nfl reciever with most yards per catch 1997

James McKnight averaged the most yards per catch by a wide receiver in 1997, with 18.7 per catch.

Interpreted as:
NFL reciever with most yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game 1997
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1James McKnight
J. McKnight
18.7
1997
12
34
637
53.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Yancey Thigpen
Y. Thigpen
17.7
1997
16
79
1,398
87.4
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
3James Jett
J. Jett
17.5
1997
16
46
804
50.3
12
0
0
0.0
0
4Rod Smith
R. Smith
16.9
1997
16
70
1,180
73.8
12
16
5
3.2
1.0
0
5Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
16.8
1997
15
60
1,010
67.3
7
19
2
9.5
1.3
0
6Jake Reed
J. Reed
16.7
1997
16
68
1,138
71.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Michael Westbrook
M. Westbrook
16.4
1997
13
34
559
43.0
3
-11
3
-3.7
-0.8
0
8Rob Moore
R. Moore
16.3
1997
16
97
1,584
99.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
16.1
1997
16
82
1,324
82.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
10Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
16.1
1997
15
31
498
33.2
3
-8
1
-8.0
-0.5
0
11Curtis Conway
C. Conway
15.9
1997
7
30
476
68.0
1
17
3
5.7
2.4
0
12Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
15.7
1997
16
75
1,180
73.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
13Terrell Owens
T. Owens
15.6
1997
16
60
936
58.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
14Shawn Jefferson
S. Jefferson
15.6
1997
16
54
841
52.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
15Derrick Alexander
D. Alexander
15.5
1997
15
65
1,009
67.3
9
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
16Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
15.4
1997
14
42
648
46.3
6
35
3
11.7
2.5
0
17Antonio Freeman
A. Freeman
15.3
1997
16
81
1,243
77.7
12
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
18Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
15.3
1997
16
86
1,316
82.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Torrance Small
T. Small
15.3
1997
13
32
488
37.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Bert Emanuel
B. Emanuel
15.2
1997
16
65
991
61.9
9
0
0
0.0
0
21Andre Rison
A. Rison
15.2
1997
16
72
1,092
68.3
7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
22Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
15.2
1997
16
32
485
30.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Andre Hastings
A. Hastings
15.0
1997
16
48
722
45.1
5
35
4
8.8
2.2
0
24Troy Brown
T. Brown
14.8
1997
16
41
607
37.9
6
-18
1
-18.0
-1.1
0
25Darnay Scott
D. Scott
14.8
1997
16
54
797
49.8
5
6
1
6.0
0.4
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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