Top 25 College Football Wide Receivers

The college football season is approaching. There is always debate over ranking the best players in the sport. Here are the top 25 college football wide receivers heading into the 2024 season.

Note: While projection of what a player can be is considered, most rankings are from what has been seen on the field. These are not NFL Draft rankings, but rather focus on the best players in college football.

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25. Dorian Singer, Utah Utes

Singer followed up a great season with Arizona (1,105 receiving yards) with an underwhelming one at USC. He now is at Utah where he’ll try to refind his form.

24. Xavier Weaver, Colorado Buffaloes

Travis Hunter gets more of the headlines for going both ways (he’ll be on the corner list), but Weaver was Colorado’s leading receiver last season. He finished the season with 68 catches for 908 yards.

23. Zachariah Branch, USC Trojans

Branch impressed with 320 yards as a freshman. His blazing speed also helped on special teams. The 2024 season gives him a chance to really break through.

22. Barion Brown, Kentucky Wildcats

Another speedster plays for Kentucky in Brown. He is one of the fastest players in college football and totaled 539 receiving yards last season. If quarterback play improves with consistency this year, Brown could be under-ranked on this list.

21. Jacolby George, Miami Hurricanes

Last season, George was a bright spot for Miami with 57 catches for 864 yards and eight touchdowns. With Cam Ward at quarterback now, George could produce even more.

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20. Eugene Wilson, Florida Gators

In only 10 games last season, Wilson tallied 61 catches for 538 yards and six touchdowns. He’ll be entering his second season with Graham Mertz at quarterback, but will face a tough schedule.

19. Jayden Higgins, Iowa State Cyclones

In one season at Iowa State, Higgins produced under sub-optimal circumstances. With freshman quarterback Rocco Becht thrown into the fire because of the gambling investigation into the program, Higgins caught 53 passes for 983 yards.

18. Deion Burks, Oklahoma Sooners

Burks was at Purdue last season, where he registered 47 catches for 629 yards and seven touchdowns in a breakout season. Now, he is expected to improve his stats while playing for Oklahoma.

17. Juice Wells, Ole Miss Rebels

Wells played for South Carolina to start his college career, but only played in three games due to injury last season. He is now at Ole Miss where he is trying to recapture his form from 2022, when he had 928 receiving yards.

16. Jordan Watkins, Ole Miss Rebels

Another Ole Miss receiver is on the list, as Watkins had over 700 receiving yards last season. There will be more competition for targets this season, but Wells needs to stay healthy, something Watkins has been able to do.

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15. Rashod Owens, Oklahoma State Cowboys

Oklahoma State’s running game got a lot of the headlines last year, but there were a couple of receivers who produced. Owens was one of them, as he had 63 catches for 895 yards.

14. Caullin Lacy, Louisville Cardinals

After being one of the most productive wide receivers in the FBS at South Alabama, Lacy is now at the Power 4 level with Louisville. He’ll be trying to match his 1,316 receiving yards from last season.

13. Isaiah Bond, Texas Longhorns

Bond made some big plays for Alabama and was productive. Now he is at Texas where he will try to follow up a season when he had 48 catches for 668 yards.

12. Xavier Restrepo, Miami Hurricanes

Last season, Restrepo really showed what he could do with over 1,000 yards. Now that Ward is playing quarterback, there are high hopes for Restrepo and the rest of the offense.

11. Evan Stewart, Oregon Ducks

Stewart was a highly-rated recruit, who played at Texas A&M to start his career. He didn’t have the best quarterback play, but still had over 1,100 receiving yards in his two seasons at College Station.

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10. Brennan Pressley, Oklahoma State Cowboys

The other Oklahoma State wide receiver that was highly-productive was Pressley. He tallied 101 catches for 991 yards and six touchdowns.

9. Ricky White, UNLV Rebels

White started his college career at Michigan State, but has spent the last two seasons at UNLV. He has developed into one of the best receivers in the sport and last year had 1,483 receiving yards.

8. Tory Horton, Colorado State Rams

Horton has two-straight 1,000 yard seasons for Colorado State. With the emergence of Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi at quarterback, another big season is likely in store for Horton.

7, Tez Johnson, Oregon Ducks

Johnson will battle Stewart for targets, but he has already produced in the offense. He had 86 catches for 1,182 yards last season for the Ducks after transferring in from Troy.

6. Elic Ayomanor, Stanford Cardinal

Ayomanor received recognition for how he played against Colorado and Travis Hunter. He had a great season outside of that too, despite Stanford’s offensive limitations. In total, he caught 62 passes for 1,013 yards and six touchdowns.

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5. Kevin Concepcion, NC State Wolfpack

As a three-star recruit for NC State, Concepcion totally overperformed expectations as a freshman last season. The Wolfpack lacked good quarterback play and Concepcion still produced. He finished the season with 71 catches for 839 yards and 10 touchdowns.

4. Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State Buckeyes

Egbuka has been productive for Ohio State over the years when healthy. His best season was in 2022, as he had over 1,100 yards.

3. Tre Harris, Ole Miss Rebels

Harris was a big-play threat for Ole Miss last season. He had 54 catches for 985 yards and eight touchdowns, but like the other Ole Miss receivers on this list will have to fight for targets more this season.

2. Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona Wildcats

McMillan excels at jump balls against smaller corners and has built a lot of production on that. He had 90 catches for 1,402 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2023.

1. Luther Burden, Missouri Tigers

Burden is a game-changing wide receiver who helped Missouri win 11 games last season. He opened up the offense with 86 receptions for 1,212 yards and nine touchdowns.

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