nfl average yards after catch leaders 1998

Shawn Jefferson had the most yards per catch in 1998, with 22.7 per reception.

Interpreted as:
NFL average yards after catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game leaders 1998
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
22.7
1998
16
34
771
48.2
2
15
1
15.0
0.9
0
2Eric Moulds
E. Moulds
20.4
1998
16
67
1,368
85.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
3James Jett
J. Jett
19.6
1998
16
45
882
55.1
6
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
4Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
19.1
1998
13
41
784
60.3
6
20
5
4.0
1.5
0
5Randy Moss
R. Moss
19.0
1998
16
69
1,313
82.1
17
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
6Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
18.4
1998
15
54
992
66.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
7Tony Martin
T. Martin
17.9
1998
16
66
1,181
73.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
8Terance Mathis
T. Mathis
17.8
1998
16
64
1,136
71.0
11
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
9Billy Davis
B. Davis
17.7
1998
16
39
691
43.2
3
15
4
3.8
0.9
0
10Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
17.0
1998
15
84
1,424
94.9
14
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
11Michael Westbrook
M. Westbrook
16.7
1998
11
44
736
66.9
6
11
1
11.0
1.0
0
12Leslie Shepherd
L. Shepherd
16.6
1998
16
43
712
44.5
8
91
6
15.2
5.7
1
13Ed McCaffrey
E. McCaffrey
16.5
1998
15
64
1,053
70.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
14Terrell Owens
T. Owens
16.4
1998
16
67
1,097
68.6
14
53
4
13.3
3.3
1
15Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
16.1
1998
16
65
1,047
65.4
10
26
9
2.9
1.6
0
16Darnay Scott
D. Scott
16.0
1998
13
51
817
62.8
7
10
2
5.0
0.8
0
17Floyd Turner
F. Turner
16.0
1998
16
32
512
32.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
18Terry Glenn
T. Glenn
15.8
1998
10
50
792
79.2
3
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
19Sean Dawkins
S. Dawkins
15.5
1998
15
53
823
54.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Bert Emanuel
B. Emanuel
15.5
1998
11
41
636
57.8
2
11
1
11.0
1.0
0
21Bobby Engram
B. Engram
15.4
1998
16
64
987
61.7
5
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
22Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
15.3
1998
16
36
549
34.3
5
-2
1
-2.0
-0.1
0
23Charlie Jones
C. Jones
15.2
1998
16
46
699
43.7
3
39
4
9.8
2.4
0
24Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
15.2
1998
16
78
1,182
73.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
25Torrance Small
T. Small
15.1
1998
16
45
681
42.6
7
2
1
2.0
0.1
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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9
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9
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.438
6
10
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.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
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