most receiving yards by a rookie buffalo bills player

Sammy Watkins has the most yards on receptions by a Bills rookie, with 982 yards in 2014.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
982
2014
16
65
128
15.1
61.4
6
8
2
4.0
0.5
0
2Lee Evans
L. Evans
843
2004
16
48
75
17.6
52.7
9
85
5
17.0
5.3
0
3Jerry Butler
J. Butler
834
1979
13
48
17.4
64.2
4
13
2
6.5
1.0
0
4Glenn Bass
G. Bass
765
1961
14
50
15.3
54.6
3
8
2
4.0
0.6
0
5Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
752
1960
14
42
17.9
53.7
7
94
16
5.9
6.7
1
6Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
673
2023
16
73
91
9.2
42.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Andre Reed
A. Reed
637
1985
16
48
13.3
39.8
4
-1
3
-0.3
-0.1
1
8Haven Moses
H. Moses
633
1968
14
42
15.1
45.2
2
-4
5
-0.8
-0.3
0
9Gabe Davis
G. Davis
599
2020
16
35
62
17.1
37.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
10Robert Woods
R. Woods
587
2013
14
40
85
14.7
41.9
3
16
2
8.0
1.1
0
11Keon Coleman
K. Coleman
556
2024
13
29
57
19.2
42.8
4
9
1
9.0
0.7
0
12Robert Foster
R. Foster
541
2018
13
27
44
20.0
41.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Bobby Crockett
B. Crockett
533
1966
14
31
17.2
38.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Josh Reed
J. Reed
509
2002
16
37
59
13.8
31.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Ernie Warlick
E. Warlick
482
1962
14
35
13.8
34.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
477
1960
14
29
16.4
34.1
4
533
137
3.9
38.1
7
17Bobby Burnett
B. Burnett
419
1966
14
34
12.3
29.9
4
766
187
4.1
54.7
4
18Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
415
1980
16
52
8.0
25.9
1
1,185
306
3.9
74.1
11
19Tony Hunter
T. Hunter
402
1983
13
36
11.2
30.9
3
28
2
14.0
2.2
0
20Paul Costa
P. Costa
401
1965
10
21
19.1
40.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Peerless Price
P. Price
393
1999
16
31
69
12.7
24.6
3
-7
1
-7.0
-0.4
0
22Dawson Knox
D. Knox
388
2019
15
28
50
13.9
25.9
2
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
23Chris Burkett
C. Burkett
371
1985
16
21
17.7
23.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
24David Nelson
D. Nelson
353
2010
15
31
47
11.4
23.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
25O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
343
1969
13
30
11.4
26.4
3
697
181
3.9
53.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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12
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11
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9
1
.441
5
12
0
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13
0
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
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6
11
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14
3
0
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12
5
0
.706
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5
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14
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