rookie receiving by reception leaders 2021

Jaylen Waddle had the most catches by a rookie in 2021, with 104 catches.

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Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	104	2021	MIA	16	140	1,015	9.8	63.4	6	3	2	1.5	0.2	1
2	Amon-Ra St. Brown A. St. Brown	90	2021	DET	17	119	912	10.1	53.6	5	61	7	8.7	3.6	1
3	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	81	2021	CIN	17	128	1,455	18.0	85.6	13	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
4	Najee Harris N. Harris	74	2021	PIT	17	94	467	6.3	27.5	3	1,200	307	3.9	70.6	7
5	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	68	2021	ATL	17	110	1,026	15.1	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	64	2021	PHI	17	104	916	14.3	53.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	60	2021	PIT	16	79	497	8.3	31.1	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Rondale Moore R. Moore	54	2021	ARI	14	64	435	8.1	31.1	1	76	18	4.2	5.4	0
9	Rashod Bateman R. Bateman	46	2021	BAL	12	68	515	11.2	42.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Elijah Moore E. Moore	43	2021	NYJ	11	77	538	12.5	48.9	5	54	5	10.8	4.9	1
11	Javonte Williams J. Williams	43	2021	DEN	17	53	316	7.3	18.6	3	903	203	4.4	53.1	4
12	Kadarius Toney K. Toney	39	2021	NYG	10	57	420	10.8	42.0	0	6	3	2.0	0.6	0
13	Michael Carter M. Carter	36	2021	NYJ	14	55	325	9.0	23.2	0	639	147	4.3	45.6	4
14	Joshua Palmer J. Palmer	33	2021	LAC	17	49	353	10.7	20.8	4	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
15	Kenny Gainwell K. Gainwell	33	2021	PHI	16	50	253	7.7	15.8	1	291	68	4.3	18.2	5
16	Nico Collins N. Collins	33	2021	HOU	14	60	446	13.5	31.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	25	2021	CAR	17	37	174	7.0	10.2	1	612	172	3.6	36.0	5
18	Jauan Jennings J. Jennings	24	2021	SF	16	38	282	11.8	17.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
19	John Bates J. Bates	20	2021	WAS	17	25	249	12.5	14.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Brevin Jordan B. Jordan	20	2021	HOU	9	28	178	8.9	19.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tommy Tremble T. Tremble	20	2021	CAR	16	35	180	9.0	11.3	1	11	3	3.7	0.7	1
22	Antoine Wesley A. Wesley	19	2021	ARI	15	32	208	10.9	13.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
23	Elijah Mitchell E. Mitchell	19	2021	SF	11	20	137	7.2	12.5	1	963	207	4.7	87.5	5
24	Demetric Felton D. Felton	18	2021	CLE	16	21	181	10.1	11.3	2	24	7	3.4	1.5	0
25	Terrace Marshall Jr. T. Marshall Jr.	17	2021	CAR	13	30	138	8.1	10.6	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Bills	7	1	.875
Patriots	5	4	.556
Jets	2	7	.222
Dolphins	1	7	.125

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIA	@	BUF	1:00 PM
Sun 11/29	NYJ	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 12/6	MIA	@	DEN	4:05 PM
Sun 12/13	CHI	@	MIA	1:00 PM

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Walker

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Giants	5	3	1	.611
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	3	5	1	.389
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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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
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Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

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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
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Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
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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

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM
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Jaylen Waddle had the most catches by a rookie in 2021, with 104 catches.

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