most receiving yards by a rookie receiver 2016

Michael Thomas had the most receiving yards by a rookie wide receiver in 2016, with 1,137 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
1,137
2016
15
92
121
12.4
75.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
2Sterling Shepard
S. Shepard
683
2016
16
65
105
10.5
42.7
8
31
3
10.3
1.9
0
3Will Fuller
W. Fuller
635
2016
14
47
92
13.5
45.4
2
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
4Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
603
2016
16
54
81
11.2
37.7
1
58
4
14.5
3.6
0
5Eli Rogers
E. Rogers
594
2016
13
48
66
12.4
45.7
3
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
6Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
593
2016
16
61
83
9.7
37.1
6
267
24
11.1
16.7
3
7Robbie Chosen
R. Chosen
587
2016
16
42
78
14.0
36.7
2
42
3
14.0
2.6
0
8Tajae Sharpe
T. Sharpe
522
2016
16
41
83
12.7
32.6
2
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
9Breshad Perriman
B. Perriman
499
2016
16
33
66
15.1
31.2
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
10Corey Coleman
C. Coleman
413
2016
10
33
73
12.5
41.3
3
10
2
5.0
1.0
0
11Malcolm Mitchell
M. Mitchell
401
2016
14
32
48
12.5
28.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Chester Rogers
C. Rogers
273
2016
14
19
34
14.4
19.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Cobi Hamilton
C. Hamilton
234
2016
11
17
28
13.8
21.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Jordan Taylor
J. Taylor
209
2016
16
16
25
13.1
13.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Ricardo Louis
R. Louis
205
2016
16
18
35
11.4
12.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Geronimo Allison
G. Allison
202
2016
10
12
22
16.8
20.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Cody Core
C. Core
200
2016
8
17
27
11.8
25.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Kevin White
K. White
187
2016
4
19
36
9.8
46.8
0
9
1
9.0
2.3
0
19Charone Peake
C. Peake
186
2016
15
19
35
9.8
12.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Jalin Marshall
J. Marshall
162
2016
10
14
23
11.6
16.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Tanner McEvoy
T. McEvoy
140
2016
14
9
11
15.6
10.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Paul Turner
P. Turner
126
2016
4
9
14
14.0
31.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Pharoh Cooper
P. Cooper
106
2016
10
14
20
7.6
10.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Braxton Miller
B. Miller
99
2016
10
15
28
6.6
9.9
1
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
25Roger Lewis
R. Lewis
97
2016
13
7
19
13.9
7.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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