most rookie receiving yards record 2000 to 2022

From 2000 through 2022, Ja'Marr Chase had the most receiving yards by a rookie, with 1,455 yards in 2021.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	1,455	2021	CIN	17	81	128	18.0	85.6	13	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
2	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,400	2020	MIN	16	88	125	15.9	87.5	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
3	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,377	2003	ARI	16	101	165	13.6	86.1	8	40	5	8.0	2.5	0
4	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	1,305	2014	NYG	12	91	130	14.3	108.8	12	35	7	5.0	2.9	0
5	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	1,193	2004	TB	16	80	122	14.9	74.6	7	30	5	6.0	1.9	0
6	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,137	2016	NO	15	92	121	12.4	75.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
7	Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	1,103	2022	NYJ	17	83	147	13.3	64.9	4	4	4	1.0	0.2	0
8	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	1,070	2015	OAK	16	72	130	14.9	66.9	6	-3	3	-1.0	-0.2	0
9	A.J. Green	1,057	2011	CIN	15	65	115	16.3	70.5	7	53	5	10.6	3.5	0
10	A.J. Brown	1,051	2019	TEN	16	52	84	20.2	65.7	8	60	3	20.0	3.8	1
11	Mike Evans M. Evans	1,051	2014	TB	15	68	123	15.5	70.1	12	0	0		0.0	0
12	Keenan Allen K. Allen	1,046	2013	SD	15	71	104	14.7	69.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
13	Chris Olave C. Olave	1,042	2022	NO	15	72	119	14.5	69.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Marques Colston M. Colston	1,038	2006	NO	14	70	115	14.8	74.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
15	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	1,026	2021	ATL	17	68	110	15.1	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	1,015	2021	MIA	16	104	140	9.8	63.4	6	3	2	1.5	0.2	1
17	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	1,008	2014	CAR	16	73	145	13.8	63.0	9	0	0		0.0	0
18	Dwayne Bowe D. Bowe	995	2007	KC	16	70	118	14.2	62.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	Willie Snead W. Snead	984	2015	NO	15	69	101	14.3	65.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Sammy Watkins S. Watkins	982	2014	BUF	16	65	128	15.1	61.4	6	8	2	4.0	0.5	0
21	Eddie Royal E. Royal	980	2008	DEN	15	91	129	10.8	65.3	5	109	11	9.9	7.3	0
22	Andre Johnson A. Johnson	976	2003	HOU	16	66	119	14.8	61.0	4	-10	5	-2.0	-0.6	0
23	Mike Williams M. Williams	964	2010	TB	16	65	129	14.8	60.3	11	0	0		0.0	0
24	Julio Jones J. Jones	959	2011	ATL	13	54	95	17.8	73.8	8	56	6	9.3	4.3	0
25	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	935	2020	DAL	16	74	111	12.6	58.4	5	82	10	8.2	5.1	1

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Browns	3	1	.750
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	JAX	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CIN	@	MIA	1:00 PM
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Commanders	1	2	0	.333
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
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NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
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