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Ranking the 10 best wide receiver single seasons in college football history

By David Creekmur

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Sep 1, 2018; South Bend, IN, USA; Tim Brown the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner poses with the Heisman Trophy at the Heisman House located outside Notre Dame Stadium before the Michigan Wolverines play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 1, 2018; South Bend, IN, USA; Tim Brown the 1987 Heisman Trophy winner poses with the Heisman Trophy at the Heisman House located outside Notre Dame Stadium before the Michigan Wolverines play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /

9. Tim Brown, Notre Dame (1987)

Dallas, Texas, native Tim Brown is obviously one of the best football players of all time. After all, he is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame, a nine-time NFL Pro Bowl selection as well as a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. At Notre Dame, Brown was a two-time All American and left the school holding 19 individual school records.

Despite an incredible season in 1986, it was the 1987 season that truly established Brown as one of the best college receivers of all time.

Brown became just the second wide receiver, joining Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska, to win the Heisman Trophy. He was also the first wide receiver to finish in the top three of the voting since Rodgers took home the trophy in 1972.

Among the eye-popping stats for Brown in 1987 were his 39 catches for 846 yards along with three touchdowns. That alone would not have won him the Heisman, but consider the rest of the production in addition to the receiving numbers. Brown rushed 34 times for 144 yards and a touchdown as well. Plus, he became one of the most feared return men the country had seen with 23 kick returns for 456 yards as well as 34 punt returns for 401 yards and three touchdowns.

The 1,847 total yards, done in four different ways was impressive enough to put Brown on this list. However, the lack of touchdowns certainly hurt his ranking. Nonetheless, the Heisman winner has to be on this list of the best wide receiver single seasons.

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