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

Since 1970, Justin Jefferson had the most receiving yards in his first 2 seasons, with 3,016 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

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

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Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
Sun 11/29	ATL	@	MIN	1:00 PM
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Cowboys	3	5	0	.375
Commanders	2	4	1	.357
Eagles	2	6	0	.250
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Bears	6	2	0	.750
Lions	5	2	0	.714
Packers	5	3	0	.625
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Falcons	3	6	0	.333
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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