rookie receiving leaders 1983

Willie Gault had the most yards on receptions by a rookie in 1983, with 836 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Willie Gault
W. Gault
836
1983
16
40
20.9
52.3
8
31
4
7.8
1.9
0
2Jeff Chadwick
J. Chadwick
617
1983
16
40
15.4
38.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Stephone Paige
S. Paige
528
1983
16
30
17.6
33.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
4Eugene Goodlow
E. Goodlow
487
1983
16
41
11.9
30.4
2
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
5James Jones
J. Jones
467
1983
14
46
10.2
33.4
1
475
135
3.5
33.9
6
6Roger Craig
R. Craig
427
1983
16
48
8.9
26.7
4
725
176
4.1
45.3
8
7Harry Holt
H. Holt
420
1983
15
29
14.5
28.0
3
8
3
2.7
0.5
0
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
404
1983
16
51
7.9
25.3
2
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
9Tony Hunter
T. Hunter
402
1983
13
36
11.2
30.9
3
28
2
14.0
2.2
0
10Stephen Starring
S. Starring
389
1983
15
17
22.9
25.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Clarence Weathers
C. Weathers
379
1983
16
19
19.9
23.7
3
28
1
28.0
1.8
0
12Byron Williams
B. Williams
346
1983
5
20
17.3
69.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Dennis McKinnon
D. McKinnon
326
1983
16
20
16.3
20.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
14Curt Warner
C. Warner
325
1983
16
42
7.7
20.3
1
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
13
15Chris Dressel
C. Dressel
316
1983
16
32
9.9
19.8
4
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
16Zeke Mowatt
Z. Mowatt
280
1983
16
21
13.3
17.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Jessie Clark
J. Clark
279
1983
16
18
15.5
17.4
1
328
71
4.6
20.5
0
18Gregg Garrity
G. Garrity
279
1983
15
19
14.7
18.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Herkie Walls
H. Walls
276
1983
16
12
23.0
17.3
1
44
5
8.8
2.8
0
20Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
268
1983
12
16
16.8
22.3
0
7
3
2.3
0.6
0
21Dokie Williams
D. Williams
259
1983
16
14
18.5
16.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
22Michael Haddix
M. Haddix
254
1983
14
23
11.0
18.1
0
220
91
2.4
15.7
2
23Ken Thomas
K. Thomas
236
1983
14
28
8.4
16.9
1
55
15
3.7
3.9
0
24Otis Grant
O. Grant
221
1983
16
12
18.4
13.8
1
-10
2
-5.0
-0.6
0
25Malcolm Scott
M. Scott
206
1983
16
17
12.1
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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