most rookie receiving yards through first 9 games

Marques Colston had the most yards on receptions by a rookie in his first 9 games, with 869 yards in 2006.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Marques Colston M. Colston	869	2006	NO	9	54	86	16.1	96.6	7	0	0		0.0	0
2	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	835	2021	CIN	9	44	73	19.0	92.8	7	7	4	1.8	0.8	0
3	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	829	2014	NYG	9	59	82	14.1	92.1	6	35	5	7.0	3.9	0
4	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	827	2023	LAR	9	64	96	12.9	91.9	2	4	2	2.0	0.4	0
5	Bill Groman B. Groman	796	1960	HOU	9	46		17.3	88.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mike Evans M. Evans	794	2014	TB	9	46	71	17.3	88.2	7	0	0		0.0	0
7	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	790	2003	ARI	9	56	89	14.1	87.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	771	1961	CHI	9	33		23.4	85.7	9	0	0		0.0	0
9	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	762	2020	MIN	9	42	54	18.1	84.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	732	2015	OAK	9	50	81	14.6	81.3	4	4	2	2.0	0.4	0
11	Ron Sellers R. Sellers	705	1969	BOS	9	27		26.1	78.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
12	Terry Glenn T. Glenn	692	1996	NE	9	53		13.1	76.9	3	44	4	11.0	4.9	0
13	Charlie Brown C. Brown	690	1982	WAS	9	32		21.6	76.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	Michael Clayton M. Clayton	685	2004	TB	9	48	71	14.3	76.1	3	30	5	6.0	3.3	0
15	Charley Hennigan C. Hennigan	684	1960	HOU	9	42		16.3	76.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
16	Darnay Scott D. Scott	682	1994	CIN	9	31		22.0	75.8	4	71	8	8.9	7.9	0
17	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	678	1965	DAL	9	34		19.9	75.3	8	11	3	3.7	1.2	1
18	Emeka Egbuka E. Egbuka	677	2025	TB	9	40	76	16.9	75.2	6	9	2	4.5	1.0	0
19	Malik Nabers M. Nabers	671	2024	NYG	9	67	103	10.0	74.6	3	-2	4	-0.5	-0.2	0
20	Tank Dell T. Dell	659	2023	HOU	9	42	67	15.7	73.2	6	39	10	3.9	4.3	0
21	Eddie Royal E. Royal	659	2008	DEN	9	56	77	11.8	73.2	4	22	6	3.7	2.4	0
22	Chris Olave C. Olave	658	2022	NO	9	46	77	14.3	73.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Sammy White S. White	657	1976	MIN	9	34		19.3	73.0	5	-16	4	-4.0	-1.8	0
24	A.J. Green	635	2011	CIN	9	41	67	15.5	70.6	6	13	2	6.5	1.4	0
25	Mike Williams M. Williams	627	2010	TB	9	40	76	15.7	69.7	5	0	0		0.0	0

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