most receiving yards by a rookie wide receiver from october 3 1920 to december 21 1985

Between October 3, 1920 and December 21, 1985, Bill Groman had the most receiving yards by a rookie wide receiver, with 1,473 yards in 1960.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bill Groman
B. Groman
1,473
1960
HOU HOU
14
72
20.5
105.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
2Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
1,023
1965
DAL DAL
13
47
21.8
78.7
12
-8
4
-2.0
-0.6
1
3Cris Collinsworth
C. Collinsworth
1,009
1981
CIN CIN
16
67
15.1
63.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
4John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,001
1978
SD SD
14
56
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
5Gary Clark
G. Clark
926
1985
WAS WAS
16
72
12.9
57.9
5
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
6Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
920
1964
CLE CLE
14
52
17.7
65.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
7Sammy White
S. White
906
1976
MIN MIN
14
51
17.8
64.7
10
-10
5
-2.0
-0.7
0
8Randy Vataha
R. Vataha
872
1971
NE NE
14
51
17.1
62.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
9Jack Clancy
J. Clancy
868
1967
MIA MIA
14
67
13.0
62.0
2
-4
3
-1.3
-0.3
0
10Paul Flatley
P. Flatley
867
1963
MIN MIN
14
51
17.0
61.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
860
1984
PIT PIT
14
45
19.1
61.4
9
71
3
23.7
5.1
1
12Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
843
1973
CIN CIN
14
45
18.7
60.2
9
-11
2
-5.5
-0.8
0
13Willie Gault
W. Gault
836
1983
CHI CHI
16
40
20.9
52.3
8
31
4
7.8
1.9
0
14Jerry Butler
J. Butler
834
1979
BUF BUF
13
48
17.4
64.2
4
13
2
6.5
1.0
0
15James Lofton
J. Lofton
818
1978
GB GB
16
46
17.8
51.1
6
13
3
4.3
0.8
0
16Jerry Rice
J. Rice
816
1985
SF SF
15
42
19.4
54.4
3
11
5
2.2
0.7
0
17Eddie Brown
E. Brown
813
1985
CIN CIN
15
48
16.9
54.2
7
129
14
9.2
8.6
0
18Al Frazier
A. Frazier
799
1961
DEN DEN
14
47
17.0
57.1
6
110
23
4.8
7.9
0
19Art Monk
A. Monk
797
1980
WAS WAS
16
58
13.7
49.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Bobby Johnson
B. Johnson
795
1984
NYG NYG
16
48
16.6
49.7
7
0
0
0.0
0
21Chris Burford
C. Burford
789
1960
DLT DLT
14
46
17.2
56.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
22Bucky Pope
B. Pope
786
1964
LA LA
14
25
31.4
56.1
10
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
23Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
767
1975
ATL ATL
14
38
20.2
54.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
24Glenn Bass
G. Bass
765
1961
BUF BUF
14
50
15.3
54.6
3
8
2
4.0
0.6
0
25Elbert Dubenion
E. Dubenion
752
1960
BUF BUF
14
42
17.9
53.7
7
94
16
5.9
6.7
1
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