most rec yards before the age of 29 prior to 2000

Before 2000, Jerry Rice had the most yards on receptions by a player younger than 29, with 8,311 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	8,311	97	468	17.8	85.7	85	291	45	6.5	3.0	4
2	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	7,973	82	394	20.2	97.2	73	112	16	7.0	1.4	2
3	Herman Moore H. Moore	7,874	110	567	13.9	71.6	53	0	0		0.0	0
4	James Lofton J. Lofton	7,663	105	397	19.3	73.0	41	231	27	8.6	2.2	1
5	Andre Reed A. Reed	7,379	122	534	13.8	60.5	52	311	38	8.2	2.5	1
6	Andre Rison A. Rison	7,154	110	522	13.7	65.0	63	9	6	1.5	0.1	0
7	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	7,015	96	501	14.0	73.1	47	57	20	2.9	0.6	0
8	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	6,935	96	416	16.7	72.2	40	5	5	1.0	0.1	0
9	Steve Largent S. Largent	6,870	103	422	16.3	66.7	53	43	12	3.6	0.4	1
10	Art Powell A. Powell	6,643	84	405	16.4	79.1	66	0	0		0.0	0
11	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	6,637	91	322	20.6	72.9	67	62	20	3.1	0.7	2
12	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	6,565	103	405	16.2	63.7	63	108	14	7.7	1.0	0
13	Ernest Givins E. Givins	6,527	106	438	14.9	61.6	41	331	28	11.8	3.1	1
14	Gary Clark G. Clark	6,490	90	415	15.6	72.1	43	36	8	4.5	0.4	0
15	Cris Collinsworth C. Collinsworth	6,471	94	404	16.0	68.8	35	-15	7	-2.1	-0.2	0
16	Rob Moore R. Moore	6,412	110	443	14.5	58.3	31	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
17	Art Monk A. Monk	6,342	97	451	14.1	65.4	27	93	24	3.9	1.0	0
18	Al Toon A. Toon	6,294	98	486	13.0	64.2	29	7	4	1.8	0.1	0
19	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	6,243	103	393	15.9	60.6	40	75	15	5.0	0.7	0
20	Carl Pickens C. Pickens	6,150	104	473	13.0	59.1	57	6	6	1.0	0.1	0
21	Tony Hill T. Hill	6,105	110	356	17.1	55.5	41	90	13	6.9	0.8	0
22	Eddie Brown E. Brown	6,042	101	358	16.9	59.8	41	164	25	6.6	1.6	0
23	Gary Garrison G. Garrison	5,960	94	320	18.6	63.4	48	-1	9	-0.1	0.0	0
24	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	5,953	111	378	15.7	53.6	31	26	4	6.5	0.2	1
25	Paul Warfield P. Warfield	5,863	92	275	21.3	63.7	61	133	12	11.1	1.4	0

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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