broncos players with the most receiving yards per game in the 1997 season

Rod Smith averaged the most receiving yards per game for the Broncos in 1997, with 73.8 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rod Smith
R. Smith
73.8
1997
DEN DEN
16
70
1,180
16.9
12
16
5
3.2
1.0
0
2Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
69.2
1997
DEN DEN
16
72
1,107
15.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
3Ed McCaffrey
E. McCaffrey
39.3
1997
DEN DEN
15
45
590
13.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
19.1
1997
DEN DEN
15
42
287
6.8
0
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
15
5Willie Green
W. Green
15.0
1997
DEN DEN
16
19
240
12.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
6Dwayne Carswell
D. Carswell
6.0
1997
DEN DEN
16
12
96
8.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Howard Griffith
H. Griffith
3.7
1997
DEN DEN
15
11
55
5.0
0
34
9
3.8
2.3
0
8Detron Smith
D. Smith
2.6
1997
DEN DEN
16
4
41
10.3
1
10
4
2.5
0.6
0
9Patrick Jeffers
P. Jeffers
2.4
1997
DEN DEN
10
3
24
8.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Vaughn Hebron
V. Hebron
2.3
1997
DEN DEN
16
3
36
12.0
0
222
49
4.5
13.9
1
11Byron Chamberlain
B. Chamberlain
1.8
1997
DEN DEN
10
2
18
9.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Anthony Lynn
A. Lynn
1.3
1997
DEN DEN
16
1
21
21.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Derek Loville
D. Loville
0.6
1997
DEN DEN
16
2
10
5.0
0
124
25
5.0
7.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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23.7

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18.1

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TEAMWLTPCT
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11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
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7
0
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11
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12/25
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
.846
Bills Bills
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4
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.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
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6
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7
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