nfl cleveland browns rookie player most receiving yards in a season

Kevin Johnson has the most receiving yards by a Browns rookie, with 986 yards in 1999.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
986
1999
CLE CLE
16
66
137
14.9
61.6
8
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
2 Paul Warfield
P. Warfield
920
1964
CLE CLE
14
52
17.7
65.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
3 Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
828
1994
CLE CLE
14
48
17.3
59.1
2
38
4
9.5
2.7
0
4 Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
805
2012
CLE CLE
16
50
95
16.1
50.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
5 Greg Little
G. Little
709
2011
CLE CLE
16
61
121
11.6
44.3
2
15
3
5.0
0.9
0
6 Mohamed Massaquoi
M. Massaquoi
624
2009
CLE CLE
16
34
95
18.4
39.0
3
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
7 Taylor Gabriel
T. Gabriel
621
2014
CLE CLE
16
36
72
17.3
38.8
1
10
4
2.5
0.6
0
8 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
589
1978
CLE CLE
16
38
15.5
36.8
2
96
13
7.4
6.0
2
9 Antonio Callaway
A. Callaway
586
2018
CLE CLE
16
43
79
13.6
36.6
5
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
10 Webster Slaughter
W. Slaughter
577
1986
CLE CLE
16
40
14.4
36.1
4
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
11 Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
534
2015
CLE CLE
16
61
74
8.8
33.4
2
379
104
3.6
23.7
0
12 Braylon Edwards
B. Edwards
512
2005
CLE CLE
10
32
59
16.0
51.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
13 Darrin Chiaverini
D. Chiaverini
487
1999
CLE CLE
16
44
76
11.1
30.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
14 Oscar Roan
O. Roan
463
1975
CLE CLE
14
41
11.3
33.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
15 Brian Brennan
B. Brennan
455
1984
CLE CLE
15
35
13.0
30.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
16 Quincy Morgan
Q. Morgan
432
2001
CLE CLE
16
30
72
14.4
27.0
2
27
2
13.5
1.7
0
17 Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
422
2000
CLE CLE
15
39
81
10.8
28.1
0
33
9
3.7
2.2
0
18 Andre Davis
A. Davis
420
2002
CLE CLE
16
37
72
11.4
26.3
6
7
3
2.3
0.4
0
19 Harry Holt
H. Holt
420
1983
CLE CLE
15
29
14.5
28.0
3
8
3
2.7
0.5
0
20 Corey Coleman
C. Coleman
413
2016
CLE CLE
10
33
73
12.5
41.3
3
10
2
5.0
1.0
0
21 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
397
1989
CLE CLE
16
54
7.4
24.8
4
633
187
3.4
39.6
6
22 David Njoku
D. Njoku
386
2017
CLE CLE
16
32
60
12.1
24.1
4
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
23 Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
367
2012
CLE CLE
15
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
950
267
3.6
63.3
11
24 Milt Morin
M. Morin
333
1966
CLE CLE
11
23
14.5
30.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
25 Donovan Peoples-Jones
D. Peoples-Jones
304
2020
CLE CLE
12
14
20
21.7
25.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

14.0

31st

OPP PPG

25.5

24th

RUSH YDS/G

84.8

30th

PASS YDS/G

208.5

21st

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
Browns Browns
1
3
0
.250
Ravens Ravens
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM