nfl player with most yards per reception 1991

Reggie Thornton had the most receiving yards per reception in his rookie season in 1991, with 38.

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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	Reggie Thornton R. Thornton	38	38	1	1991	IND	5	38.0	7.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Elvis Patterson E. Patterson	34	34	1	1991	RAI	16	34.0	2.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Sam Graddy S. Graddy	32.5	195	6	1991	RAI	12	32.5	16.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
4	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	27	27	1	1991	NYJ	16	27.0	1.7	0	60	23	2.6	3.8	0
5	Ernie Mills E. Mills	26.33	79	3	1991	PIT	16	26.3	4.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jeff Campbell J. Campbell	24.5	49	2	1991	DET	14	24.5	3.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	John Elway J. Elway	24	24	1	1991	DEN	16	24.0	1.5	0	255	55	4.6	15.9	6
8	Michael Haynes M. Haynes	22.44	1,122	50	1991	ATL	16	22.4	70.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
9	Mike Ruether M. Ruether	22	22	1	1991	ATL	16	22.0	1.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Dwight Stone D. Stone	20.28	649	32	1991	PIT	16	20.3	40.6	5	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
11	Terry Orr T. Orr	20.1	201	10	1991	WAS	16	20.1	12.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Steve Tasker S. Tasker	19.5	39	2	1991	BUF	16	19.5	2.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Gary Clark G. Clark	19.14	1,340	70	1991	WAS	16	19.1	83.8	10	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
14	Jimmy Raye J. Raye	19	19	1	1991	RAM	2	19.0	9.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Michael Timpson M. Timpson	18.84	471	25	1991	NE	16	18.8	29.4	2	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
16	James Lofton J. Lofton	18.81	1,072	57	1991	BUF	15	18.8	71.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ron Morris R. Morris	18.38	147	8	1991	CHI	3	18.4	49.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	18.27	603	33	1991	DEN	12	18.3	50.3	1	18	2	9.0	1.5	0
19	Kerry Cash K. Cash	18	18	1	1991	IND	4	18.0	4.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Ricky Nattiel R. Nattiel	18	288	16	1991	DEN	16	18.0	18.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Stephen Baker S. Baker	17.5	525	30	1991	NYG	15	17.5	35.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
22	Ernie Thompson E. Thompson	17.5	35	2	1991	RAM	4	17.5	8.8	1	9	2	4.5	2.3	0
23	Ron Brown R. Brown	17.33	52	3	1991	RAM	6	17.3	8.7	0	11	2	5.5	1.8	0
24	Willie Gault W. Gault	17.3	346	20	1991	RAI	16	17.3	21.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
25	J.J. Birden	17.22	465	27	1991	KC	15	17.2	31.0	2	0	0		0.0	0

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