most receiving yards in his rookie year by pick 21 draft pick

Randy Moss has the most receiving yards by a rookie #21 overall pick, with 1,313 yards in 1998.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Randy Moss
R. Moss
1,313
1998
16
69
19.0
82.1
17
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
2Sylvester Morris
S. Morris
678
2000
15
48
105
14.1
45.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
3Will Fuller
W. Fuller
635
2016
14
47
92
13.5
45.4
2
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
4Mike Siani
M. Siani
496
1972
14
28
17.7
35.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
471
2010
15
52
83
9.1
31.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
445
2013
15
39
59
11.4
29.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Matt Jones
M. Jones
432
2005
16
36
69
12.0
27.0
5
51
12
4.3
3.2
0
8Quentin Johnston
Q. Johnston
431
2023
17
38
67
11.3
25.4
2
9
3
3.0
0.5
0
9Jalen Reagor
J. Reagor
396
2020
11
31
54
12.8
36.0
1
26
4
6.5
2.4
0
10Eric Green
E. Green
387
1990
13
34
11.4
29.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Tim McGee
T. McGee
276
1986
16
16
17.3
17.3
1
10
4
2.5
0.6
0
12Barry Smith
B. Smith
233
1973
14
15
15.5
16.6
2
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
13Gerald Willhite
G. Willhite
227
1982
9
26
8.7
25.2
0
347
70
5.0
38.6
2
14Lynn Swann
L. Swann
208
1974
12
11
18.9
17.3
2
14
1
14.0
1.2
0
15Laurence Maroney
L. Maroney
194
2006
14
22
30
8.8
13.9
1
745
175
4.3
53.2
6
16Daniel Graham
D. Graham
150
2002
12
15
23
10.0
12.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Harvey Williams
H. Williams
147
1991
14
16
9.2
10.5
2
447
97
4.6
31.9
1
18Bob Nussbaumer
B. Nussbaumer
143
1946
10
10
14.3
14.3
0
43
29
1.5
4.3
0
19Pete Brewster
P. Brewster
117
1952
12
4
29.3
9.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Robert Smith
R. Smith
111
1993
10
24
4.6
11.1
0
399
82
4.9
39.9
2
21Roger Vick
R. Vick
108
1987
12
13
8.3
9.0
0
257
77
3.3
21.4
1
22Sam Horner
S. Horner
106
1960
10
7
15.1
10.6
0
80
22
3.6
8.0
0
23Billy Martin
B. Martin
93
1964
14
3
31.0
6.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Vaughn Dunbar
V. Dunbar
62
1992
16
9
6.9
3.9
0
565
154
3.7
35.3
3
25Joe Walton
J. Walton
57
1957
12
3
19.0
4.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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