most yards by a rookie wide receiver in first game

Anquan Boldin had the most receiving yards by a rookie wide receiver in his first game, with 217 yards versus the Lions on September 7, 2003.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a rookie wide receiver in first game
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
217
9/7/2003
@
10
14
21.7
2
0
0
0
2Hugh Taylor
H. Taylor
212
9/28/1947
@
8
26.5
3
3Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
183
9/2/1984
vs
6
30.5
2
0
0
0
4Gus Tinsley
G. Tinsley
167
9/24/1937
@
3
55.7
3
5Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
153
9/21/1975
vs
3
51.0
1
13
1
13.0
1
6Joey Clinkscales
J. Clinkscales
150
10/4/1987
@
6
25.0
1
0
0
0
7Floyd Eddings
F. Eddings
148
12/11/1982
vs
5
29.6
0
0
0
0
8Hollywood Brown
H. Brown
147
9/8/2019
@
4
5
36.8
2
0
0
0
9Bob Mann
B. Mann
147
11/14/1948
@
5
29.4
0
10Eddie Royal
E. Royal
146
9/8/2008
@
9
11
16.2
1
9
2
4.5
0
11Jim Brim
J. Brim
144
10/4/1987
vs
6
24.0
1
38
1
38.0
1
12Harlon Hill
H. Hill
140
9/26/1954
@
4
35.0
1
13Bobby Johnson
B. Johnson
137
9/2/1984
vs
8
17.1
2
0
0
0
14Earl McCullouch
E. McCullouch
132
9/15/1968
@
5
26.4
1
0
0
0
15Terry McLaurin
T. McLaurin
125
9/8/2019
@
5
7
25.0
1
0
0
0
16Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
123
9/25/1960
vs
8
15.4
0
0
0
0
17Tom Fears
T. Fears
123
11/21/1948
@
6
20.5
2
18Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
119
9/10/2023
@
10
15
11.9
0
0
0
0
19Fred Meyer
F. Meyer
119
11/1/1942
@
4
29.8
0
20Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
118
10/20/1946
@
3
39.3
0
21Charlie Wade
C. Wade
116
9/15/1974
vs
2
58.0
0
0
0
0
22Bill Groman
B. Groman
115
9/11/1960
@
6
19.2
1
0
0
0
23Don Looney
D. Looney
115
9/15/1940
@
8
14.4
1
24Les McDonald
L. McDonald
115
12/5/1937
@
6
19.2
3
25Mike Siani
M. Siani
111
9/17/1972
@
4
27.8
2
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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10
7
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12
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8
9
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0
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9
1
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5
12
0
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13
0
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
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11
0
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14
3
0
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12
5
0
.706
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5
0
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14
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