most yards of separation average 2016 wr

DeSean Jackson had the most yards per catch by a wide receiver in 2016, with 17.9 per reception.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	17.9	2016	WAS	15	56	100	1,005	67.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Chris Hogan C. Hogan	17.9	2016	NE	15	38	58	680	45.3	4	9	3	3.0	0.6	0
3	Kenny Stills K. Stills	17.3	2016	MIA	16	42	81	726	45.4	9	0	0		0.0	0
4	Julio Jones J. Jones	17.0	2016	ATL	14	83	129	1,409	100.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Marvin Jones M. Jones	16.9	2016	DET	15	55	103	930	62.0	4	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
6	J.J. Nelson	16.7	2016	ARI	15	34	74	568	37.9	6	83	4	20.8	5.5	1
7	Taylor Gabriel T. Gabriel	16.5	2016	ATL	13	35	50	579	44.5	6	51	4	12.8	3.9	1
8	Phillip Dorsett II P. Dorsett II	16.0	2016	IND	15	33	59	528	35.2	2	10	2	5.0	0.7	0
9	Dez Bryant D. Bryant	15.9	2016	DAL	13	50	96	796	61.2	8	0	0		0.0	0
10	T.Y. Hilton	15.9	2016	IND	16	91	155	1,448	90.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
11	Alshon Jeffery A. Jeffery	15.8	2016	CHI	12	52	94	821	68.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
12	Tyrell Williams T. Williams	15.3	2016	SD	16	69	119	1,059	66.2	7	0	0		0.0	0
13	Breshad Perriman B. Perriman	15.1	2016	BAL	16	33	66	499	31.2	3	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
14	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	15.0	2016	NO	16	78	117	1,173	73.3	8	30	6	5.0	1.9	0
15	Victor Cruz V. Cruz	15.0	2016	NYG	15	39	72	586	39.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Kelvin Benjamin K. Benjamin	14.9	2016	CAR	16	63	118	941	58.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
17	Quincy Enunwa Q. Enunwa	14.8	2016	NYJ	16	58	105	857	53.6	4	12	1	12.0	0.8	0
18	Kenny Britt K. Britt	14.7	2016	LA	15	68	111	1,002	66.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	A.J. Green	14.6	2016	CIN	10	66	100	964	96.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Tyler Lockett T. Lockett	14.6	2016	SEA	15	41	66	597	39.8	1	114	6	19.0	7.6	1
21	Rishard Matthews R. Matthews	14.5	2016	TEN	16	65	108	945	59.1	9	0	0		0.0	0
22	Travis Benjamin T. Benjamin	14.4	2016	SD	14	47	75	677	48.4	4	-3	2	-1.5	-0.2	0
23	Mike Wallace M. Wallace	14.1	2016	BAL	16	72	116	1,017	63.6	4	31	5	6.2	1.9	0
24	Adam Thielen A. Thielen	14.0	2016	MIN	16	69	92	967	60.4	5	15	2	7.5	0.9	0
25	Robbie Chosen R. Chosen	14.0	2016	NYJ	16	42	78	587	36.7	2	42	3	14.0	2.6	0

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