before 1999 what wr had the most receptions through first 7 seasons

Before 1999, Sterling Sharpe made the most catches by a wide receiver in his first 7 seasons, with 595 receptions.

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	NAME	REC	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	595	112	8,134	13.7	72.6	65	72	23	3.1	0.6	0
2	Herman Moore H. Moore	528	104	7,484	14.2	72.0	52	0	0		0.0	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	526	108	9,072	17.2	84.0	93	291	45	6.5	2.7	4
4	Andre Rison A. Rison	522	110	7,154	13.7	65.0	63	9	6	1.5	0.1	0
5	Al Toon A. Toon	486	98	6,294	13.0	64.2	29	7	4	1.8	0.1	0
6	Gary Clark G. Clark	485	106	7,830	16.1	73.9	53	36	9	4.0	0.3	0
7	Carl Pickens C. Pickens	473	104	6,150	13.0	59.1	57	6	6	1.0	0.1	0
8	Andre Reed A. Reed	469	106	6,466	13.8	61.0	49	246	30	8.2	2.3	1
9	Art Monk A. Monk	466	100	6,550	14.1	65.5	28	93	24	3.9	0.9	0
10	Art Powell A. Powell	458	98	7,669	16.7	78.3	77	0	0		0.0	0
11	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	443	90	5,696	12.9	63.3	40	20	4	5.0	0.2	0
12	Ernest Givins E. Givins	438	106	6,527	14.9	61.6	41	331	28	11.8	3.1	1
13	Anthony Miller A. Miller	434	109	6,689	15.4	61.4	42	81	17	4.8	0.7	0
14	Rob Moore R. Moore	427	107	6,181	14.5	57.8	31	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
15	Dwight Clark D. Clark	421	105	5,666	13.5	54.0	41	50	6	8.3	0.5	0
16	Brian Blades B. Blades	416	102	5,560	13.4	54.5	26	152	19	8.0	1.5	0
17	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	416	96	6,935	16.7	72.2	40	5	5	1.0	0.1	0
18	Bill Brooks B. Brooks	411	106	5,818	14.2	54.9	28	76	15	5.1	0.7	0
19	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	410	95	6,823	16.6	71.8	51	0	0		0.0	0
20	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	405	103	6,565	16.2	63.7	63	108	14	7.7	1.0	0
21	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	404	94	6,471	16.0	68.8	35	-15	7	-2.1	-0.2	0
22	Steve Largent S. Largent	399	99	6,534	16.4	66.0	49	43	12	3.6	0.4	1
23	Eric Martin E. Martin	398	111	5,863	14.7	52.8	40	11	4	2.8	0.1	0
24	James Lofton J. Lofton	397	105	7,663	19.3	73.0	41	231	27	8.6	2.2	1
25	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	394	82	7,973	20.2	97.2	73	112	16	7.0	1.4	2

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