If your team needs a receiver next offseason, you better hope that the staff looks directly to the transfer portal for help. Transfer receivers all over college football have shined this year, led by a Virginia standout and a Louisville deep threat.
Let’s take a dive in to this year’s leaders in receiving yards through seven weeks of the college football season, starting at No. 20.
17 rec., six TD, 367 yards.
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19. KOLE WILSON – TEXAS STATE
30 rec., 373 yards, four TD.
18. KADEN PRATHER – MARYLAND
27 rec., 373 yards, five TD.
17. NATE MCCOLLUM – NORTH CAROLINA
31 rec., 374 yards, one TD.
16. JAELEN GILL – FRESNO STATE
34 rec., 374 yards, five TD.
15. JOSH KELLY – WASHINGTON STATE
27 rec., 385 yards, five TD.
14. HOLDEN WILLIS – MIDDLE TENNESSEE
27 rec., 412 yards, two TD.
13. XZAVIER HENDERSON – CINCINNATI
30 rec., 414 yards, one TD.
12. KEON COLEMAN – FLORIDA STATE
29 rec., 418 yards, seven TD.
11. ANDREL ANTHONY – OKLAHOMA
27 rec., 429 yards, one TD.
10. JIMMY HORN JR. – COLORADO
44 rec., 436 yards, four TD.
9. NAIEM SIMMONS – SOUTH FLORIDA
24 rec., 438 yards, three TD.
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WR Naiem Simmons – USF
• 8 rec 273 yards 1 TD pic.twitter.com/pdxxIye3xB
— NCAAF Nation (@NCAAFNation247) September 23, 2023
8. KYLE WILLIAMS – WASHINGTON STATE
33 rec., 447 yards, four TD.
7. DALLIN HOLKER – COLORADO STATE
39 rec., 497 yards, six TD.
6. ANTHONY SIMPSON – UMASS
36 rec., 568 yards, three TD.
5. JOEY HOBERT – TEXAS STATE
48 rec., 612 yards, six TD.
35 rec., 626 yards, six TD.
3. XAVIER WEAVER – COLORADO
50 rec., 631 yards, four TD.
2. JAMARI THRASH – LOUISVILLE
39 rec., 639 yards, six TD.
1. MALIK WASHINGTON – VIRGINIA
44 rec., 668 yards, five TD.
#UVa‘s Malik Washington was off of the radar for NFL Draft evaluators before the season began. But, now he leads the ACC in catches and receiving yards.
“I don’t even think [Virginia] expected him to be this good this year.” On Washington’s draft stock: https://t.co/OnnzfAwjhR pic.twitter.com/q9CHU77twJ
— Greg Madia (@GregMadia) October 12, 2023