most receiving yards in 1 game by a defensive back since 1985

Since 1985, Deion Sanders has the most receiving yards by a defensive back in a game, with 87 yards versus the Bears on September 2, 1996.

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most receiving yards in 1 regular-season game by a defensive back since 1985

	NAME	REC YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD
1	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	87	9/2/1996	DAL	@	CHI	9		9.7	0	0	0		0
2	Devin Hester D. Hester	81	10/14/2007	CHI	vs	MIN	1	2	81.0	1	-3	1	-3.0	0
3	Chris Hope C. Hope	81	12/28/2003	PIT	@	BAL	1	1	81.0	1	0	0		0
4	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	70	11/21/1993	ATL	vs	DAL	1		70.0	1	0	0		0
5	Devin Hester D. Hester	67	12/6/2007	CHI	@	WAS	5	8	13.4	0	0	0		0
6	Dane Cruikshank D. Cruikshank	66	9/16/2018	TEN	vs	HOU	1	1	66.0	1	0	0		0
7	Devin Hester D. Hester	65	12/30/2007	CHI	vs	NO	2	4	32.5	1	0	0		0
8	Dale Carter D. Carter	61	9/15/1996	KC	@	SEA	3		20.3	1	0	0		0
9	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	60	10/27/1996	DAL	@	MIA	5		12.0	0	-4	1	-4.0	0
10	Brian Dawkins B. Dawkins	57	9/29/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	1	1	57.0	1	0	0		0
11	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	55	9/21/1998	DAL	@	NYG	1		55.0	0	0	0		0
12	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	55	11/24/1996	DAL	@	NYG	2		27.5	0	3	1	3.0	0
13	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	55	9/30/1996	DAL	@	PHI	3		18.3	0	0	0		0
14	Champ Bailey C. Bailey	54	12/24/2000	WAS	vs	ARI	2	2	27.0	0	7	1	7.0	1
15	Taiwan Jones T. Jones	52	12/15/2013	OAK	vs	KC	1	2	52.0	0	0	0		0
16	Marcus Jones M. Jones	51	12/1/2022	NE	vs	BUF	2	2	25.5	1	0	0		0
17	John Booty J. Booty	48	10/1/1995	TB	@	CAR	1		48.0	0	0	0		0
18	Bo Melton B. Melton	45	12/7/2025	GB	vs	CHI	1	2	45.0	1	0	0		0
19	Marcus Coleman M. Coleman	45	9/17/2000	NYJ	vs	BUF	1	1	45.0	1	0	0		0
20	Daryl Porter D. Porter	44	11/19/2000	BUF	@	KC	1	1	44.0	0	0	0		0
21	Steve Wilson S. Wilson	43	11/16/1986	DEN	vs	KC	1		43.0	1	0	0		0
22	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	42	10/13/1996	DAL	vs	ARI	4		10.5	0	0	0		0
23	Devin Hester D. Hester	41	10/21/2007	CHI	@	PHI	3	4	13.7	0	0	0		0
24	Mike Prior M. Prior	40	12/16/1990	IND	@	NYJ	1		40.0	0	0	0		0
25	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	38	9/8/1996	DAL	vs	NYG	3		12.7	1	3	1	3.0	0

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