most rookie year receiving yards by a fourth round draft pick

Bill Brooks has the most receiving yards by a 4th round pick in his rookie season, with 1,131 yards in 1986.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bill Brooks
B. Brooks
1,131
1986
16
65
17.4
70.7
8
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
2Mike Williams
M. Williams
964
2010
16
65
129
14.8
60.3
11
0
0
0.0
0
3Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
912
2021
17
90
119
10.1
53.6
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
4Paul Flatley
P. Flatley
867
1963
14
51
17.0
61.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
5Steve Largent
S. Largent
705
1976
14
54
13.1
50.4
4
-14
4
-3.5
-1.0
0
6Chris Givens
C. Givens
698
2012
15
42
80
16.6
46.5
3
12
3
4.0
0.8
0
7Austin Collie
A. Collie
676
2009
16
60
89
11.3
42.3
7
1
2
0.5
0.1
0
8Andre Reed
A. Reed
637
1985
16
48
13.3
39.8
4
-1
3
-0.3
-0.1
1
9Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
634
1946
11
27
23.5
57.6
5
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
10Horace Copeland
H. Copeland
633
1993
14
30
21.1
45.2
4
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
11Jamison Crowder
J. Crowder
604
2015
16
59
78
10.2
37.8
2
2
2
1.0
0.1
0
12Gabe Davis
G. Davis
599
2020
16
35
62
17.1
37.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13Willie Jackson
W. Jackson
589
1995
14
53
11.1
42.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Antonio Callaway
A. Callaway
586
2018
16
43
79
13.6
36.6
5
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
15Ray Butler
R. Butler
574
1980
16
34
16.9
35.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
563
2010
14
45
64
12.5
40.2
6
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
17Jim Podoley
J. Podoley
554
1957
12
27
20.5
46.2
4
442
114
3.9
36.8
2
18Martavis Bryant
M. Bryant
549
2014
10
26
49
21.1
54.9
8
12
3
4.0
1.2
0
19Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
527
1995
16
41
12.9
32.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Charlie Jones
C. Jones
524
1996
14
41
12.8
37.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Louis Murphy
L. Murphy
521
2009
16
34
96
15.3
32.6
4
31
6
5.2
1.9
0
22Elic Ayomanor
E. Ayomanor
515
2025
16
41
89
12.6
32.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
511
1985
16
37
13.8
31.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Brian Hartline
B. Hartline
506
2009
16
31
56
16.3
31.6
3
29
4
7.3
1.8
1
25Chris Herndon
C. Herndon
502
2018
16
39
56
12.9
31.4
4
0
0
0.0
0

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