rookie receiving leaders 1953

Gern Nagler had the most yards on receptions by a rookie in 1953, with 610 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 Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
610
1953
CHC CHC
11
43
14.2
55.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
2 Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
346
1953
PHI PHI
12
20
17.3
28.8
5
131
44
3.0
10.9
1
3 Mel Embree
M. Embree
272
1953
BAL BAL
12
23
11.8
22.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Don Johnson
D. Johnson
227
1953
PHI PHI
12
12
18.9
18.9
2
439
83
5.3
36.6
5
5 Buford Long
B. Long
220
1953
NYG NYG
10
14
15.7
22.0
2
58
20
2.9
5.8
0
6 Johnny Olszewski
J. Olszewski
210
1953
CHC CHC
12
21
10.0
17.5
1
386
106
3.6
32.2
4
7 Clive Rush
C. Rush
190
1953
GB GB
11
14
13.6
17.3
0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.5
0
8 Paul Dekker
P. Dekker
182
1953
WAS WAS
11
14
13.0
16.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
9 Ed Barker
E. Barker
172
1953
PIT PIT
6
17
10.1
28.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Monte Brethauer
M. Brethauer
133
1953
BAL BAL
12
10
13.3
11.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
131
1953
GB GB
12
12
10.9
10.9
0
199
49
4.1
16.6
1
12 Gene Gedman
G. Gedman
121
1953
DET DET
12
14
8.6
10.1
0
255
83
3.1
21.3
3
13 Billy Reynolds
B. Reynolds
120
1953
CLE CLE
12
9
13.3
10.0
0
313
72
4.3
26.1
3
14 Howie Ferguson
H. Ferguson
86
1953
GB GB
11
15
5.7
7.8
0
134
52
2.6
12.2
0
15 Sonny Grandelius
S. Grandelius
80
1953
NYG NYG
12
15
5.3
6.7
0
278
108
2.6
23.2
1
16 Tom McCormick
T. McCormick
72
1953
LA LA
11
5
14.4
6.5
0
29
20
1.5
2.6
0
17 Harry Babcock
H. Babcock
59
1953
SF SF
10
7
8.4
5.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Don Barton
D. Barton
51
1953
GB GB
5
2
25.5
10.2
1
40
7
5.7
8.0
0
19 Buck McPhail
B. McPhail
38
1953
BAL BAL
12
10
3.8
3.2
0
138
53
2.6
11.5
0
20 Lloyd Lowe
L. Lowe
34
1953
CHB CHB
7
4
8.5
4.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
34
1953
PHI PHI
8
4
8.5
4.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Billy Anderson
B. Anderson
33
1953
CHB CHB
12
3
11.0
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Leo Elter
L. Elter
29
1953
PIT PIT
12
3
9.7
2.4
0
81
26
3.1
6.8
0
24 Sam Baker
S. Baker
21
1953
WAS WAS
11
2
10.5
1.9
0
72
17
4.2
6.5
1
25 Brad Myers
B. Myers
13
1953
LA LA
12
4
3.3
1.1
0
124
40
3.1
10.3
3
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1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
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1
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1
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2
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8:15 PM
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21-27
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9/6
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9/28
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