WAC	10	46	642	14.0	3	3	-11	-3.7	0	49	631	12.9	3
107	Gary Pinkel	Kent State	MAC	11	34	477	14.0	3					34	477	14.0	3
108	Nat Moore	Florida	SEC	11	25	351	14.0	4	145	845	5.8	9	170	1196	7.0	13
109	Dave Bateman	California	Pac-8	11	23	322	14.0	1	4	7	1.8	0	27	329	12.2	1
110	Mike Haggard	South Carolina	Ind	11	46	639	13.9	8					46	639	13.9	8
111	Ricky Crosby	The Citadel	Southern	11	32	446	13.9	4					32	446	13.9	4
112	Gene Austin	Fresno State	PCAA	11	28	388	13.9	4					28	388	13.9	4
113	Tom Forzani	Utah State	Ind	11	85	1169	13.8	8					85	1169	13.8	8
114	Eric Cross	Stanford	Pac-8	11	53	730	13.8	9	1	9	9.0	0	54	739	13.7	9
115	Lanny Steed	Marshall	Ind	10	37	509	13.8	2					37	509	13.8	2
116	Bill Scott	Stanford	Pac-8	11	27	372	13.8	1					27	372	13.8	1
117	Glenn Scolnik	Indiana	Big Ten	11	53	727	13.7	6	1	15	15.0	0	54	742	13.7	6
118	Greg Specht	Oregon	Pac-8	11	52	710	13.7	4					52	710	13.7	4
119	Charles Dancer	Baylor	SWC	11	34	463	13.6	1					34	463	13.6	1
120	Jackie Brown	South Carolina	Ind	11	32	436	13.6	0					32	436	13.6	0
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
121	J.V. Cain	Colorado	Big 8	11	30	407	13.6	0	12	112	9.3	1	42	519	12.4	1
122	Mike Harris	Fresno State	PCAA	11	30	407	13.6	3					30	407	13.6	3
123	Andre Tillman	Texas Tech	SWC	11	21	285	13.6	0					21	285	13.6	0
124	Mike Burnop	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	34	459	13.5	3					34	459	13.5	3
125	Mike Mahoney	Richmond	Southern	10	26	351	13.5	4					26	351	13.5	4
126	J.K. McKay	USC	Pac-8	11	25	338	13.5	4					25	338	13.5	4
127	Chip Regine	Brown	Ivy	9	51	681	13.4	6					51	681	13.4	6
128	Jesse Parks	Columbia	Ivy	9	33	441	13.4	2	2	9	4.5	0	35	450	12.9	2
129	Chuck Driesbach	Villanova	Ind	11	29	389	13.4	1					29	389	13.4	1
130	Brian Kilgore	Baylor	SWC	11	23	307	13.3	2	38	230	6.1	0	61	537	8.8	2
131	Mike Reppond	Arkansas	SWC	11	36	475	13.2	4					36	475	13.2	4
132	Ike McBee	San Jose State	PCAA	11	30	393	13.1	1	2	4	2.0	0	32	397	12.4	1
133	Dave Sullivan	Virginia	ACC	11	51	662	13.0	7	2	15	7.5	0	53	677	12.8	7
134	Doug Parker	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	41	534	13.0	0					41	534	13.0	0
135	Brian Rollins	Iowa	Big Ten	11	29	378	13.0	2	4	64	16.0	0	33	442	13.4	2
136	Bob Pickard	Xavier	Ind	11	43	555	12.9	1	24	34	1.4	2	67	589	8.8	3
137	Scooter Warren	New Mexico State	MVC	11	43	555	12.9	6					43	555	12.9	6
138	Edwin Collins	Rice	SWC	11	42	540	12.9	5	2	-7	-3.5	0	44	533	12.1	5
139	Butch Veazey	Ole Miss	SEC	10	29	374	12.9	8					29	374	12.9	8
140	Kevin Ault	Idaho	Ind	11	23	296	12.9	2					23	296	12.9	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
141	Gary Parris	Florida State	Ind	11	49	629	12.8	4					49	629	12.8	4
142	Bob Revelle	Nebraska	Big 8	11	38	487	12.8	4					38	487	12.8	4
143	Gary Barnes	Louisville	MVC	10	52	655	12.6	4					52	655	12.6	4
144	Joe Neary	Holy Cross	Ind	10	20	251	12.6	1	3	23	7.7	2	23	274	11.9	3
145	Bill Kairit	Brown	Ivy	9	17	214	12.6	1					17	214	12.6	1
146	Steve Craig	Northwestern	Big Ten	11	29	362	12.5	4					29	362	12.5	4
