before 2016 what wr had the most receptions through first season

Eric Metcalf made the most receptions by a wide receiver in his first season, with 104 receptions.

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	104	16		1,189	11.4	74.3	8	133	28	4.8	8.3	1
2	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	101	16	165	1,377	13.6	86.1	8	40	5	8.0	2.5	0
3	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	91	12	130	1,305	14.3	108.8	12	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
4	Eddie Royal E. Royal	91	15	129	980	10.8	65.3	5	109	11	9.9	7.3	0
5	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	90	15		1,132	12.6	75.5	6	42	5	8.4	2.8	0
6	Jarvis Landry J. Landry	84	16	112	758	9.0	47.4	5	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0
7	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	80	16	122	1,193	14.9	74.6	7	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
8	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	73	16	145	1,008	13.8	63.0	9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	72	16	130	1,070	14.9	66.9	6	-3	3	-1.0	-0.2	0
10	Gary Clark G. Clark	72	16		926	12.9	57.9	5	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
11	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	72	14		1,119	15.5	79.9	12	262	87	3.0	18.7	3
12	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	72	14		1,384	19.2	98.9	11	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
13	Bill Groman B. Groman	72	14		1,473	20.5	105.2	12	0	0		0.0	0
14	Don Maynard D. Maynard	72	14		1,265	17.6	90.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
15	Keenan Allen K. Allen	71	15	104	1,046	14.7	69.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
16	Bake Turner B. Turner	71	14		1,009	14.2	72.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
17	Dwayne Bowe D. Bowe	70	16	118	995	14.2	62.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Marques Colston M. Colston	70	14	115	1,038	14.8	74.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Willie Snead W. Snead	69	15	101	984	14.3	65.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Randy Moss R. Moss	69	16		1,313	19.0	82.1	17	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
21	Art Powell A. Powell	69	14		1,167	16.9	83.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
22	Mike Evans M. Evans	68	15	123	1,051	15.5	70.1	12	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jordan Matthews J. Matthews	67	16	103	872	13.0	54.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	Joey Galloway J. Galloway	67	16		1,039	15.5	64.9	7	154	11	14.0	9.6	1
25	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	67	16		1,009	15.1	63.1	8	0	0		0.0	0

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