most receiving td by a pittsburgh steeler first 3 seasons

Louis Lipps and Buddy Dial were tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a player in a season in their first 3 seasons with the Steelers, with 12 touchdowns.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	12	1985	PIT	16	59		1,134	19.2	70.9	16	2	8.0	1.0	1
2	Buddy Dial B. Dial	12	1961	PIT	14	53		1,047	19.8	74.8	6	3	2.0	0.4	0
3	Lynn Swann L. Swann	11	1975	PIT	14	49		781	15.9	55.8	13	3	4.3	0.9	0
4	Jerricho Cotchery J. Cotchery	10	2013	PIT	16	46	76	602	13.1	37.6	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
5	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	10	2010	PIT	16	60	98	1,257	21.0	78.6	39	5	7.8	2.4	0
6	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	9	2020	PIT	16	62	109	873	14.1	54.6	16	10	1.6	1.0	2
7	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	9	1984	PIT	14	45		860	19.1	61.4	71	3	23.7	5.1	1
8	Buddy Dial B. Dial	9	1960	PIT	12	40		972	24.3	81.0	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
9	Diontae Johnson D. Johnson	8	2021	PIT	16	107	169	1,161	10.9	72.6	53	5	10.6	3.3	0
10	Martavis Bryant M. Bryant	8	2014	PIT	10	26	49	549	21.1	54.9	12	3	4.0	1.2	0
11	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	8	2011	PIT	16	72	113	1,193	16.6	74.6	57	5	11.4	3.6	0
12	Santonio Holmes S. Holmes	8	2007	PIT	13	52	85	942	18.1	72.5	17	5	3.4	1.3	0
13	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	7	2021	PIT	16	60	79	497	8.3	31.1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Diontae Johnson D. Johnson	7	2020	PIT	15	88	144	923	10.5	61.5	15	3	5.0	1.0	0
15	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	7	2018	PIT	16	111	166	1,426	12.8	89.1	13	1	13.0	0.8	0
16	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	7	2017	PIT	14	58	79	917	15.8	65.5	0	0		0.0	0
17	Heath Miller H. Miller	7	2007	PIT	16	47	61	566	12.0	35.4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Plaxico Burress P. Burress	7	2002	PIT	16	78	144	1,325	17.0	82.8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Hines Ward H. Ward	7	1999	PIT	16	61	101	638	10.5	39.9	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
20	Eric Green E. Green	7	1990	PIT	13	34		387	11.4	29.8	0	0		0.0	0
21	Gary Ballman G. Ballman	7	1964	PIT	13	47		935	19.9	71.9	43	11	3.9	3.3	0
22	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	7	1958	PIT	12	33		910	27.6	75.8	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
23	DK Metcalf	6	2025	PIT	15	59	99	850	14.4	56.7	12	2	6.0	0.8	1
24	Martavis Bryant M. Bryant	6	2015	PIT	11	50	92	765	15.3	69.5	37	5	7.4	3.4	1
25	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	6	2009	PIT	16	39	72	756	19.4	47.3	48	5	9.6	3.0	0

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