most rookie receiving yards record 2016

Michael Thomas had a 7-8 record in his rookie season in 2016.

NAME REC REC YDS SEASON TM W% GP REC REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
7-8
1,137
2016
NO NO
.467
15
92
121
12.4
75.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
2 Sterling Shepard
S. Shepard
11-5
683
2016
NYG NYG
.688
16
65
105
10.5
42.7
8
31
3
10.3
1.9
0
3 Will Fuller
W. Fuller
7-7
635
2016
HOU HOU
.500
14
47
92
13.5
45.4
2
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
4 Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
6-9-1
603
2016
CIN CIN
.406
16
54
81
11.2
37.7
1
58
4
14.5
3.6
0
5 Eli Rogers
E. Rogers
9-4
594
2016
PIT PIT
.692
13
48
66
12.4
45.7
3
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
6 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
12-4
593
2016
KC KC
.750
16
61
83
9.7
37.1
6
267
24
11.1
16.7
3
7 Robbie Chosen
R. Chosen
5-11
587
2016
NYJ NYJ
.313
16
42
78
14.0
36.7
2
42
3
14.0
2.6
0
8 Tajae Sharpe
T. Sharpe
9-7
522
2016
TEN TEN
.563
16
41
83
12.7
32.6
2
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
9 Breshad Perriman
B. Perriman
8-8
499
2016
BAL BAL
.500
16
33
66
15.1
31.2
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
10 Hunter Henry
H. Henry
4-11
478
2016
SD SD
.267
15
36
53
13.3
31.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
11 Corey Coleman
C. Coleman
1-9
413
2016
CLE CLE
.100
10
33
73
12.5
41.3
3
10
2
5.0
1.0
0
12 Malcolm Mitchell
M. Mitchell
12-2
401
2016
NE NE
.857
14
32
48
12.5
28.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
13 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
13-2
363
2016
DAL DAL
.867
15
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
14 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3-12
298
2016
CHI CHI
.200
15
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
1,313
252
5.2
87.5
6
15 Chester Rogers
C. Rogers
8-6
273
2016
IND IND
.571
14
19
34
14.4
19.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
9-5
271
2016
ATL ATL
.643
14
19
27
14.3
19.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
17 Devontae Booker
D. Booker
9-7
265
2016
DEN DEN
.563
16
31
45
8.5
16.6
1
612
174
3.5
38.3
4
18 Cobi Hamilton
C. Hamilton
7-4
234
2016
PIT PIT
.636
11
17
28
13.8
21.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
19 Jordan Taylor
J. Taylor
9-7
209
2016
DEN DEN
.563
16
16
25
13.1
13.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
20 C.J. Prosise
C.J. Prosise
4-1-1
208
2016
SEA SEA
.750
6
17
19
12.2
34.7
0
172
30
5.7
28.7
1
21 Ricardo Louis
R. Louis
1-15
205
2016
CLE CLE
.063
16
18
35
11.4
12.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Geronimo Allison
G. Allison
6-4
202
2016
GB GB
.600
10
12
22
16.8
20.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
23 Cody Core
C. Core
3-5
200
2016
CIN CIN
.375
8
17
27
11.8
25.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Jalen Richard
J. Richard
12-4
194
2016
OAK OAK
.750
16
29
39
6.7
12.1
2
491
83
5.9
30.7
1
25 Kevin White
K. White
1-3
187
2016
CHI CHI
.250
4
19
36
9.8
46.8
0
9
1
9.0
2.3
0
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