before 1991 what wr had the most receptions through first 3 seasons

Sterling Sharpe and Tom Fears were tied for the most receptions by a wide receiver in their first 3 seasons, with 212 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
212
48
3,319
15.7
69.1
19
37
8
4.6
0.8
0
2Tom Fears
T. Fears
212
36
2,827
13.3
78.5
20
5
3
1.7
0.1
0
3George Sauer
G. Sauer
204
42
3,409
16.7
81.2
14
18
3
6.0
0.4
0
4Art Powell
A. Powell
204
42
3,178
15.6
75.7
27
0
0
0.0
0
5Gary Clark
G. Clark
202
43
3,257
16.1
75.7
19
10
3
3.3
0.2
0
6Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
201
42
3,724
18.5
88.7
28
62
6
10.3
1.5
0
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
200
44
3,575
17.9
81.3
40
149
24
6.2
3.4
3
8Al Toon
A. Toon
199
43
2,814
14.1
65.4
16
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
9John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
199
45
3,431
17.2
76.2
36
23
2
11.5
0.5
0
10Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
190
40
2,759
14.5
69.0
26
259
89
2.9
6.5
3
11Roy Green
R. Green
188
41
3,235
17.2
78.9
29
47
11
4.3
1.1
0
12Dwight Clark
D. Clark
185
48
2,328
12.6
48.5
12
32
3
10.7
0.7
0
13Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
182
39
2,839
15.6
72.8
14
-9
3
-3.0
-0.2
0
14Dave Parks
D. Parks
182
41
3,021
16.6
73.7
25
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
15Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
180
39
3,335
18.5
85.5
26
0
0
0.0
0
16Danny Abramowicz
D. Abramowicz
177
42
2,626
14.8
62.5
20
88
5
17.6
2.1
0
17Anthony Miller
A. Miller
174
48
2,711
15.6
56.5
20
79
14
5.6
1.6
0
18Ernest Givins
E. Givins
174
43
2,971
17.1
69.1
14
161
14
11.5
3.7
1
19James Lofton
J. Lofton
171
48
3,012
17.6
62.8
14
12
4
3.0
0.3
0
20Don Maynard
D. Maynard
171
42
2,935
17.2
69.9
22
0
0
0.0
0
21Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
170
44
2,720
16.0
61.8
14
65
11
5.9
1.5
0
22Mark Carrier
M. Carrier
169
42
2,815
16.7
67.0
17
0
0
0.0
0
23Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
169
34
2,143
12.7
63.0
16
20
4
5.0
0.6
0
24Brian Blades
B. Blades
166
48
2,270
13.7
47.3
16
46
9
5.1
1.0
0
25Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
165
48
2,516
15.2
52.4
14
19
3
6.3
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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