147	Pete Taggares	Washington	Pac-8	11	27	335	12.4	3	127	450	3.5	8	154	785	5.1	11
148	Marshall Veal	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	24	297	12.4	2					24	297	12.4	2
149	Jim Ward	Army	Ind	10	32	393	12.3	4					32	393	12.3	4
150	John Schroll	Kansas	Big 8	11	28	344	12.3	2	2	12	6.0	0	30	356	11.9	2
151	Chris Moyneur	San Jose State	PCAA	11	46	559	12.2	4					46	559	12.2	4
152	Stan Davis	Memphis	MVC	11	39	476	12.2	2	24	158	6.6	1	63	634	10.1	3
153	Vic Wilfore	East Carolina	Southern	11	23	280	12.2	5					23	280	12.2	5
154	Jack Alvarez	Kentucky	SEC	11	41	487	11.9	0					41	487	11.9	0
155	Tom Sloan	Temple	Ind	9	20	236	11.8	1	45	123	2.7	0	65	359	5.5	1
156	Bob Schaeffer	Villanova	Ind	11	22	258	11.7	1	3	12	4.0	0	25	270	10.8	1
157	Steve Patterson	TCU	SWC	11	22	255	11.6	2	1	0	0.0	0	23	255	11.1	2
158	Andy Davis	Davidson	Southern	11	47	541	11.5	2					47	541	11.5	2
159	John Sawyer	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	21	242	11.5	1					21	242	11.5	1
160	Zeke Harden	Cincinnati	Ind	11	29	330	11.4	1	5	4	0.8	0	34	334	9.8	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
161	Logan Hunter	Brigham Young	WAC	11	49	555	11.3	2					49	555	11.3	2
162	Barrett Rosser	Cornell	Ivy	9	17	192	11.3	2	8	33	4.1	0	25	225	9.0	2
163	Clint Graves	Temple	Ind	9	63	707	11.2	3					63	707	11.2	3
164	Ray Barga	Kentucky	SEC	11	28	307	11.0	1	11	57	5.2	0	39	364	9.3	1
165	Clint Bradshaw	Appalachian State	Southern	8	23	254	11.0	3	47	234	5.0	3	70	488	7.0	6
166	Bert Calland	Navy	Ind	11	61	650	10.7	2	5	10	2.0	0	66	660	10.0	2
167	John Goerger	Kansas State	Big 8	11	57	612	10.7	1					57	612	10.7	1
168	Stan Eure	East Carolina	Southern	11	24	250	10.4	2					24	250	10.4	2
169	George Uremovich	Illinois	Big Ten	11	21	219	10.4	1	152	611	4.0	5	173	830	4.8	6
170	Larry Christoff	Rutgers	Ind	11	27	278	10.3	1					27	278	10.3	1
171	Tony Burdock	Louisville	MVC	10	37	374	10.1	4					37	374	10.1	4
172	Bill Skinner	Princeton	Ivy	9	27	266	9.9	2					27	266	9.9	2
173	Robert Miller	Kansas	Big 8	11	21	208	9.9	2	62	330	5.3	5	83	538	6.5	7
174	Ken Grandberry	Washington State	Pac-8	11	28	273	9.8	1	214	833	3.9	11	242	1106	4.6	12
175	Ronnie Norman	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	11	21	205	9.8	2	131	481	3.7	2	152	686	4.5	4
176	Kim Knoppe	Xavier	Ind	11	29	272	9.4	2					29	272	9.4	2
177	Steve Ogden	Navy	Ind	11	26	242	9.3	2					26	242	9.3	2
178	Maurice Anderson	Oregon	Pac-8	11	23	211	9.2	1	96	259	2.7	3	119	470	3.9	4
179	Mike Davison	Florida State	Ind	11	24	198	8.3	1	80	372	4.7	5	104	570	5.5	6
180	Paul Loughran	Temple	Ind	9	24	197	8.2	2	125	593	4.7	4	149	790	5.3	6
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Plays	Yds	Avg	TD
181	Wilson Plunkett	Southern Mississippi	Ind	11	23	188	8.2	1	59	293	5.0	1	82	481	5.9	2
182	Gary Ferguson	Rice	SWC	11	24	191	8.0	2	160	639	4.0	1	184	830	4.5	3
183	James Barber	Virginia Tech	Ind	11	35	278	7.9	0	186	624	3.4	13	221	902	4.1	13
184	Howard Stevens	Louisville	MVC	10	29	221	7.6	3	259	1294	5.0	13	288	1515	5.3	16

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