best rookie receiving average record

Jimmy Orr has the most yards per reception by a rookie, with 27.6 per catch in 1958.

Interpreted as:
best rookie receiving average with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game record
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jimmy Orr
J. Orr
27.6
1958
PIT PIT
12
33
910
75.8
7
8
1
8.0
0.7
0
2Ron Sellers
R. Sellers
26.1
1969
BOS BOS
12
27
705
58.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
3Harlon Hill
H. Hill
25.0
1954
CHB CHB
12
45
1,124
93.7
12
0
0
0.0
0
4Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
23.5
1995
HOU HOU
16
35
823
51.4
9
-19
2
-9.5
-1.2
0
5Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
23.5
1946
CHC CHC
11
27
634
57.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
6James Jett
J. Jett
23.4
1993
RAI RAI
16
33
771
48.2
3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Billy Howton
B. Howton
23.2
1952
GB GB
12
53
1,231
102.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
8Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
23.0
1970
PIT PIT
14
30
691
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
22.5
1971
ATL ATL
14
33
741
52.9
6
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
10Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
21.8
1965
DAL DAL
13
46
1,003
77.2
12
-8
4
-2.0
-0.6
1
11Charlie Brown
C. Brown
21.6
1982
WAS WAS
9
32
690
76.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
12Wesley Walker
W. Walker
21.1
1977
NYJ NYJ
14
35
740
52.9
3
25
3
8.3
1.8
0
13Horace Copeland
H. Copeland
21.1
1993
TB TB
14
30
633
45.2
4
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
14Willie Gault
W. Gault
20.9
1983
CHI CHI
16
40
836
52.3
8
31
4
7.8
1.9
0
15Jessie Hester
J. Hester
20.8
1985
RAI RAI
16
32
665
41.6
4
13
1
13.0
0.8
1
16John Mackey
J. Mackey
20.7
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
51.9
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
17Art Weiner
A. Weiner
20.6
1950
NYY NYY
12
35
722
60.2
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
20.5
1957
WAS WAS
12
27
554
46.2
4
442
114
3.9
36.8
2
19Bill Groman
B. Groman
20.5
1960
HOU HOU
14
72
1,473
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
20Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
20.4
1988
DAL DAL
14
32
654
46.7
5
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
21Dorne Dibble
D. Dibble
20.4
1951
DET DET
12
30
613
51.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
22Daryl Turner
D. Turner
20.4
1984
SEA SEA
16
35
715
44.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
23Ricky Nattiel
R. Nattiel
20.3
1987
DEN DEN
12
31
630
52.5
2
13
2
6.5
1.1
0
24George Farmer
G. Farmer
20.2
1982
RAM RAM
8
17
344
43.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
25A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
20.2
2019
TEN TEN
16
52
84
1,051
65.7
8
60
3
20.0
3.8
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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25.0

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25.0

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TEAMWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
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2
5
0
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6
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1:00 PM
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BUF BUF
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Last Game
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35

Final

25

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
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2
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.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
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3
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Bengals Bengals
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
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2
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3
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6
2
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Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
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5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
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4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
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2
0
.714
Rams Rams
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2
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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MIA MIA
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Sun
11/2
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11/2
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