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Western Kentucky’s best wide receivers

Taywan Taylor has the most receiving yards in Western Kentucky history, 4,234 from 2013 to 2016.

Of C-USA’s best wide receivers since 2004, Taywan Taylor is 4th.

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Western Kentucky’s wide receivers this season

By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2007–09

receiving yards in Western Kentucky history

  1. 1Taywan Taylor2013 – 20164,234
  2. 2Nicholas Norris2013 – 20163,091
  3. 3Malachi Corley2020 – 20233,033
  4. 4Lucky Jackson2016 – 20192,691
  5. 5Curtis Hamilton2004 – 20072,324
  6. 6Jay Davis1968 – 19712,236
  7. 7Willie McNeal2010 – 20142,181
  8. 8Keith Paskett1983 – 19862,117
  9. 9Eddie Preston1976 – 19792,083
  10. 10Joey Stockton1995 – 19972,057

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), through the 2025 season, which counts bowl games from 2002.

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Every wide receiver since the box scores began

Western Kentucky’s best wide receivers
PlacePlayerreceiving yardsreceptionsreceiving touchdowns
1Taywan Taylor2013 – 2016 · 50 games4,23425341
2Nicholas Norris2013 – 2016 · 50 games3,09119426
3Malachi Corley2020 – 2023 · 43 games3,03325929
4Lucky Jackson2016 – 2019 · 46 games2,69121013
5Willie McNeal2010 – 2014 · 49 games2,18117121
6Jerreth Sterns2021 · 14 games1,90215017
7Mitchell Tinsley2020 – 2021 · 26 games1,77913018
8Jack Doyle2009 – 2012 · 41 games1,7691628
9Jared Dangerfield2014 – 2015 · 26 games1,66915119
10Daewood Davis2021 – 2022 · 25 games1,63510615
11Dalvin Smith2020 – 2024 · 48 games1,57113121
12Easton Messer2022 – 2024 · 27 games1,321989
13Nacarius Fant2014 – 2017 · 35 games1,2731176
14K.D. Hutchinson2022 – 2025 · 37 games1,2431168
15Jake Gaebler2007 – 2009 · 25 games1,2371119
16Quin Jernighan2016 – 2019 · 36 games1,2191137
17Antwane Grant2014 – 2015 · 24 games1,2109613
18Jahcour Pearson2017 – 2020 · 29 games1,0721057
19Jacquez Sloan2017 – 2019 · 28 games974773
20Moussa Barry2023 – 2026 · still playing935703
+202 this season
21Kisean Johnson2024 · 14 games925757
22Matthew Henry2025 · 13 games888556
23Jaylen Hall2022 · 14 games869686
24Joel German2011 – 2014 · 24 games784614
25Xavier Lane2017 – 2020 · 21 games779691

receiving yards by decade

2020s

  1. Malachi Corley2020 – 2023 · 43 games3,033
  2. Jerreth Sterns2021 · 14 games1,902
  3. Mitchell Tinsley2020 – 2021 · 26 games1,779
  4. Daewood Davis2021 – 2022 · 25 games1,635
  5. Dalvin Smith2020 – 2024 · 48 games1,571

2010s

  1. Taywan Taylor2013 – 2016 · 50 games4,234
  2. Nicholas Norris2013 – 2016 · 50 games3,091
  3. Lucky Jackson2016 – 2019 · 46 games2,691
  4. Willie McNeal2010 – 2014 · 49 games2,181
  5. Jared Dangerfield2014 – 2015 · 26 games1,669

2007–09

  1. Jake Gaebler2007 – 2009 · 25 games1,237
  2. Curtis Hamilton2007 · 7 games420
  3. Quinterrance Cooper2007 – 2009 · 21 games412
  4. Jack Doyle2009 · 10 games365
  5. Wenquel Graves2007 – 2008 · 13 games251

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Method

  • Every wide receiver who played at Western Kentucky, ranked by receiving yards over his games there. Bowl and playoff games count.
  • A decade counts his receiving yards at Western Kentucky in its seasons.
  • The record book's numbers are the school's own. Where they and the box scores differ for one player, the box scores are missing a game or count bowls another way.
  • A wide receiver still playing at Western Kentucky is counted at tonight's numbers against the record book's, which run through the 2025 season.