before 1995 what wr had the most receiving yards through first 7 seasons

Before 1995, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards by a wide receiver in his first 7 seasons, with 9,072 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	9,072	108	526	17.2	84.0	93	291	45	6.5	2.7	4
2	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	8,134	112	595	13.7	72.6	65	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
3	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	7,973	82	394	20.2	97.2	73	112	16	7.0	1.4	2
4	Gary Clark G. Clark	7,830	106	485	16.1	73.9	53	36	9	4.0	0.3	0
5	Art Powell A. Powell	7,669	98	458	16.7	78.3	77	0	0		0.0	0
6	James Lofton J. Lofton	7,663	105	397	19.3	73.0	41	231	27	8.6	2.2	1
7	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	6,935	96	416	16.7	72.2	40	5	5	1.0	0.1	0
8	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	6,823	95	410	16.6	71.8	51	0	0		0.0	0
9	Anthony Miller A. Miller	6,689	109	434	15.4	61.4	42	81	17	4.8	0.7	0
10	Don Maynard D. Maynard	6,620	96	371	17.8	69.0	58	11	6	1.8	0.1	0
11	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	6,617	91	321	20.6	72.7	67	62	20	3.1	0.7	2
12	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	6,565	103	405	16.2	63.7	63	108	14	7.7	1.0	0
13	Art Monk A. Monk	6,550	100	466	14.1	65.5	28	93	24	3.9	0.9	0
14	Steve Largent S. Largent	6,534	99	399	16.4	66.0	49	43	12	3.6	0.4	1
15	Ernest Givins E. Givins	6,527	106	438	14.9	61.6	41	331	28	11.8	3.1	1
16	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	6,492	98	393	16.5	66.2	49	438	90	4.9	4.5	2
17	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	6,471	94	404	16.0	68.8	35	-15	7	-2.1	-0.2	0
18	Andre Reed A. Reed	6,466	106	469	13.8	61.0	49	246	30	8.2	2.3	1
19	Andre Rison A. Rison	6,453	94	475	13.6	68.6	60	9	4	2.3	0.1	0
20	Al Toon A. Toon	6,294	98	486	13.0	64.2	29	7	4	1.8	0.1	0
21	Anthony Carter A. Carter	6,281	102	377	16.7	61.6	45	204	24	8.5	2.0	1
22	Roy Green R. Green	6,273	93	391	16.0	67.5	51	80	20	4.0	0.9	0
23	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	6,243	103	393	15.9	60.6	40	75	15	5.0	0.7	0
24	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	6,184	95	370	16.7	65.1	57	0	0		0.0	0
25	Eddie Brown E. Brown	6,134	102	363	16.9	60.1	41	164	25	6.6	1.6	0

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Falcons	2	2	0	.500
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