nfl player with most yards per reception 1985

James Maness had the most receiving yards per reception in his rookie season in 1985, with 34.

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	NAME	YDS/REC	REC YDS	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	James Maness J. Maness	34	34	1	1985	CHI	8	34.0	4.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Clarence Weathers C. Weathers	28.06	449	16	1985	CLE	13	28.1	34.5	3	18	1	18.0	1.4	0
3	Rick Parros R. Parros	27	27	1	1985	SEA	4	27.0	6.8	0	19	8	2.4	4.8	0
4	Buster Rhymes B. Rhymes	24.8	124	5	1985	MIN	15	24.8	8.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jimmy Teal J. Teal	24	24	1	1985	BUF	3	24.0	8.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mitchell Brookins M. Brookins	23.67	71	3	1985	BUF	5	23.7	14.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Glen Young G. Young	22.2	111	5	1985	CLE	15	22.2	7.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Stephone Paige S. Paige	21.93	943	43	1985	KC	16	21.9	58.9	10	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
9	Willie Gault W. Gault	21.33	704	33	1985	CHI	16	21.3	44.0	1	18	5	3.6	1.1	0
10	Wesley Walker W. Walker	21.32	725	34	1985	NYJ	12	21.3	60.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Cliff Austin C. Austin	21	21	1	1985	ATL	14	21.0	1.5	0	110	20	5.5	7.9	0
12	Jessie Hester J. Hester	20.78	665	32	1985	RAI	16	20.8	41.6	4	13	1	13.0	0.8	1
13	Guido Merkens G. Merkens	20.33	61	3	1985	NO	16	20.3	3.8	1	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
14	Gregg Garrity G. Garrity	20.29	142	7	1985	PHI	12	20.3	11.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	20	380	19	1985	DEN	16	20.0	23.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Daryl Turner D. Turner	19.71	670	34	1985	SEA	16	19.7	41.9	13	0	0		0.0	0
17	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	19.49	760	39	1985	NE	15	19.5	50.7	5	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
18	Oliver Williams O. Williams	19.44	175	9	1985	IND	8	19.4	21.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Dokie Williams D. Williams	19.27	925	48	1985	RAI	16	19.3	57.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
20	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	19.22	1,134	59	1985	PIT	16	19.2	70.9	12	16	2	8.0	1.0	1
21	Jeff Chadwick J. Chadwick	19.12	478	25	1985	DET	7	19.1	68.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Anthony Carter A. Carter	19.09	821	43	1985	MIN	16	19.1	51.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
23	Anthony Hancock A. Hancock	19.07	286	15	1985	KC	16	19.1	17.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jerry Rice J. Rice	18.92	927	49	1985	SF	16	18.9	57.9	3	26	6	4.3	1.6	1
25	Eugene Goodlow E. Goodlow	18.84	603	32	1985	NO	12	18.8	50.3	3	3	1	3.0	0.3	0

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