most reception tds per game in 3rd season

Jerry Rice had the most receiving touchdowns per game played by a player in his 3rd season, with 1.83.

Interpreted as:
most reception tds per game by a player in 3rd season
NAMETD/GPREC TDGPSEASONTMRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
1.83
22
12
1987
SF SF
65
1,078
16.6
89.8
51
8
6.4
4.3
1
2Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
1.42
17
12
1951
LA LA
66
1,495
22.7
124.6
3
1
3.0
0.3
0
3Cloyce Box
C. Box
1.25
15
12
1952
DET DET
42
924
22.0
77.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
1.17
14
12
1948
CHC CHC
41
943
23.0
78.6
50
5
10.0
4.2
1
5Chris Burford
C. Burford
1.09
12
11
1962
DLT DLT
45
645
14.3
58.6
13
1
13.0
1.2
0
6Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
1.08
13
12
1964
SD SD
61
1,235
20.2
102.9
60
3
20.0
5.0
2
7Rashee Rice
R. Rice
1
3
3
2025
KC KC
20
26
215
10.8
71.7
18
4
4.5
6.0
1
8Tay Martin
T. Martin
1
1
1
2024
TEN TEN
1
2
49
49.0
49.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
1
13
13
2015
CIN CIN
52
74
615
11.8
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
10Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1
11
11
2012
NE NE
55
80
790
14.4
71.8
0
0
0.0
0
11Kenny Britt
K. Britt
1
3
3
2011
TEN TEN
17
26
289
17.0
96.3
0
0
0.0
0
12Braylon Edwards
B. Edwards
1
16
16
2007
CLE CLE
80
153
1,289
16.1
80.6
0
0
0.0
0
13R.J. Bowers
R.J. Bowers
1
1
1
2003
CLE CLE
1
2
2
2.0
2.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Anthony Allen
A. Allen
1
3
3
1987
WAS WAS
13
337
25.9
112.3
0
0
0.0
0
15Rich McGeorge
R. McGeorge
1
2
2
1972
GB GB
4
50
12.5
25.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Randy Moss
R. Moss
0.94
15
16
2000
MIN MIN
77
128
1,437
18.7
89.8
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
17Cliff Branch
C. Branch
0.93
13
14
1974
OAK OAK
60
1,092
18.2
78.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Harlon Hill
H. Hill
0.92
11
12
1956
CHB CHB
47
1,128
24.0
94.0
24
2
12.0
2.0
0
19Terrell Owens
T. Owens
0.88
14
16
1998
SF SF
67
1,097
16.4
68.6
53
4
13.3
3.3
1
20Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
0.86
12
14
2013
DEN DEN
65
90
788
12.1
56.3
0
0
0.0
0
21Otto Stowe
O. Stowe
0.86
6
7
1973
DAL DAL
23
389
16.9
55.6
28
3
9.3
4.0
0
22Jerry Smith
J. Smith
0.86
12
14
1967
WAS WAS
67
849
12.7
60.6
0
0
0.0
0
23Charley Taylor
C. Taylor
0.86
12
14
1966
WAS WAS
72
1,119
15.5
79.9
262
87
3.0
18.7
3
24Buddy Dial
B. Dial
0.86
12
14
1961
PIT PIT
53
1,047
19.8
74.8
6
3
2.0
0.4
0
25Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
0.83
10
12
1959
PHI PHI
47
846
18.0
70.5
-10
2
-5.0
-0.8
0
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