| Rank | Player | Pos | Cl | Games | Catches | Yards | Touchdowns | Catches Per Game | Yards Per Game | Yards Per Catch |
| 1 | Jarett Dillard, Rice | SR | WR | 49 | 292 | 4138 | 60 | 6.0 | 84.4 | 14.2 |
| 2 | Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech | SO | WR | 26 | 231 | 3127 | 41 | 8.9 | 120.3 | 13.5 |
| 3 | Chris Williams, New Mexico St. | SR | WR | 42 | 246 | 3555 | 32 | 5.9 | 84.6 | 14.5 |
| 4 | Darius Hill, Ball St. | SR | TE | 50 | 158 | 2473 | 31 | 3.2 | 49.5 | 15.7 |
| 5 | Chase Coffman, Missouri | SR | TE | 50 | 247 | 2659 | 30 | 4.9 | 53.2 | 10.8 |
| 5 | Austin Collie, BYU | JR | WR | 37 | 215 | 3255 | 30 | 5.8 | 88.0 | 15.1 |
| 7 | Greg Carr, Florida St. | SR | WR | 48 | 148 | 2574 | 29 | 3.1 | 53.6 | 17.4 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Sanders, SMU | JR | WR | 34 | 187 | 2452 | 27 | 5.5 | 72.1 | 13.1 |
| 9 | Jermaine Gresham, Oklahoma | JR | TE | 41 | 111 | 1629 | 26 | 2.7 | 39.7 | 14.7 |
| 10 | Dez Bryant, Oklahoma St. | SO | WR | 25 | 130 | 2102 | 25 | 5.2 | 84.1 | 16.2 |
| 11 | Brian Robiskie, Ohio St. | SR | WR | 50 | 127 | 1866 | 24 | 2.5 | 37.3 | 14.7 |
| 12 | Bruce Francis, Temple | SR | WR | 38 | 138 | 2035 | 23 | 3.6 | 53.6 | 14.7 |
| 13 | Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas | SO | WR | 26 | 135 | 1903 | 22 | 5.2 | 73.2 | 14.1 |
| 13 | Marko Mitchell, Nevada | SR | WR | 39 | 153 | 2763 | 22 | 3.9 | 70.8 | 18.1 |
| 13 | Dominick Goodman, Cincinnati | SR | WR | 48 | 204 | 2512 | 22 | 4.2 | 52.3 | 12.3 |
| 13 | Jeff Moturi, UTEP | JR | WR | 31 | 117 | 1553 | 22 | 3.8 | 50.1 | 13.3 |
| 13 | Jeremy Maclin, Missouri | SO | WR | 28 | 182 | 2315 | 22 | 6.5 | 82.7 | 12.7 |
| 13 | Nate Swift, Nebraska | SR | WR | 51 | 166 | 2476 | 22 | 3.3 | 48.5 | 14.9 |
| 13 | Deon Butler, Penn St. | SR | WR | 50 | 179 | 2771 | 22 | 3.6 | 55.4 | 15.5 |
| 13 | Eron Riley, Duke | SR | WR | 44 | 144 | 2413 | 22 | 3.3 | 54.8 | 16.8 |
| 13 | Michael Thomas, Arizona | SR | WR | 48 | 259 | 3231 | 22 | 5.4 | 67.3 | 12.5 |