nfl reciever with most yards per catch 1996

Henry Ellard averaged the most yards per catch by a wide receiver in 1996, with 19.5 per reception.

Interpreted as:
NFL reciever with most yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game 1996
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
19.5
1996
16
52
1,014
63.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
2Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
18.4
1996
16
48
882
55.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Jake Reed
J. Reed
18.3
1996
16
72
1,320
82.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
4Don Beebe
D. Beebe
17.9
1996
16
39
699
43.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
5Michael Haynes
M. Haynes
17.9
1996
16
44
786
49.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
17.7
1996
15
62
1,099
73.3
9
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
7Rob Moore
R. Moore
17.5
1996
16
58
1,016
63.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Joey Galloway
J. Galloway
17.3
1996
16
57
987
61.7
7
127
15
8.5
7.9
0
9Eddie Kennison
E. Kennison
17.1
1996
15
54
924
61.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
10Charles Johnson
C. Johnson
16.8
1996
16
60
1,008
63.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
11Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
16.7
1996
12
56
933
77.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Quinn Early
Q. Early
16.0
1996
16
50
798
49.9
4
39
3
13.0
2.4
0
13Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15.9
1996
16
84
1,338
83.6
7
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
14David Dunn
D. Dunn
15.9
1996
16
32
509
31.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
15.8
1996
16
76
1,201
75.1
14
0
0
0.0
0
16Jeff Graham
J. Graham
15.8
1996
11
50
788
71.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Andre Reed
A. Reed
15.7
1996
16
66
1,036
64.8
6
22
8
2.8
1.4
0
18Fred Barnett
F. Barnett
15.6
1996
9
36
562
62.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
15.4
1996
15
50
771
51.4
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
20Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.0
1996
11
64
962
87.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
15.0
1996
16
83
1,244
77.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
22Terrell Owens
T. Owens
14.9
1996
16
35
520
32.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Michael Westbrook
M. Westbrook
14.9
1996
11
34
505
45.9
1
2
2
1.0
0.2
0
24Willie Jackson
W. Jackson
14.7
1996
16
33
486
30.4
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
25Darnay Scott
D. Scott
14.4
1996
16
58
833
52.1
5
4
3
1.3
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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