| RECEIVING LEADERS (based on receptions) | |||||
| Year | Player | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1950 | Bob Keesling | 17 | 268 | 15.8 | 4 |
| 1951 | Steve Nagy | 33 | 359 | 10.9 | 1 |
| Pen Faber | 33 | 336 | 10.2 | 4 | |
| 1952 | Ward Shawver | 21 | 244 | 11.6 | 4 |
| 1953 | Bill Wooden | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 1954 | Art Bryant | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 1955 | Dick Hackenberg | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 2 |
| 1956 | Dick Hackenberg | 8 | 101 | 12.6 | 2 |
| 1957 | Pat Ewing | 14 | 208 | 14.9 | 1 |
| Dick Hackenberg | 14 | 306 | 21.9 | 6 | |
| 1958 | Bob Godwin | 8 | 122 | 15.3 | 1 |
| 1959 | Larry Lewallen | 13 | 127 | 9.8 | 1 |
| 1960 | Wally Foltz | 17 | 348 | 20.5 | 2 |
| 1961 | Wally Foltz | 10 | 198 | 19.8 | 1 |
| 1962 | Ed Skeeters | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 |
| 1963 | Bronson Davis | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | |
| 1964 | Tom Cooper | 14 | 144 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 1965 | Tom Cooper | 39 | 550 | 14.1 | 4 |
| 1966 | Tom Miller | 23 | 306 | 13.3 | 2 |
| Dick Walker | 23 | 267 | 11.6 | 1 | |
| 1967 | Tom Miller | 22 | 338 | 15.4 | 0 |
| 1968 | Scott Ralston | 39 | 669 | 17.2 | 6 |
| 1969 | Scott Ralston | 31 | 495 | 15.9 | 1 |
| 1970 | Norm Brown | 31 | 296 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 1971 | Steve Rales | 27 | 405 | 15.0 | 2 |
| 1972 | Don Rosenbaum | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 1 |
| 1973 | Steve Snyder | 13 | 205 | 15.8 | 1 |
| 1974 | Gerard Richardson | 13 | 214 | 16.5 | 2 |
| 1975 | Mike Dolinski | 18 | 326 | 18.1 | 2 |
| 1976 | Mike Dolinski | 31 | 599 | 19.3 | 2 |
| 1977 | Randy Veach | 10 | 139 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 1978 | Jay True | 65 | 878 | 13.5 | 3 |
| 1979 | Jay True | 61 | 673 | 9.4 | 3 |
| 1980 | Jay True | 62 | 921 | 14.9 | 5 |
| 1981 | Kevin Perkins | 51 | 783 | 15.4 | 8 |
| 1982 | Bob Cohen | 33 | 371 | 11.2 | 1 |
| 1983 | Tim Weaver | 31 | 420 | 13.3 | 3 |
| 1984 | Tim Weaver | 51 | 669 | 13.1 | 11 |
| 1985 | Chuck Sadler | 28 | 352 | 12.6 | 3 |
| 1986 | Tim Weaver | 39 | 582 | 14.9 | 6 |
| 1987 | Greg Werner | 56 | 803 | 14.3 | 5 |
| 1988 | Greg Werner | 47 | 634 | 13.5 | 9 |
| 1989 | Todd Cleveland | 40 | 468 | 11.7 | 3 |
| Terry Dickey | 40 | 338 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| 1990 | Terry Dickey | 39 | 339 | 8.7 | 1 |
| 1991 | Terry Dickey | 24 | 347 | 14.5 | 3 |
| 1992 | Jim Fiscella | 30 | 533 | 17.8 | 1 |
| Ron Hermann | 30 | 310 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| 1993 | Jay Pettigrew | 36 | 370 | 10.3 | 1 |
| 1994 | Scott Beasley | 36 | 570 | 15.8 | 4 |
| Jay Pettigrew | 36 | 343 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| 1995 | Jamie Cunha | 42 | 544 | 13.0 | 6 |
| 1996 | Jay Pettigrew | 53 | 670 | 12.6 | 9 |
| 1997 | Joe Cheshire | 46 | 641 | 13.9 | 4 |
| 1998 | Johnathon Stigall | 24 | 500 | 20.8 | 6 |
| 1999 | Joe Schoen | 51 | 656 | 12.9 | 7 |
| 2000 | Joe Schoen | 80 | 900 | 11.2 | 4 |
| 2001 | John Stephens | 88 | 991 | 11.3 | 6 |
| 2002 | Dan Ryan | 64 | 941 | 14.7 | 15 |
| 2003 | Jamarcus Shephard | 69 | 783 | 11.3 | 4 |
| 2004 | Jamarcus Shephard | 47 | 815 | 17.3 | 7 |
| 2005 | Brian Culp | 35 | 464 | 13.3 | 1 |
| 2006 | Bryan Mulligan | 29 | 384 | 13.2 | 2 |
| 2007 | Bryan Mulligan | 69 | 868 | 12.6 | 4 |