most yards per game by wide receiver in first 3 years in nfl

Justin Jefferson averaged the most receiving yards per game by a wide receiver in his first 3 seasons, with 96.5 per game.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards per game by wide receiver in first 3 years in NFL
NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
96.5
50
324
476
4,825
14.9
25
40
11
3.6
0.8
1
2Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
95.9
43
288
457
4,122
14.3
35
47
9
5.2
1.1
0
3Jim Brim
J. Brim
94.0
3
18
282
15.7
2
36
2
18.0
12.0
1
4Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
93.7
41
286
395
3,843
13.4
15
216
31
7.0
5.3
2
5Lance Alworth
L. Alworth
88.9
30
132
2,666
20.2
27
91
6
15.2
3.0
2
6Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
88.7
42
201
3,724
18.5
28
62
6
10.3
1.5
0
7Randy Moss
R. Moss
86.7
48
226
265
4,163
18.4
43
52
8
6.5
1.1
0
8Charley Hennigan
C. Hennigan
85.5
39
180
3,335
18.5
26
0
0
0.0
0
9Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
85.1
40
259
440
3,402
13.1
16
88
18
4.9
2.2
0
10Harlon Hill
H. Hill
84.5
36
134
3,041
22.7
32
24
2
12.0
0.7
0
11Bud Grant
B. Grant
83.1
12
56
997
17.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
82.6
45
268
407
3,717
13.9
29
23
15
1.5
0.5
0
13Al Williams
A. Williams
82.3
3
12
247
20.6
1
11
1
11.0
3.7
0
14A.J. Green
A.J. Green
81.6
47
260
457
3,833
14.7
29
91
9
10.1
1.9
0
15Elroy Hirsch
E. Hirsch
81.5
34
133
2,772
20.8
28
22
3
7.3
0.6
0
16Jerry Rice
J. Rice
81.3
44
200
3,575
17.9
40
149
24
6.2
3.4
3
17George Sauer
G. Sauer
81.2
42
204
3,409
16.7
14
18
3
6.0
0.4
0
18Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
80.8
40
159
3,233
20.3
35
-9
5
-1.8
-0.2
1
19Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
80.6
47
321
417
3,787
11.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
20Julio Jones
J. Jones
80.5
34
174
284
2,737
15.7
20
93
13
7.2
2.7
0
21Roy Green
R. Green
78.9
41
188
3,235
17.2
29
47
11
4.3
1.1
0
22Torry Holt
T. Holt
78.9
48
215
369
3,786
17.6
19
32
7
4.6
0.7
0
23Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
78.7
35
161
301
2,754
17.1
14
88
5
17.6
2.5
0
24Tom Fears
T. Fears
78.5
36
212
2,827
13.3
20
5
3
1.7
0.1
0
25Mike Evans
M. Evans
77.8
46
238
444
3,578
15.0
27
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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.679
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7
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.786
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