most receiving touchdowns in a season by a rookie since 1990

Since 1990, Randy Moss has the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie, with 17 touchdowns in 1998.

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	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Randy Moss R. Moss	17	1998	MIN	16	69		1,313	19.0	82.1	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
2	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	13	2021	CIN	17	81	128	1,455	18.0	85.6	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
3	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	12	2014	NYG	12	91	130	1,305	14.3	108.8	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
4	Mike Evans M. Evans	12	2014	TB	15	68	123	1,051	15.5	70.1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mike Williams M. Williams	11	2010	TB	16	65	129	964	14.8	60.3	0	0		0.0	0
6	Brian Thomas Jr. B. Thomas Jr.	10	2024	JAX	17	87	133	1,282	14.7	75.4	48	6	8.0	2.8	0
7	Jordan Addison J. Addison	10	2023	MIN	17	70	108	911	13.0	53.6	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
8	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	10	2023	DET	17	86	120	889	10.3	52.3	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
9	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	10	2018	ATL	16	64	92	821	12.8	51.3	27	6	4.5	1.7	0
10	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	10	2010	NE	16	42	59	546	13.0	34.1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Chase Claypool C. Claypool	9	2020	PIT	16	62	109	873	14.1	54.6	16	10	1.6	1.0	2
12	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	9	2016	NO	15	92	121	1,137	12.4	75.8	0	0		0.0	0
13	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	9	2014	CAR	16	73	145	1,008	13.8	63.0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Lee Evans L. Evans	9	2004	BUF	16	48	75	843	17.6	52.7	85	5	17.0	5.3	0
15	Eddie Kennison E. Kennison	9	1996	STL	15	54		924	17.1	61.6	0	0		0.0	0
16	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	9	1995	HOU	16	35		823	23.5	51.4	-19	2	-9.5	-1.2	0
17	Calvin Williams C. Williams	9	1990	PHI	16	37		602	16.3	37.6	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
18	Marvin Harrison Jr. M. Harrison Jr.	8	2024	ARI	17	62	116	885	14.3	52.1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jalen McMillan J. McMillan	8	2024	TB	13	37	58	461	12.5	35.5	43	4	10.8	3.3	0
20	Jayden Reed J. Reed	8	2023	GB	16	64	94	793	12.4	49.6	119	11	10.8	7.4	2
21	Darius Slayton D. Slayton	8	2019	NYG	14	48	84	740	15.4	52.9	0	0		0.0	0
22	A.J. Brown	8	2019	TEN	16	52	84	1,051	20.2	65.7	60	3	20.0	3.8	1
23	Sterling Shepard S. Shepard	8	2016	NYG	16	65	105	683	10.5	42.7	31	3	10.3	1.9	0
24	Hunter Henry H. Henry	8	2016	SD	15	36	53	478	13.3	31.9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jordan Matthews J. Matthews	8	2014	PHI	16	67	103	872	13.0	54.5	0	0		0.0	0

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Sun 9/20	MIN	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	MIN	@	TB	4:05 PM
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
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Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
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