Dave Middleton has the most receiving yards by a Lions rookie in a game, with 168 yards against the Bears on November 20, 1955.
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Who has the most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a rookie ever for the lions?| NAME | REC YDS | DATE | TM | OPP | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Middleton | 168 | 11/20/1955 |  DET | vs |  CHB | 8 | 21.0 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | | J. Best | 154 | 9/19/2010 | DET | vs |  PHI | 9 | 14 | 17.1 | 1 | 78 | 17 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 3 | | L. Hart | 154 | 11/5/1950 | DET | vs | CHB | 9 | 17.1 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | | B. Mann | 147 | 11/14/1948 | DET | @ |  WAS | 5 | 29.4 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | | D. Middleton | 144 | 10/30/1955 | DET | @ |  SF | 9 | 16.0 | 0 | |||||
| 6 |  | S. LaPorta | 140 | 12/3/2023 | DET | @ |  NO | 9 | 9 | 15.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | J. Doran | 140 | 10/28/1951 | DET | vs | CHB | 5 | 28.0 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | | R. Williams | 135 | 9/26/2004 | DET | vs | PHI | 9 | 16 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | D. Walker | 134 | 11/5/1950 | DET | vs | CHB | 6 | 22.3 | 0 | -1 | 4 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| 10 | | C. Sanders | 133 | 12/15/1968 | DET | @ | WAS | 10 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | E. McCullouch | 132 | 9/15/1968 | DET | @ |  DAL | 5 | 26.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | T.J. Hockenson | 131 | 9/8/2019 | DET | @ |  ARI | 6 | 9 | 21.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | R. Broyles | 126 | 11/22/2012 | DET | vs |  HOU | 6 | 12 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | D. Dibble | 125 | 10/21/1951 | DET | vs |  NYY | 7 | 17.9 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | | J. Phillips | 115 | 12/17/1989 | DET | vs |  TB | 10 | 11.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | G. Cogdill | 115 | 10/9/1960 | DET | vs | SF | 8 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 |  | A. St. Brown | 111 | 1/2/2022 | DET | @ |  SEA | 8 | 11 | 13.9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 11.5 | 1 |
| 18 | | A. St. Brown | 109 | 1/9/2022 | DET | vs |  GB | 8 | 10 | 13.6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | L. Foster | 106 | 11/30/2000 | DET | @ |  MIN | 8 | 10 | 13.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | R. Williams | 104 | 12/19/2004 | DET | vs | MIN | 7 | 11 | 14.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | B. Powell | 103 | 12/30/2018 | DET | @ | GB | 6 | 9 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | C. Johnson | 102 | 12/16/2007 | DET | @ |  SD | 5 | 11 | 20.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | D. Middleton | 102 | 11/13/1955 | DET | @ |  PIT | 5 | 20.4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | E. Truvillion | 99 | 10/4/1987 | DET | vs | TB | 4 | 24.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | B. Sanders | 96 | 9/17/1989 | DET | @ |  NYG | 6 | 16.0 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 4.8 | 1 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.
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PPG
31.8
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OPP PPG
23.7
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RUSH YDS/G
128.7
8th
PASS YDS/G
232.2
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