most receiving touchdowns by a second year player

Mark Clayton had the most receiving touchdowns by a player in his 2nd season, with 18 touchdowns in 1984.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mark Clayton
M. Clayton
18
1984
MIA MIA
15
73
1,389
19.0
92.6
35
3
11.7
2.3
0
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
17
2011
NE NE
16
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
3Bill Groman
B. Groman
17
1961
HOU HOU
14
50
1,175
23.5
83.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
4Jerry Rice
J. Rice
15
1986
SF SF
16
86
1,570
18.3
98.1
72
10
7.2
4.5
1
5Sonny Randle
S. Randle
15
1960
STL STL
12
62
893
14.4
74.4
0
0
0.0
0
6Allen Robinson
A. Robinson
14
2015
JAX JAX
16
80
151
1,400
17.5
87.5
0
0
0.0
0
7Art Powell
A. Powell
14
1960
NYT NYT
14
69
1,167
16.9
83.4
0
0
0.0
0
8Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
13
2015
NYG NYG
15
96
158
1,450
15.1
96.7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
9Antonio Gates
A. Gates
13
2004
SD SD
15
81
114
964
11.9
64.3
0
0
0.0
0
10Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
13
1995
STL STL
16
119
1,781
15.0
111.3
17
3
5.7
1.1
0
11Daryl Turner
D. Turner
13
1985
SEA SEA
16
34
670
19.7
41.9
0
0
0.0
0
12Mike Quick
M. Quick
13
1983
PHI PHI
16
69
1,409
20.4
88.1
0
0
0.0
0
13Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
13
1966
DAL DAL
14
64
1,232
19.3
88.0
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
14Gary Collins
G. Collins
13
1963
CLE CLE
14
43
674
15.7
48.1
0
0
0.0
0
15Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
12
2008
DET DET
16
78
150
1,331
17.1
83.2
-1
3
-0.3
-0.1
0
16Greg Jennings
G. Jennings
12
2007
GB GB
13
53
84
920
17.4
70.8
0
0
0.0
0
17Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
12
1989
GB GB
16
90
1,423
15.8
88.9
25
2
12.5
1.6
0
18Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
12
1985
PIT PIT
16
59
1,134
19.2
70.9
16
2
8.0
1.0
1
19Gene Washington
G. Washington
12
1970
SF SF
13
53
1,100
20.8
84.6
0
0
0.0
0
20Dave Parks
D. Parks
12
1965
SF SF
14
80
1,344
16.8
96.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
12
1961
HOU HOU
14
82
1,746
21.3
124.7
0
0
0.0
0
22Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
12
1960
DEN DEN
12
92
1,235
13.4
102.9
-6
2
-3.0
-0.5
0
23Leon Hart
L. Hart
12
1951
DET DET
12
35
544
15.5
45.3
-6
4
-1.5
-0.5
0
24A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
11
2020
TEN TEN
14
70
106
1,075
15.4
76.8
0
0
0.0
0
25A.J. Green
A.J. Green
11
2012
CIN CIN
16
97
164
1,350
13.9
84.4
38
4
9.5
2.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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23.1

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