Wide receivers had 11.7 yards per catch in their rookie season in 1932.

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	POSITION	AVG	SEASON	GP	REC	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Wide Receiver	11.7	1932	92	26	305	3.3	1	33	3	11.0	0.4	1
2	Wide Receiver	17.9	1933	136	67	1,198	8.8	8	69	22	3.1	0.5	0
3	Wide Receiver	14.0	1934	112	45	629	5.6	5	91	16	5.7	0.8	2
4	Wide Receiver	17.5	1935	139	92	1,612	11.6	19	32	10	3.2	0.2	0
5	Wide Receiver	13.9	1936	101	69	958	9.5	2	13	2	6.5	0.1	0
6	Wide Receiver	15.0	1937	176	106	1,588	9.0	12	80	13	6.2	0.5	1
7	Wide Receiver	17.4	1938	174	111	1,931	11.1	13	122	11	11.1	0.7	0
8	Wide Receiver	14.9	1939	153	98	1,460	9.5	8	14	5	2.8	0.1	0
9	Wide Receiver	13.4	1940	188	143	1,915	10.2	10	0	7	0.0	0.0	0
10	Wide Receiver	12.7	1941	220	153	1,941	8.8	19	33	11	3.0	0.2	0
11	Wide Receiver	14.8	1942	203	112	1,661	8.2	11	55	19	2.9	0.3	0
12	Wide Receiver	12.3	1943	105	51	629	6.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
13	Wide Receiver	14.9	1944	146	91	1,360	9.3	11	10	1	10.0	0.1	0
14	Wide Receiver	19.3	1945	84	36	693	8.3	6	26	8	3.3	0.3	0
15	Wide Receiver	16.2	1946	198	148	2,400	12.1	16	10	7	1.4	0.1	0
16	Wide Receiver	15.2	1947	169	186	2,824	16.7	31	8	3	2.7	0.0	0
17	Wide Receiver	13.5	1948	98	171	2,315	23.6	20	51	9	5.7	0.5	0
18	Wide Receiver	11.7	1949	107	35	410	3.8	1	6	2	3.0	0.1	0
19	Wide Receiver	15.9	1950	129	224	3,565	27.6	25	-2	1	-2.0	0.0	0
20	Wide Receiver	14.8	1951	149	266	3,934	26.4	32	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
21	Wide Receiver	18.4	1952	93	148	2,717	29.2	21	0	0		0.0	0
22	Wide Receiver	12.5	1953	81	132	1,652	20.4	9	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
23	Wide Receiver	16.9	1954	120	194	3,287	27.4	32	9	1	9.0	0.1	0
24	Wide Receiver	15.3	1955	84	93	1,419	16.9	5	201	59	3.4	2.4	2
25	Wide Receiver	17.3	1956	60	91	1,574	26.2	11	37	2	18.5	0.6	0

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,381

Prescott

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

Rush Yards Leaders

537

Walker

494

Robinson

421

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

507

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

29.0

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

76.1

Lamb

60.3

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

36.6

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

48

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3-1

1-4

1-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000