Jimmy Orr has averaged the most yards per reception by a rookie, with 27.6 per catch in 1958.

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Assumption:1.875+ REC/TG
Data note: Yards Per Reception, Receptions Per Team Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	27.6	1958	PIT	12	33		910	75.8	7	8	1	8.0	0.7	0
2	Ron Sellers R. Sellers	26.1	1969	BOS	12	27		705	58.8	6	0	0		0.0	0
3	Harlon Hill H. Hill	25.0	1954	CHB	12	45		1,124	93.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
4	Chris Sanders C. Sanders	23.5	1995	HOU	16	35		823	51.4	9	-19	2	-9.5	-1.2	0
5	Mal Kutner M. Kutner	23.5	1946	CHC	11	27		634	57.6	5	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
6	James Jett J. Jett	23.4	1993	RAI	16	33		771	48.2	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
7	Billy Howton B. Howton	23.2	1952	GB	12	53		1,231	102.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ron Shanklin R. Shanklin	23.0	1970	PIT	14	30		691	49.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ken Burrow K. Burrow	22.5	1971	ATL	14	33		741	52.9	6	5	1	5.0	0.4	0
10	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	21.8	1965	DAL	13	46		1,003	77.2	12	-8	4	-2.0	-0.6	1
11	Charlie Brown C. Brown	21.6	1982	WAS	9	32		690	76.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
12	Wesley Walker W. Walker	21.1	1977	NYJ	14	35		740	52.9	3	25	3	8.3	1.8	0
13	Horace Copeland H. Copeland	21.1	1993	TB	14	30		633	45.2	4	34	3	11.3	2.4	0
14	Willie Gault W. Gault	20.9	1983	CHI	16	40		836	52.3	8	31	4	7.8	1.9	0
15	Jessie Hester J. Hester	20.8	1985	RAI	16	32		665	41.6	4	13	1	13.0	0.8	1
16	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.7	1963	BAL	14	35		726	51.9	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
17	Art Weiner A. Weiner	20.6	1950	NYY	12	35		722	60.2	6	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jim Podoley J. Podoley	20.5	1957	WAS	12	27		554	46.2	4	442	114	3.9	36.8	2
19	Bill Groman B. Groman	20.5	1960	HOU	14	72		1,473	105.2	12	0	0		0.0	0
20	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	20.4	1988	DAL	14	32		654	46.7	5	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
21	Dorne Dibble D. Dibble	20.4	1951	DET	12	30		613	51.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Daryl Turner D. Turner	20.4	1984	SEA	16	35		715	44.7	10	0	0		0.0	0
23	Ricky Nattiel R. Nattiel	20.3	1987	DEN	12	31		630	52.5	2	13	2	6.5	1.1	0
24	George Farmer G. Farmer	20.2	1982	RAM	8	17		344	43.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	A.J. Brown	20.2	2019	TEN	16	52	84	1,051	65.7	8	60	3	20.0	3.8	1

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Sun 11/22	PIT	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	DEN	@	PIT	3:00 PM
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Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
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Colts	2	7	0	.222
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Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
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