who had the most career receiving yards before 1999

Before 1999, Jerry Rice had the most receiving yards, with 17,612 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	17,612	206	1,139	15.5	85.5	164	614	81	7.6	3.0	10
2	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,004	233	764	18.3	60.1	75	246	32	7.7	1.1	1
3	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,777	228	814	16.9	60.4	65	50	19	2.6	0.2	0
4	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,089	200	819	16.0	65.4	100	83	17	4.9	0.4	1
5	Art Monk A. Monk	12,721	224	940	13.5	56.8	68	332	63	5.3	1.5	0
6	Andre Reed A. Reed	12,559	205	889	14.1	61.3	85	500	75	6.7	2.4	1
7	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	12,146	239	750	16.2	50.8	65	22	8	2.8	0.1	0
8	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	11,983	225	784	15.3	53.3	77	226	42	5.4	1.0	1
9	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,834	186	633	18.7	63.6	88	70	24	2.9	0.4	0
10	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	11,737	155	740	15.9	75.7	62	6	6	1.0	0.0	0
11	Gary Clark G. Clark	10,856	167	699	15.5	65.0	65	54	11	4.9	0.3	0
12	Stanley Morgan S. Morgan	10,716	196	557	19.2	54.7	72	127	21	6.0	0.6	0
13	Cris Carter C. Carter	10,447	181	834	12.5	57.7	101	37	12	3.1	0.2	0
14	Harold Jackson H. Jackson	10,372	208	579	17.9	49.9	76	181	33	5.5	0.9	0
15	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	10,266	136	542	18.9	75.5	85	129	24	5.4	0.9	2
16	Drew Hill D. Hill	9,831	211	634	15.5	46.6	60	19	3	6.3	0.1	0
17	Tim Brown T. Brown	9,600	160	680	14.1	60.0	69	116	36	3.2	0.7	1
18	Andre Rison A. Rison	9,381	155	681	13.8	60.5	78	23	9	2.6	0.1	0
19	Raymond Berry R. Berry	9,275	154	631	14.7	60.2	68	0	0		0.0	0
20	Anthony Miller A. Miller	9,148	155	595	15.4	59.0	63	131	22	6.0	0.8	1
21	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	9,110	165	649	14.0	55.2	79	1,488	442	3.4	9.0	11
22	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	8,985	182	590	15.2	49.4	79	64	9	7.1	0.4	0
23	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	8,974	158	582	15.4	56.8	84	108	14	7.7	0.7	0
24	Fred Biletnikoff F. Biletnikoff	8,974	190	589	15.2	47.2	76	0	0		0.0	0
25	Wes Chandler W. Chandler	8,966	150	559	16.0	59.8	56	84	16	5.3	0.6	0

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RUSH

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McCaffrey

REC

103

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Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

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OPP PPG

10.0

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PASS YDS/G

246.0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
49ers	2	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	.500
Rams	0	1	.000

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Sun 9/27	ARI	@	SF	4:05 PM
Sun 10/4	DEN	@	SF	4:25 PM
Sun 10/11	SF	@	SEA	4:25 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 10/25	SF	@	ATL	1:00 PM

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0 - 2

Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

662

Shough

648

Young

627

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

212

Henry

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Gibbs

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Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

277

Smith-Njigba

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Olave

225

Kincaid

Pass TD Leaders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

4

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QB Rating Leaders

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127.3

Lock

125.8

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Sack Leaders

4.0

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3.5

Watt

3.0

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38.5

35.5

31.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.5

10.0

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Total Yards Rankings

427.5

424.5

409.0

394.0

392.0

Rush Yards Rankings

220.0

212.5

165.0

157.0

155.0

144.5

Pass Yards Rankings

331.0

324.0

313.5

291.0

279.5

266.5

Sack Leaders

8.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

49

Henry

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Gibbs

39.3

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Smith-Njigba

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Fantasy K Rankings

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McLaughlin

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	0	0	1.000
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Cowboys	1	1	0	.500
Commanders	0	2	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	2	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks	2	0	0	1.000
49ers	2	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	1	0	.500
Rams	0	1	0	.000

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