most yards per catch average per season by a rookie gb wr

Don Hutson has averaged the most yards per reception by a rookie Packers wide receiver, with 23.3 per reception in 1935.

Interpreted as:
most yards per catch with a minimum of 0.9375 receptions per team game average per season by a rookie gb wr
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Don Hutson
D. Hutson
23.3
1935
9
18
420
46.7
6
22
6
3.7
2.4
0
2Billy Howton
B. Howton
23.2
1952
12
53
1,231
102.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
3Phil Epps
P. Epps
22.6
1982
9
10
226
25.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
4James Lofton
J. Lofton
17.8
1978
16
46
818
51.1
6
13
3
4.3
0.8
0
5Leland Glass
L. Glass
17.4
1972
14
15
261
18.6
1
13
2
6.5
0.9
0
6Max McGee
M. McGee
17.1
1954
12
36
614
51.2
9
9
1
9.0
0.8
0
7Ruvell Martin
R. Martin
17.0
2006
13
21
43
358
27.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Steve Odom
S. Odom
16.6
1974
14
15
249
17.8
1
66
6
11.0
4.7
1
9Lee Morris
L. Morris
16.2
1987
5
16
259
51.8
1
2
2
1.0
0.4
0
10Equanimeous St. Brown
E. St. Brown
15.6
2018
12
21
36
328
27.3
0
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
11Barry Smith
B. Smith
15.5
1973
14
15
233
16.6
2
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
12Marquez Valdes-Scantling
M. Valdes-Scantling
15.3
2018
16
38
73
581
36.3
2
29
2
14.5
1.8
0
13Jeff Query
J. Query
15.2
1989
16
23
350
21.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Nolan Luhn
N. Luhn
15.1
1945
9
10
151
16.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
15.0
2011
15
25
31
375
25.0
1
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
16Christian Watson
C. Watson
14.9
2022
14
41
66
611
43.6
7
80
7
11.4
5.7
2
17Dontayvion Wicks
D. Wicks
14.9
2023
15
39
58
581
38.7
4
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
18James Jones
J. Jones
14.4
2007
16
47
80
676
42.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
14.4
1988
16
55
791
49.4
1
-2
4
-0.5
-0.1
0
20Greg Jennings
G. Jennings
14.0
2006
14
45
105
632
45.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Javon Walker
J. Walker
13.9
2002
15
23
50
319
21.3
1
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
22Bo Melton
B. Melton
13.6
2023
5
16
24
218
43.6
1
21
3
7.0
4.2
0
23Clive Rush
C. Rush
13.6
1953
11
14
190
17.3
0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.5
0
24Ray Riddick
R. Riddick
13.5
1940
10
11
148
14.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Bill Kelley
B. Kelley
13.1
1949
12
17
222
18.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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