rookie wide receiver with the highest targets per game 2021

Jaylen Waddle had the most targets per game played by a rookie wide receiver in 2021, with 8.75.

NAMETRG/GPTRGGPSEASONTMRECREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jaylen Waddle
J. Waddle
8.75
140
16
2021
104
1,015
9.8
63.4
6
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
2Ja'Marr Chase
J. Chase
7.53
128
17
2021
81
1,455
18.0
85.6
13
21
7
3.0
1.2
0
3Elijah Moore
E. Moore
7
77
11
2021
43
538
12.5
48.9
5
54
5
10.8
4.9
1
4Amon-Ra St. Brown
A. St. Brown
7
119
17
2021
90
912
10.1
53.6
5
61
7
8.7
3.6
1
5DeVonta Smith
D. Smith
6.12
104
17
2021
64
916
14.3
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Kadarius Toney
K. Toney
5.7
57
10
2021
39
420
10.8
42.0
0
6
3
2.0
0.6
0
7Rashod Bateman
R. Bateman
5.67
68
12
2021
46
515
11.2
42.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Rondale Moore
R. Moore
4.57
64
14
2021
54
435
8.1
31.1
1
76
18
4.2
5.4
0
9Nico Collins
N. Collins
4.29
60
14
2021
33
446
13.5
31.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Joshua Palmer
J. Palmer
2.88
49
17
2021
33
353
10.7
20.8
4
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
11Trinity Benson
T. Benson
2.75
22
8
2021
10
103
10.3
12.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Jauan Jennings
J. Jennings
2.38
38
16
2021
24
282
11.8
17.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Terrace Marshall Jr.
T. Marshall Jr.
2.31
30
13
2021
17
138
8.1
10.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Antoine Wesley
A. Wesley
2.13
32
15
2021
19
208
10.9
13.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15D.J. Montgomery
D.J. Montgomery
2
6
3
2021
3
36
12.0
12.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Dee Eskridge
D. Eskridge
2
20
10
2021
10
64
6.4
6.4
1
59
4
14.8
5.9
0
17Tarik Black
T. Black
2
2
1
2021
1
10
10.0
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Dez Fitzpatrick
D. Fitzpatrick
2
8
4
2021
5
49
9.8
12.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Shi Smith
S. Smith
1.83
11
6
2021
6
104
17.3
17.3
0
-3
1
-3.0
-0.5
0
20Dyami Brown
D. Brown
1.67
25
15
2021
12
165
13.8
11.0
0
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
21Dazz Newsome
D. Newsome
1.67
5
3
2021
2
23
11.5
7.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Anthony Schwartz
A. Schwartz
1.64
23
14
2021
10
135
13.5
9.6
1
39
6
6.5
2.8
0
23David Sills V
D. Sills V
1.5
6
4
2021
2
17
8.5
4.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Ben Skowronek
B. Skowronek
1.43
20
14
2021
11
133
12.1
9.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Jaelon Darden
J. Darden
1.33
12
9
2021
6
43
7.2
4.8
0
11
1
11.0
1.2
0
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Team Leaders

PASS

2,660

Tagovailoa

Tua Tagovailoa

RUSH

1,350

Achane

De'Von Achane

REC

910

Waddle

Jaylen Waddle
Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

25th

OPP PPG

24.9

24th

RUSH YDS/G

120.2

13th

PASS YDS/G

195.4

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
Dolphins Dolphins
7
10
0
.412
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
MIA Dolphins

7 - 10

10

Final

38

NE Patriots

14 - 3

Sun 4 Jan 2026

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176