rookie wide receiver target leaders 2016

Michael Thomas was targeted the most times by a rookie wide receiver in 2016, with 121 targets.

NAMETRGSEASONTMGPRECREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Michael Thomas
M. Thomas
121
2016
15
92
1,137
12.4
75.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
2Sterling Shepard
S. Shepard
105
2016
16
65
683
10.5
42.7
8
31
3
10.3
1.9
0
3Will Fuller
W. Fuller
92
2016
14
47
635
13.5
45.4
2
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
4Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
83
2016
16
61
593
9.7
37.1
6
267
24
11.1
16.7
3
5Tajae Sharpe
T. Sharpe
83
2016
16
41
522
12.7
32.6
2
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
6Tyler Boyd
T. Boyd
81
2016
16
54
603
11.2
37.7
1
58
4
14.5
3.6
0
7Robbie Chosen
R. Chosen
78
2016
16
42
587
14.0
36.7
2
42
3
14.0
2.6
0
8Corey Coleman
C. Coleman
73
2016
10
33
413
12.5
41.3
3
10
2
5.0
1.0
0
9Eli Rogers
E. Rogers
66
2016
13
48
594
12.4
45.7
3
6
1
6.0
0.5
0
10Breshad Perriman
B. Perriman
66
2016
16
33
499
15.1
31.2
3
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
11Malcolm Mitchell
M. Mitchell
48
2016
14
32
401
12.5
28.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Kevin White
K. White
36
2016
4
19
187
9.8
46.8
0
9
1
9.0
2.3
0
13Charone Peake
C. Peake
35
2016
15
19
186
9.8
12.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Ricardo Louis
R. Louis
35
2016
16
18
205
11.4
12.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Chester Rogers
C. Rogers
34
2016
14
19
273
14.4
19.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Cobi Hamilton
C. Hamilton
28
2016
11
17
234
13.8
21.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Braxton Miller
B. Miller
28
2016
10
15
99
6.6
9.9
1
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
18Cody Core
C. Core
27
2016
8
17
200
11.8
25.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Jordan Taylor
J. Taylor
25
2016
16
16
209
13.1
13.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Jalin Marshall
J. Marshall
23
2016
10
14
162
11.6
16.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Geronimo Allison
G. Allison
22
2016
10
12
202
16.8
20.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Pharoh Cooper
P. Cooper
20
2016
10
14
106
7.6
10.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Roger Lewis
R. Lewis
19
2016
13
7
97
13.9
7.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Chris Moore
C. Moore
16
2016
15
7
46
6.6
3.1
0
19
3
6.3
1.3
0
25Aaron Burbridge
A. Burbridge
16
2016
16
7
88
12.6
5.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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