Maryland wide receiver Chris Durr Jr. has landed on the 2026 Biletnikoff Award Watch List, a nod that reflects just how central he’s been to the Terps’ passing game this season.
The Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced the watch list Wednesday. The Biletnikoff Award goes annually to college football’s most outstanding FBS receiver.
Durr Jr., a junior from Chicago who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 173 pounds, kept building on that resume Oct. 3 at Nebraska. He caught seven passes for a career-high 149 yards, and that performance extended his streak to five straight games with at least six receptions.
That kind of consistency has put him in rare company at Maryland. Durr Jr. is now only the third Terp in the past 30 seasons to begin a season with at least six catches in five consecutive games, joining Levern Jacobs in 2013 and Tai Felton in 2024.
The numbers behind the season are just as strong. Durr Jr. ranks second nationally with 8.4 receptions per game, behind only Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith. He also sits among the Big Ten’s top five in receiving yards with 461, while his 92.2 receiving yards per game ranks sixth in the conference and 21st in the nation.
He’s also already stacked up a few landmark performances. Durr Jr. is the only Maryland player since 1996 to post consecutive games with at least 10 catches. Against UConn, he became one of just three Terps in the past 30 seasons - along with DJ Moore and Torrey Smith - to finish a game with at least 12 receptions, 100 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
And when he put together back-to-back outings with at least 100 receiving yards and a touchdown against UConn and Virginia Tech, he joined Vernon Davis in 2005, Smith in 2010, Stefon Diggs in 2013, Dontay Demus Jr. in 2021 and Felton in 2024 as the only Maryland players this century to hit those marks in consecutive games.
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