nfl player with most receiving yards in first 2 seasons since 1970

Justin Jefferson had the most receiving yards by a player in his first 2 seasons, with 3,016 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
3,016
33
196
292
15.4
91.4
17
16
7
2.3
0.5
0
2Odell Beckham Jr.
O. Beckham Jr.
2,755
27
187
288
14.7
102.0
25
38
8
4.8
1.4
0
3Randy Moss
R. Moss
2,726
32
149
137
18.3
85.2
28
47
5
9.4
1.5
0
4Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
2,501
29
168
262
14.9
86.2
22
29
12
2.4
1.0
0
5Jerry Rice
J. Rice
2,497
32
135
18.5
78.0
18
98
16
6.1
3.1
2
6Puka Nacua
P. Nacua
2,476
28
184
266
13.5
88.4
9
135
23
5.9
4.8
1
7Josh Gordon
J. Gordon
2,451
30
137
254
17.9
81.7
14
88
5
17.6
2.9
0
8Torry Holt
T. Holt
2,423
32
134
236
18.1
75.7
12
32
5
6.4
1.0
0
9A.J. Green
A.J. Green
2,407
31
162
279
14.9
77.6
18
91
9
10.1
2.9
0
10Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
2,382
31
196
270
12.2
76.8
14
0
0
0.0
0
11Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
2,371
33
179
257
13.2
71.8
14
29
5
5.8
0.9
1
12JuJu Smith-Schuster
J. Smith-Schuster
2,343
30
169
245
13.9
78.1
14
13
1
13.0
0.4
0
13Mike Evans
M. Evans
2,257
30
142
271
15.9
75.2
15
0
0
0.0
0
14Marques Colston
M. Colston
2,240
30
168
259
13.3
74.7
19
0
0
0.0
0
15Amari Cooper
A. Cooper
2,223
32
155
262
14.3
69.5
11
-3
4
-0.8
-0.1
0
16Sterling Sharpe
S. Sharpe
2,214
32
145
15.3
69.2
13
23
6
3.8
0.7
0
17DK Metcalf
DK Metcalf
2,203
32
141
229
15.6
68.8
17
11
2
5.5
0.3
0
18Gary Clark
G. Clark
2,191
31
146
15.0
70.7
12
10
2
5.0
0.3
0
19Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
2,189
32
161
280
13.6
68.4
18
55
16
3.4
1.7
0
20Chris Olave
C. Olave
2,165
31
159
257
13.6
69.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
21Julio Jones
J. Jones
2,157
29
133
224
16.2
74.4
18
86
12
7.2
3.0
0
22Garrett Wilson
G. Wilson
2,145
34
178
315
12.1
63.1
7
4
8
0.5
0.1
0
23A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
2,126
30
122
190
17.4
70.9
19
60
3
20.0
2.0
1
24Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
2,118
32
145
257
14.6
66.2
10
2
9
0.2
0.1
0
25DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
2,112
34
159
240
13.3
62.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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20.2

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OPP PPG

19.6

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RUSH YDS/G

108.3

23rd

PASS YDS/G

188.7

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