most receiving yards by rookie in their first career game

Anquan Boldin has the most receiving yards by a rookie in his first game, with 217 yards in 2003.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	217	2003	ARI	1	10	14	21.7	217.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
2	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	183	1984	PIT	1	6		30.5	183.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
3	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	153	1975	DEN	1	3		51.0	153.0	1	13	1	13.0	13.0	1
4	Joey Clinkscales J. Clinkscales	150	1987	PIT	1	6		25.0	150.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Floyd Eddings F. Eddings	148	1982	NYG	1	5		29.6	148.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Hollywood Brown H. Brown	147	2019	BAL	1	4	5	36.8	147.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Eddie Royal E. Royal	146	2008	DEN	1	9	11	16.2	146.0	1	9	2	4.5	9.0	0
8	Jim Brim J. Brim	144	1987	MIN	1	6		24.0	144.0	1	38	1	38.0	38.0	1
9	Bobby Johnson B. Johnson	137	1984	NYG	1	8		17.1	137.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Earl McCullouch E. McCullouch	132	1968	DET	1	5		26.4	132.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	T.J. Hockenson	131	2019	DET	1	6	9	21.8	131.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Sid Blanks S. Blanks	131	1964	HOU	1	13		10.1	131.0	0	53	11	4.8	53.0	0
13	Terry McLaurin T. McLaurin	125	2019	WAS	1	5	7	25.0	125.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	123	1960	SF	1	8		15.4	123.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	119	2023	LAR	1	10	15	11.9	119.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Charlie Wade C. Wade	116	1974	CHI	1	2		58.0	116.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Bill Groman B. Groman	115	1960	HOU	1	6		19.2	115.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mike Siani M. Siani	111	1972	OAK	1	4		27.8	111.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Allen Hurns A. Hurns	110	2014	JAX	1	4	9	27.5	110.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Keke Coutee K. Coutee	109	2018	HOU	1	11	15	9.9	109.0	0	-2	2	-1.0	-2.0	0
21	Will Fuller W. Fuller	107	2016	HOU	1	5	11	21.4	107.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	106	2008	PHI	1	6	10	17.7	106.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Carroll Dale C. Dale	106	1960	LA	1	5		21.2	106.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Will Dissly W. Dissly	105	2018	SEA	1	3	5	35.0	105.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jack Larscheid J. Larscheid	105	1960	OAK	1	5		21.0	105.0	1	16	11	1.5	16.0	0

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