nfl rookie average yards per reception leaders 2022

Jameson Williams had the most receiving yards per reception by a rookie in 2022, with 41.

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

	NAME	YDS/REC	REC YDS	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jameson Williams J. Williams	41	41	1	2022	DET	6	9	41.0	6.8	1	40	1	40.0	6.7	0
2	Jalen Virgil J. Virgil	37.5	75	2	2022	DEN	9	5	37.5	8.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Tyler Badie T. Badie	24	24	1	2022	DEN	1	1	24.0	24.0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
4	Jalen Nailor J. Nailor	19.89	179	9	2022	MIN	15	13	19.9	11.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Marcus Jones M. Jones	19.5	78	4	2022	NE	15	4	19.5	5.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Rashid Shaheed R. Shaheed	17.43	488	28	2022	NO	12	34	17.4	40.7	2	57	4	14.3	4.8	1
7	Samori Toure S. Toure	16.4	82	5	2022	GB	11	10	16.4	7.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
8	Grant Calcaterra G. Calcaterra	16.2	81	5	2022	PHI	15	9	16.2	5.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Teagan Quitoriano T. Quitoriano	16.14	113	7	2022	HOU	9	14	16.1	12.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Khalil Shakir K. Shakir	16.1	161	10	2022	BUF	14	20	16.1	11.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	George Pickens G. Pickens	15.4	801	52	2022	PIT	17	84	15.4	47.1	4	24	3	8.0	1.4	1
12	Velus Jones Jr. V. Jones Jr.	15.29	107	7	2022	CHI	12	14	15.3	8.9	1	103	9	11.4	8.6	1
13	Jahan Dotson J. Dotson	14.94	523	35	2022	WAS	12	61	14.9	43.6	7	-7	2	-3.5	-0.6	0
14	Christian Watson C. Watson	14.9	611	41	2022	GB	14	66	14.9	43.6	7	80	7	11.4	5.7	2
15	Chris Olave C. Olave	14.47	1,042	72	2022	NO	15	119	14.5	69.5	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Alec Pierce A. Pierce	14.46	593	41	2022	IND	16	78	14.5	37.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Chig Okonkwo C. Okonkwo	14.06	450	32	2022	TEN	17	46	14.1	26.5	3	2	3	0.7	0.1	0
18	Julius Chestnut J. Chestnut	13.67	41	3	2022	TEN	6	3	13.7	6.8	0	12	9	1.3	2.0	0
19	Treylon Burks T. Burks	13.45	444	33	2022	TEN	11	54	13.5	40.4	1	47	4	11.8	4.3	0
20	Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	13.29	1,103	83	2022	NYJ	17	147	13.3	64.9	4	4	4	1.0	0.2	0
21	Armani Rogers A. Rogers	12.8	64	5	2022	WAS	11	6	12.8	5.8	0	26	2	13.0	2.4	0
22	Connor Heyward C. Heyward	12.58	151	12	2022	PIT	17	17	12.6	8.9	1	27	2	13.5	1.6	0
23	Daylen Baldwin D. Baldwin	12.5	25	2	2022	CLE	1	2	12.5	25.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jelani Woods J. Woods	12.48	312	25	2022	IND	15	40	12.5	20.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Greg Dulcich G. Dulcich	12.45	411	33	2022	DEN	10	55	12.5	41.1	2	0	0		0.0	0

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657

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127.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bears	7	2	.778
Lions	6	2	.750
Vikings	6	2	.750
Packers	6	3	.667

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/22	TB	@	DET	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	DET	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 12/13	TEN	@	DET	1:00 PM

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6 - 2

Final

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1 - 7

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2,618

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2,386

Burrow

2,381

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Rush Yards Leaders

880

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872

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904

Lamb

879

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20

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Rec TD Leaders

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111.7

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9.5

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8.0

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32.0

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

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15.1

17.9

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Total Yards Rankings

386.4

384.1

383.0

379.8

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Rush Yards Rankings

163.9

146.6

142.0

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

98

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McBride

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6-3

Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears	7	2	0	.778
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Buccaneers	3	6	0	.333
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	7	1	0	.875
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
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Jameson Williams had the most receiving yards per reception by a rookie in 2022, with 41.

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