most rookie season td receptions before 2011

Before 2011, Randy Moss scored the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie, with 17 touchdowns in 1998.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Randy Moss
R. Moss
17
1998
MIN MIN
16
69
1,313
19.0
82.1
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
2John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
13
1978
SD SD
14
56
1,001
17.9
71.5
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
3Billy Howton
B. Howton
13
1952
GB GB
12
53
1,231
23.2
102.6
0
0
0.0
0
4Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
12
1965
DAL DAL
13
46
1,003
21.8
77.2
-8
4
-2.0
-0.6
1
5Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
76.9
0
0
0.0
0
6Bill Groman
B. Groman
12
1960
HOU HOU
14
72
1,473
20.5
105.2
0
0
0.0
0
7Harlon Hill
H. Hill
12
1954
CHB CHB
12
45
1,124
25.0
93.7
0
0
0.0
0
8Mike Williams
M. Williams
11
2010
TB TB
16
65
129
964
14.8
60.3
0
0
0.0
0
9Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
10
2010
NE NE
16
42
59
546
13.0
34.1
0
0
0.0
0
10Daryl Turner
D. Turner
10
1984
SEA SEA
16
35
715
20.4
44.7
0
0
0.0
0
11Sammy White
S. White
10
1976
MIN MIN
14
51
906
17.8
64.7
-10
5
-2.0
-0.7
0
12Bucky Pope
B. Pope
10
1964
LA LA
14
25
786
31.4
56.1
11
2
5.5
0.8
0
13Bill Swiacki
B. Swiacki
10
1948
NYG NYG
12
39
550
14.1
45.8
0
0
0.0
0
14Lee Evans
L. Evans
9
2004
BUF BUF
16
48
75
843
17.6
52.7
85
5
17.0
5.3
0
15Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
9
1996
STL STL
15
54
924
17.1
61.6
0
0
0.0
0
16Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
9
1995
HOU HOU
16
35
823
23.5
51.4
-19
2
-9.5
-1.2
0
17Calvin Williams
C. Williams
9
1990
PHI PHI
16
37
602
16.3
37.6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
18Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
9
1984
PIT PIT
14
45
860
19.1
61.4
71
3
23.7
5.1
1
19Junior Miller
J. Miller
9
1980
ATL ATL
16
46
584
12.7
36.5
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
20Isaac Curtis
I. Curtis
9
1973
CIN CIN
14
45
843
18.7
60.2
-11
2
-5.5
-0.8
0
21Randy Vataha
R. Vataha
9
1971
NE NE
14
51
872
17.1
62.3
0
0
0.0
0
22Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
9
1964
CLE CLE
14
52
920
17.7
65.7
0
0
0.0
0
23Jim Colclough
J. Colclough
9
1960
BOS BOS
14
49
666
13.6
47.6
0
0
0.0
0
24Max McGee
M. McGee
9
1954
GB GB
12
36
614
17.1
51.2
9
1
9.0
0.8
0
25Marques Colston
M. Colston
8
2006
NO NO
14
70
115
1,038
14.8
74.1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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