most reception yards in a game by a falcon rookie

Ken Burrow has the most yards on receptions by a Falcons rookie in a game, with 190 yards on December 19, 1971 and on October 3, 1971.

Interpreted as:
most reception yards in a regular-season game by a falcon rookie
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
190
12/19/1971
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
8
23.8
1
0
0
0
2Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
190
10/3/1971
ATL ATL
@
DET DET
6
31.7
2
0
0
0
3Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
163
10/24/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIA MIA
7
8
23.3
0
0
0
0
4Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
147
12/14/1975
ATL ATL
vs
SF SF
7
21.0
2
0
0
0
5Calvin Ridley
C. Ridley
146
9/23/2018
ATL ATL
vs
NO NO
7
8
20.9
3
9
1
9.0
0
6Floyd Dixon
F. Dixon
146
10/5/1986
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
8
18.3
0
0
0
0
7Bert Emanuel
B. Emanuel
136
12/24/1994
ATL ATL
vs
ARI ARI
4
34.0
1
0
0
0
8Julio Jones
J. Jones
131
11/6/2011
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
3
4
43.7
2
33
2
16.5
0
9Julio Jones
J. Jones
128
12/26/2011
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
8
14
16.0
1
0
0
0
10Julio Jones
J. Jones
127
10/2/2011
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
11
17
11.5
0
0
0
0
11Shawn Collins
S. Collins
126
10/1/1989
ATL ATL
@
GB GB
5
25.2
0
0
0
0
12Drake London
D. London
120
1/8/2023
ATL ATL
vs
TB TB
6
8
20.0
0
0
0
0
13Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
119
10/10/2021
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
9
10
13.2
1
0
0
0
14Junior Miller
J. Miller
117
9/14/1980
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
8
14.6
2
0
0
0
15Julio Jones
J. Jones
115
9/25/2011
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
6
7
19.2
0
-9
1
-9.0
0
16Laurent Robinson
L. Robinson
114
12/23/2007
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
7
10
16.3
1
0
0
0
17Alfred Jackson
A. Jackson
113
10/22/1978
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
4
28.3
0
0
0
0
18Lynn Cain
L. Cain
110
10/14/1979
ATL ATL
@
OAK OAK
6
18.3
2
29
4
7.3
1
19Milton Barney
M. Barney
109
10/18/1987
ATL ATL
vs
RAM RAM
6
18.2
1
0
0
0
20Roddy White
R. White
108
11/20/2005
ATL ATL
vs
TB TB
4
6
27.0
0
0
0
0
21Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
106
11/30/1975
ATL ATL
@
OAK OAK
4
26.5
0
0
0
0
22Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
106
11/23/1975
ATL ATL
vs
DEN DEN
6
17.7
2
0
0
0
23Julio Jones
J. Jones
104
12/11/2011
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
3
8
34.7
2
0
0
0
24Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
103
1/7/2024
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
7
8
14.7
1
28
11
2.5
0
25Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
102
12/26/2021
ATL ATL
vs
DET DET
6
6
17.0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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PPG

17.9

28th

OPP PPG

22.3

13th

RUSH YDS/G

116.8

15th

PASS YDS/G

229.0

17th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
Falcons Falcons
3
5
0
.375
Saints Saints
1
8
0
.111
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/16
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
ATL ATL
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

3 - 5 - 0

23

Final

24

NE Patriots

7 - 2 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
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Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
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2
0
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM