rookie receiving leaders 1979

Jerry Butler had the most receiving yards by a rookie in 1979, with 834 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 Jerry Butler
J. Butler
834
1979
BUF BUF
13
48
17.4
64.2
4
13
2
6.5
1.0
0
2 Earnest Gray
E. Gray
537
1979
NYG NYG
16
28
19.2
33.6
4
2
2
1.0
0.1
0
3 Dan Ross
D. Ross
516
1979
CIN CIN
16
41
12.6
32.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Rickey Watts
R. Watts
421
1979
CHI CHI
16
24
17.5
26.3
3
-6
1
-6.0
-0.4
0
5 William Andrews
W. Andrews
309
1979
ATL ATL
15
39
7.9
20.6
2
1,023
239
4.3
68.2
3
6 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
308
1979
STL STL
16
41
7.5
19.3
2
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
8
7 Don Warren
D. Warren
303
1979
WAS WAS
16
26
11.7
18.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
8 Jerry Eckwood
J. Eckwood
268
1979
TB TB
16
22
12.2
16.8
0
690
194
3.6
43.1
2
9 Elvis Peacock
E. Peacock
261
1979
LA LA
11
21
12.4
23.7
0
224
52
4.3
20.4
0
10 Rich Martini
R. Martini
259
1979
OAK OAK
16
24
10.8
16.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
11 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
255
1979
SD SD
7
25
10.2
36.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Bob Bruer
B. Bruer
254
1979
SF SF
16
26
9.8
15.9
1
-4
5
-0.8
-0.3
0
13 Ron Springs
R. Springs
251
1979
DAL DAL
16
25
10.0
15.7
1
248
67
3.7
15.5
2
14 Dwight Clark
D. Clark
232
1979
SF SF
16
18
12.9
14.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
213
1979
MIA MIA
16
17
12.5
13.3
2
68
16
4.3
4.3
0
16 Phil Francis
P. Francis
198
1979
SF SF
16
32
6.2
12.4
0
118
31
3.8
7.4
1
17 Ted Brown
T. Brown
197
1979
MIN MIN
14
31
6.4
14.1
0
551
130
4.2
39.4
1
18 Buddy Hardeman
B. Hardeman
197
1979
WAS WAS
10
21
9.4
19.7
1
124
31
4.0
12.4
0
19 Theotis Brown
T. Brown
191
1979
STL STL
16
25
7.6
11.9
0
318
73
4.4
19.9
7
20 Lynn Cain
L. Cain
181
1979
ATL ATL
10
15
12.1
18.1
2
295
63
4.7
29.5
2
21 John Floyd
J. Floyd
152
1979
SD SD
8
10
15.2
19.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
22 Mike Williams
M. Williams
129
1979
KC KC
14
16
8.1
9.2
2
261
69
3.8
18.6
1
23 Jeff Moore
J. Moore
128
1979
SEA SEA
16
14
9.1
8.0
0
168
44
3.8
10.5
2
24 James Owens
J. Owens
121
1979
SF SF
16
10
12.1
7.6
0
33
7
4.7
2.1
0
25 Bo Robinson
B. Robinson
118
1979
DET DET
14
14
8.4
8.4
0
302
87
3.5
21.6
2
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3
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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8:15 PM
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