highest career yards per reception by a player who was drafted after 1979

Since 1980, Bobby Duckworth has the most yards per catch, with 21.8 per reception.

Interpreted as:

highest career yards per reception with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game by a player who was drafted after 1979

	NAME	AVG	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Bobby Duckworth B. Duckworth	21.8	62	82		1,784	28.8	13	0	0		0.0	0
2	Flipper Anderson F. Anderson	20.1	114	267		5,357	47.0	28	23	3	7.7	0.2	0
3	Rod Barksdale R. Barksdale	20.0	28	30		599	21.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Willie Gault W. Gault	19.9	170	333		6,635	39.0	44	154	21	7.3	0.9	0
5	Rickey Watts R. Watts	19.8	40	57		1,126	28.2	5	-17	2	-8.5	-0.4	0
6	Jim Smith J. Smith	19.7	41	86		1,697	41.4	21	14	2	7.0	0.3	0
7	Dokie Williams D. Williams	19.4	74	148		2,866	38.7	25	27	3	9.0	0.4	0
8	Tyrone Young T. Young	18.9	32	36		682	21.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	18.7	48	82		1,532	31.9	6	23	7	3.3	0.5	0
10	Ricky Feacher R. Feacher	18.7	66	102		1,905	28.9	14	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
11	Kelly Campbell K. Campbell	18.6	37	57	108	1,062	28.7	8	86	14	6.1	2.3	0
12	Byron Williams B. Williams	18.6	37	59		1,097	29.6	3	18	2	9.0	0.5	0
13	Ike Harris I. Harris	18.6	19	39		725	38.2	6	0	0		0.0	0
14	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	18.6	97	177	127	3,285	33.9	17	-36	4	-9.0	-0.4	0
15	Daryl Turner D. Turner	18.5	59	101		1,872	31.7	36	0	0		0.0	0
16	Calvin Muhammad C. Muhammad	18.5	47	69		1,276	27.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
17	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	18.5	150	458		8,451	56.3	52	67	11	6.1	0.4	0
18	Henry Ruggs III H. Ruggs III	18.4	20	50	79	921	46.1	4	65	12	5.4	3.3	0
19	James Lofton J. Lofton	18.4	201	664		12,218	60.8	65	234	28	8.4	1.2	1
20	Stephen Baker S. Baker	18.3	90	141		2,587	28.7	21	21	2	10.5	0.2	0
21	Jimmy Cefalo J. Cefalo	18.3	58	75		1,371	23.6	7	0	0		0.0	0
22	Anthony Armstrong A. Armstrong	18.3	35	54	122	986	28.2	5	19	2	9.5	0.5	0
23	Alec Pierce A. Pierce	18.2	61	149	280	2,716	44.5	13	0	0		0.0	0
24	Alvin Harper A. Harper	18.2	102	191	2	3,473	34.0	21	15	1	15.0	0.1	0
25	Willie Miller W. Miller	18.1	38	47		851	22.4	9	3	2	1.5	0.1	0

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