what nfl players have had the most career receptions in their first 3 seasons

Justin Jefferson had the most receptions in his first 3 seasons, with 324 receptions.

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Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	324	50	476	4,825	14.9	96.5	25	40	11	3.6	0.8	1
2	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	321	47	417	3,787	11.8	80.6	23	0	0		0.0	0
3	Amon-Ra St. Brown A. St. Brown	315	49	429	3,588	11.4	73.2	21	180	20	9.0	3.7	1
4	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	313	44	432	4,191	13.4	95.3	19	240	33	7.3	5.5	2
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	303	48	379	2,523	8.3	52.6	15	2,920	623	4.7	60.8	24
6	Jarvis Landry J. Landry	288	48	409	3,051	10.6	63.6	13	126	25	5.0	2.6	1
7	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	288	43	457	4,122	14.3	95.9	35	47	9	5.2	1.1	0
8	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	282	51	393	3,551	12.6	69.6	20	62	12	5.2	1.2	0
9	Garrett Wilson G. Wilson	279	51	469	3,249	11.6	63.7	14	9	10	0.9	0.2	0
10	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	268	45	407	3,717	13.9	82.6	29	23	15	1.5	0.5	0
11	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	260	49	387	3,396	13.1	69.3	20	205	29	7.1	4.2	1
12	A.J. Green	260	47	457	3,833	14.7	81.6	29	91	9	10.1	1.9	0
13	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	259	40	440	3,402	13.1	85.1	16	88	18	4.9	2.2	0
14	Diontae Johnson D. Johnson	254	47	405	2,764	10.9	58.8	20	109	12	9.1	2.3	0
15	Jaylen Waddle J. Waddle	251	47	361	3,385	13.5	72.0	18	41	8	5.1	0.9	1
16	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	243	45	302	2,068	8.5	46.0	10	2,408	485	5.0	53.5	27
17	Drake London D. London	241	50	385	3,042	12.6	60.8	15	-3	1	-3.0	-0.1	0
18	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	240	50	352	3,178	13.2	63.6	19	0	0		0.0	0
19	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	239	48	410	3,533	14.8	73.6	19	0	0		0.0	0
20	Mike Evans M. Evans	238	46	444	3,578	15.0	77.8	27	0	0		0.0	0
21	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	238	48	312	1,581	6.6	32.9	5	4,564	1,024	4.5	95.1	37
22	Zay Flowers Z. Flowers	237	50	342	3,128	13.2	62.6	14	174	27	6.4	3.5	2
23	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	230	45	391	3,135	13.6	69.7	24	55	16	3.4	1.2	0
24	Michael Pittman Jr. M. Pittman Jr.	227	46	331	2,510	11.1	54.6	11	100	11	9.1	2.2	0
25	Brandon Marshall B. Marshall	226	46	388	2,899	12.8	63.0	15	65	9	7.2	1.4	0

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RUSH YDS/G

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	6	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	.714
Lions	4	2	.667
Packers	4	3	.571

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Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	MIN	@	SF	8:20 PM
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Lamb

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381.3

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146.4

141.7

141.5

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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

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Jets	2	5	0	.286
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Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
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Raiders	3	4	0	.429
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