nfl rookie rec yards leaders 1978

John Jefferson had the most yards on receptions by a rookie in 1978, with 1,001 yards.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 John Jefferson
J. Jefferson
1,001
1978
SD SD
14
56
17.9
71.5
13
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
2 James Lofton
J. Lofton
818
1978
GB GB
16
46
17.8
51.1
6
13
3
4.3
0.8
0
3 Derrick Gaffney
D. Gaffney
691
1978
NYJ NYJ
16
38
18.2
43.2
3
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
4 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
589
1978
CLE CLE
16
38
15.5
36.8
2
96
13
7.4
6.0
2
5 Alfred Jackson
A. Jackson
526
1978
ATL ATL
15
26
20.2
35.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
6 Dave Stief
D. Stief
477
1978
STL STL
15
24
19.9
31.8
4
-8
1
-8.0
-0.5
0
7 Wes Chandler
W. Chandler
472
1978
NO NO
16
35
13.5
29.5
2
10
2
5.0
0.6
0
8 Don Bass
D. Bass
447
1978
CIN CIN
16
27
16.6
27.9
4
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
9 Mike Renfro
M. Renfro
339
1978
HOU HOU
14
26
13.0
24.2
2
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
10 Terry Miller
T. Miller
246
1978
BUF BUF
16
22
11.2
15.4
0
1,060
238
4.5
66.3
7
11 Eason Ramson
E. Ramson
238
1978
STL STL
15
23
10.3
15.9
1
8
2
4.0
0.5
0
12 Ken MacAfee
K. MacAfee
205
1978
SF SF
13
22
9.3
15.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
13 Dave Preston
D. Preston
199
1978
DEN DEN
16
24
8.3
12.4
1
296
66
4.5
18.5
1
14 Jesse Thompson
J. Thompson
175
1978
DET DET
11
18
9.7
15.9
4
7
2
3.5
0.6
0
15 Reese McCall
R. McCall
160
1978
BAL BAL
16
11
14.5
10.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
16 Jimmy Cefalo
J. Cefalo
145
1978
MIA MIA
16
6
24.2
9.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
17 Larry Hardy
L. Hardy
131
1978
NO NO
16
5
26.2
8.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
18 Terry LeCount
T. LeCount
131
1978
SF SF
3
10
13.1
43.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Elmo Boyd
E. Boyd
115
1978
TOT
11
9
12.8
10.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
20 James Thompson
J. Thompson
113
1978
NYG NYG
13
7
16.1
8.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Art Whittington
A. Whittington
106
1978
OAK OAK
16
23
4.6
6.6
0
661
172
3.8
41.3
7
22 Billy Campfield
B. Campfield
101
1978
PHI PHI
16
15
6.7
6.3
0
247
61
4.0
15.4
0
23 Robert Woods
R. Woods
96
1978
HOU HOU
3
6
16.0
32.0
2
4
2
2.0
1.3
0
24 Ricky Patton
R. Patton
90
1978
ATL ATL
16
10
9.0
5.6
1
206
68
3.0
12.9
1
25 Tony Green
T. Green
89
1978
WAS WAS
16
4
22.3
5.6
0
82
22
3.7
5.1
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PPG

21.3

20th

OPP PPG

15.9

1st

RUSH YDS/G

111.5

19th

PASS YDS/G

214.7

24th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Broncos Broncos
8
5
0
.615
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615
Raiders Raiders
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
LAC LAC
@
LV LV
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
LAC LAC
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Thu
12/19
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
12/15
TB TB
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Last Game
KC Chiefs

12 - 1 - 0

19

Final

17

LAC Chargers

8 - 5 - 0

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM