which players had the most receptions before age 22

JuJu Smith-Schuster has made the most career catches by a player younger than 22, with 122 catches.

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	NAME	REC	Age	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	JuJu Smith-Schuster J. Smith-Schuster	122	22	24	172	1,783	14.6	74.3	10	13	1	13.0	0.5	0
2	Malik Nabers M. Nabers	109	21	15	170	1,204	11.0	80.3	7	2	5	0.4	0.1	0
3	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	91	21	16	121	721	7.9	45.1	4	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11
4	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	88	21	16	125	1,400	15.9	87.5	7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
5	Reggie Bush R. Bush	88	21	16	121	742	8.4	46.4	2	565	155	3.6	35.3	6
6	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	87	22	13	118	933	10.7	71.8	4	14	4	3.5	1.1	0
7	Ja'Marr Chase J. Chase	81	21	17	128	1,455	18.0	85.6	13	21	7	3.0	1.2	0
8	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	80	21	16	113	651	8.1	40.7	5	435	117	3.7	27.2	2
9	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	78	22	21	132	1,176	15.1	56.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	74	21	16	111	935	12.6	58.4	5	82	10	8.2	5.1	1
11	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	74	22	19	109	861	11.6	45.3	10	49	4	12.3	2.6	0
12	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	72	21	16	107	731	10.2	45.7	6	13	7	1.9	0.8	1
13	Drake London D. London	72	21	17	117	866	12.0	50.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Amari Cooper A. Cooper	72	21	16	130	1,070	14.9	66.9	6	-3	3	-1.0	-0.2	0
15	Keenan Allen K. Allen	71	21	15	104	1,046	14.7	69.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jordan Addison J. Addison	70	21	17	108	911	13.0	53.6	10	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
17	Randy Moss R. Moss	69	21	16		1,313	19.0	82.1	17	4	1	4.0	0.3	0
18	Mike Evans M. Evans	68	21	15	123	1,051	15.5	70.1	12	0	0		0.0	0
19	Tee Higgins T. Higgins	67	21	16	108	908	13.6	56.8	6	28	5	5.6	1.8	0
20	Sammy Watkins S. Watkins	65	21	16	128	982	15.1	61.4	6	8	2	4.0	0.5	0
21	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	63	21	17	93	628	10.0	36.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
22	Brandin Cooks B. Cooks	62	22	12	84	661	10.7	55.1	3	73	9	8.1	6.1	1
23	Edgerrin James E. James	62	21	16	87	586	9.5	36.6	4	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13
24	Percy Harvin P. Harvin	60	21	15	91	790	13.2	52.7	6	135	15	9.0	9.0	0
25	Xavier Worthy X. Worthy	59	21	17	98	638	10.8	37.5	6	104	20	5.2	6.1	3

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Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
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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
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Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Rams	2	2	0	.500
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Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
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Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000