most career receptions by a broncos player before 1978

Before 1978, Lionel Taylor made the most receptions for the Broncos, with 543 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
543
96
6,872
12.7
71.6
44
20
4
5.0
0.2
0
2Al Denson
A. Denson
250
91
4,150
16.6
45.6
32
3
3
1.0
0.0
0
3Floyd Little
F. Little
215
117
2,418
11.2
20.7
9
6,323
1,641
3.9
54.0
43
4Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
213
84
3,038
14.3
36.2
23
213
22
9.7
2.5
2
5Haven Moses
H. Moses
158
77
2,843
18.0
36.9
28
47
13
3.6
0.6
1
6Bob Scarpitto
B. Scarpitto
145
81
2,439
16.8
30.1
24
214
10
21.4
2.6
1
7Gene Prebola
G. Prebola
100
42
1,419
14.2
33.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
98
56
1,043
10.6
18.6
5
3,149
697
4.5
56.2
18
9Jon Keyworth
J. Keyworth
87
53
672
7.7
12.7
2
1,759
468
3.8
33.2
17
10Bobby Anderson
B. Anderson
84
48
861
10.3
17.9
2
1,281
313
4.1
26.7
9
11Donnie Stone
D. Stone
84
48
813
9.7
16.9
7
1,273
329
3.9
26.5
10
12Billy Van Heusen
B. Van Heusen
82
109
1,684
20.5
15.4
11
171
13
13.2
1.6
1
13Eric Crabtree
E. Crabtree
82
42
1,355
16.5
32.3
10
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
14Hewritt Dixon
H. Dixon
73
33
1,069
14.6
32.4
3
130
41
3.2
3.9
2
15Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
72
28
696
9.7
24.9
3
470
170
2.8
16.8
5
16Jack Dolbin
J. Dolbin
67
42
1,218
18.2
29.0
7
89
9
9.9
2.1
0
17Billy Masters
B. Masters
66
66
923
14.0
14.0
6
47
11
4.3
0.7
0
18Jerry Simmons
J. Simmons
65
51
1,048
16.1
20.5
6
3
2
1.5
0.1
0
19Charley Mitchell
C. Mitchell
62
56
550
8.9
9.8
3
1,138
353
3.2
20.3
5
20Bo Dickinson
B. Dickinson
61
20
563
9.2
28.2
4
278
78
3.6
13.9
0
21Mike Haffner
M. Haffner
59
34
991
16.8
29.1
7
3
3
1.0
0.1
0
22Al Frazier
A. Frazier
58
31
1,010
17.4
32.6
7
278
62
4.5
9.0
2
23Joe Dawkins
J. Dawkins
48
36
571
11.9
15.9
0
949
216
4.4
26.4
4
24Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
47
59
399
8.5
6.8
3
777
185
4.2
13.2
8
25Wendell Hayes
W. Hayes
45
39
468
10.4
12.0
2
1,198
320
3.7
30.7
10
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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