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20 college football records that will never be broken

By Nathaniel Reeves

7 Nov 1998: Head coach Bobby Bowden of the Florida State Seminoles looks on as players celebrate during the game against the Virginia Cavaliers at the Doak Campell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminoles defeated the Cavaliers 45-14. Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport
7 Nov 1998: Head coach Bobby Bowden of the Florida State Seminoles looks on as players celebrate during the game against the Virginia Cavaliers at the Doak Campell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminoles defeated the Cavaliers 45-14. Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport /
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DALLAS – JANUARY 2: Wide receiver Rashaun Woods #82 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys plays against the Mississippi Rebels during the SBC Cotton Bowl on January 2, 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. ‘Ole Miss defeated Oklahoma State 31-28. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS – JANUARY 2: Wide receiver Rashaun Woods #82 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys plays against the Mississippi Rebels during the SBC Cotton Bowl on January 2, 2004 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. ‘Ole Miss defeated Oklahoma State 31-28. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

17. Individual touchdown receptions in a single game: Rashaun Woods, 7

Receiving records are a little tricky to project in the current college football landscape, but Woods’ seven touchdown receptions in one game is going to be tough for anyone to eclipse.

Woods joined Oklahoma State prior to the 2000 season and helped the Cowboys improve from the nation’s 97th best scoring offense all the way to 13th by 2002, the second year of the Les Miles era. After a pair of 1,000 yard seasons plus a first-team All-American nod, Woods seemed poised for a massive senior campaign on a team that also featured prolific junior quarterback Josh Fields.

Nebraska limited Woods to 47 yards in the 2003 season opener, but the future first-round pick wouldn’t be kept down for long. Three weeks later in a win over SMU, Woods reeled in scoring receptions on three straight snaps in the first half en route to a seven-touchdown catch performance, eclipsing a Division I record that had stood for 34 years.

The SMU game was the highlight of a brilliant career that included 293 receptions, 4,414 yards and 42 touchdowns, all of which were Big 12 records at the time. Even with a number of Air Raid offenses lighting up scoreboards across the country, an individual receiver reeling in eight touchdowns in one game to actually eclipse Woods seems next to impossible.

Woods was selected near the end of the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft, but couldn’t replicate his college success and quickly bounced out of the league with seven receptions to his name.

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