most receptions per game by a rookie wide reciever 2021

Jaylen Waddle had the most receptions per game played by a rookie wide receiver in 2021, with 6.5.

NAMEREC/GPRECGPSEASONTMTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
6.5
104
16
2021
140
1,015
9.8
63.4
6
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
2Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
5.29
90
17
2021
119
912
10.1
53.6
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
3Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
4.76
81
17
2021
128
1,455
18.0
85.6
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
4Elijah Moore
E. Moore
3.91
43
11
2021
77
538
12.5
48.9
5
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
5Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
3.9
39
10
2021
57
420
10.8
42.0
0
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
6Rondale Moore
R. Moore
3.86
54
14
2021
64
435
8.1
31.1
1
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
7Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
3.83
46
12
2021
68
515
11.2
42.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
8DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
3.76
64
17
2021
104
916
14.3
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Nico Collins
N. Collins
2.36
33
14
2021
60
446
13.5
31.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Joshua Palmer
J. Palmer
1.94
33
17
2021
49
353
10.7
20.8
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
11Jauan Jennings
J. Jennings
1.5
24
16
2021
38
282
11.8
17.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Terrace Marshall Jr.
T. Marshall Jr.
1.31
17
13
2021
30
138
8.1
10.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Antoine Wesley
A. Wesley
1.27
19
15
2021
32
208
10.9
13.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Trinity Benson
T. Benson
1.25
10
8
2021
22
103
10.3
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Dez Fitzpatrick
D. Fitzpatrick
1.25
5
4
2021
8
49
9.8
12.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
16D.J. Montgomery
D.J. Montgomery
1
3
3
2021
6
36
12.0
12.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Dee Eskridge
D. Eskridge
1
10
10
2021
20
64
6.4
6.4
1
59
4
14.8
5.9
0
18Tarik Black
T. Black
1
1
1
2021
2
10
10.0
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Shi Smith
S. Smith
1
6
6
2021
11
104
17.3
17.3
0
-3
1
-3.0
-0.5
0
20C.J. Saunders
C.J. Saunders
1
2
2
2021
2
11
5.5
5.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Dyami Brown
D. Brown
0.8
12
15
2021
25
165
13.8
11.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
22Ben Skowronek
B. Skowronek
0.79
11
14
2021
20
133
12.1
9.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Anthony Schwartz
A. Schwartz
0.71
10
14
2021
23
135
13.5
9.6
1
39
6
6.5
2.8
0
24Dax Milne
D. Milne
0.69
9
13
2021
14
83
9.2
6.4
0
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
25Jaelon Darden
J. Darden
0.67
6
9
2021
12
43
7.2
4.8
0
11
1
11.0
1.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,660

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1,350

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REC

910

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PPG

20.4

25th

OPP PPG

24.9

24th

RUSH YDS/G

120.2

13th

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195.4

25th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
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7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
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9/27
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
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.824
Bills Bills - w
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5
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.706
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10
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.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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4
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.765
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5
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.706
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9
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14
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.176
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14
3
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.824
11
6
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.647
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11
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.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
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.176

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