who is the first nfl player to have 100 receptions

Bill Hewitt made 103 catches in his career.

Interpreted as:
Who is the first NFL player to have 100 or more receptions?
NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Bill Hewitt
B. Hewitt
103
101
1,638
15.9
16.2
23
36
8
4.5
0.4
1
2Joe Carter
J. Carter
132
109
1,989
15.1
18.2
22
20
9
2.2
0.2
0
3Charley Malone
C. Malone
137
84
1,932
14.1
23.0
13
30
1
30.0
0.4
0
4Don Hutson
D. Hutson
488
116
7,991
16.4
68.9
99
284
62
4.6
2.4
3
5Wayne Millner
W. Millner
124
76
1,578
12.7
20.8
12
62
14
4.4
0.8
0
6Ward Cuff
W. Cuff
106
110
1,559
14.7
14.2
13
1,851
344
5.4
16.8
7
7George Wilson
G. Wilson
111
106
1,342
12.1
12.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
8Jim Benton
J. Benton
288
91
4,801
16.7
52.8
45
19
8
2.4
0.2
0
9Bob Masterson
B. Masterson
126
84
1,697
13.5
20.2
13
104
8
13.0
1.2
0
10Perry Schwartz
P. Schwartz
100
54
1,614
16.1
29.9
10
24
5
4.8
0.4
0
11Dick Todd
D. Todd
119
79
1,826
15.3
23.1
21
1,573
368
4.3
19.9
11
12Bill Dewell
B. Dewell
177
69
2,657
15.0
38.5
17
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
13Ken Kavanaugh
K. Kavanaugh
162
90
3,626
22.4
40.3
50
0
0
0.0
0
14Ray McLean
R. McLean
103
76
2,232
21.7
29.4
21
412
152
2.7
5.4
5
15Jack Ferrante
J. Ferrante
169
81
2,884
17.1
35.6
31
0
0
0.0
0
16Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
123
90
1,383
11.2
15.4
18
3,057
765
4.0
34.0
18
17John Greene
J. Greene
175
78
2,965
16.9
38.0
26
0
0
0.0
0
18Clyde Goodnight
C. Goodnight
112
58
1,967
17.6
33.9
15
25
9
2.8
0.4
0
19Nolan Luhn
N. Luhn
100
56
1,525
15.3
27.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
20Hal Crisler
H. Crisler
135
53
2,042
15.1
38.5
22
6
4
1.5
0.1
0
21Val Jansante
V. Jansante
155
68
2,356
15.2
34.6
14
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
22Jim Keane
J. Keane
224
81
3,222
14.4
39.8
24
0
0
0.0
0
23Mal Kutner
M. Kutner
145
56
3,060
21.1
54.6
31
59
11
5.4
1.1
1
24Elbie Nickel
E. Nickel
329
131
5,131
15.6
39.2
37
0
0
0.0
0
25Pete Pihos
P. Pihos
373
107
5,619
15.1
52.5
61
-4
9
-0.4
0.0
0
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