most receiving yards in first 2 seasons last 20 years

Justin Jefferson had the most yards on receptions by a player in his first 2 seasons, with 3,016 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a player in first 2 seasons last 20 years
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
3,016
33
196
292
15.4
91.4
17
16
7
2.3
0.5
0
2Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
2,755
27
187
288
14.7
102.0
25
38
8
4.8
1.4
0
3Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
2,501
29
168
262
14.9
86.2
22
29
12
2.4
1.0
0
4Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
2,476
28
184
266
13.5
88.4
9
135
23
5.9
4.8
1
5Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
2,451
30
137
254
17.9
81.7
14
88
5
17.6
2.9
0
6A.J. Green
A.J. Green
2,407
31
162
279
14.9
77.6
18
91
9
10.1
2.9
0
7Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
2,382
31
196
270
12.2
76.8
14
0
0
0.0
0
8Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
2,371
33
179
257
13.2
71.8
14
29
5
5.8
0.9
1
9JuJu Smith-Schuster
J. Smith-Schuster
2,343
30
169
245
13.9
78.1
14
13
1
13.0
0.4
0
10Mike Evans
M. Evans
2,257
30
142
271
15.9
75.2
15
0
0
0.0
0
11Marques Colston
M. Colston
2,240
30
168
259
13.3
74.7
19
0
0
0.0
0
12Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
2,223
32
155
262
14.3
69.5
11
-3
4
-0.8
-0.1
0
13DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
2,203
32
141
229
15.6
68.8
17
11
2
5.5
0.3
0
14Chris Olave
C. Olave
2,165
31
159
257
13.6
69.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
15Julio Jones
J. Jones
2,157
29
133
224
16.2
74.4
18
86
12
7.2
3.0
0
16Garrett Wilson
G. Wilson
2,145
34
178
315
12.1
63.1
7
4
8
0.5
0.1
0
17A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
2,126
30
122
190
17.4
70.9
19
60
3
20.0
2.0
1
18DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
2,112
34
159
240
13.3
62.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
19Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
2,087
31
126
245
16.6
67.3
16
51
7
7.3
1.6
1
20Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
2,073
33
196
265
10.6
62.8
11
156
16
9.8
4.7
1
21DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
2,068
31
124
236
16.7
66.7
11
233
28
8.3
7.5
2
22CeeDee Lamb
C. Lamb
2,037
32
153
231
13.3
63.7
11
158
19
8.3
4.9
1
23Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
2,037
29
145
227
14.0
70.2
11
30
2
15.0
1.0
0
24Sammy Watkins
S. Watkins
2,029
29
125
224
16.2
70.0
15
9
3
3.0
0.3
0
25Dwayne Bowe
D. Bowe
2,017
32
156
275
12.9
63.0
12
0
0
0.0
0
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14
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10
7
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9
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.441
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12
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13
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11
6
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.647
9
7
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8
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8
9
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9
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9
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11
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3
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12
5
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.706
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5
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.706
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14
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