wr with most improved reception yards from 2nd season to 3rd season

Justin Jefferson had the most yards on receptions by a wide receiver in his 3rd season, with 1,809 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,809	17	128	184	14.1	106.4	8	24	4	6.0	1.4	1
2	Jaxon Smith-Njigba J. Smith-Njigba	1,793	17	119	163	15.1	105.5	10	36	7	5.1	2.1	0
3	Puka Nacua P. Nacua	1,715	16	129	166	13.3	107.2	10	105	10	10.5	6.6	1
4	David Boston D. Boston	1,598	16	98	175	16.3	99.9	8	35	5	7.0	2.2	0
5	Roy Green R. Green	1,555	16	78		19.9	97.2	12	-10	1	-10.0	-0.6	0
6	DeAndre Hopkins D. Hopkins	1,521	16	111	192	13.7	95.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
7	Amon-Ra St. Brown A. St. Brown	1,515	16	119	164	12.7	94.7	10	24	4	6.0	1.5	0
8	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	1,479	16	87	137	17.0	92.4	12	151	22	6.9	9.4	1
9	Randy Moss R. Moss	1,437	16	77	128	18.7	89.8	15	5	3	1.7	0.3	0
10	Demaryius Thomas D. Thomas	1,434	16	94	141	15.3	89.6	10	0	0		0.0	0
11	A.J. Green	1,426	16	98	178	14.6	89.1	11	0	0		0.0	0
12	Mark Carrier M. Carrier	1,422	16	86		16.5	88.9	9	0	0		0.0	0
13	Deebo Samuel Sr. D. Samuel Sr.	1,405	16	77	121	18.2	87.8	6	365	59	6.2	22.8	8
14	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	1,405	16	125	147	11.2	87.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
15	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	1,402	14	102	171	13.7	100.1	7	45	12	3.8	3.2	0
16	Dez Bryant D. Bryant	1,382	16	92	138	15.0	86.4	12	-5	2	-2.5	-0.3	0
17	Javon Walker J. Walker	1,382	16	89	144	15.5	86.4	12	0	0		0.0	0
18	Calvin Ridley C. Ridley	1,374	15	90	143	15.3	91.6	9	1	5	0.2	0.1	0
19	Eric Moulds E. Moulds	1,368	16	67		20.4	85.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
20	Odell Beckham Jr. O. Beckham Jr.	1,367	16	101	169	13.5	85.4	10	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
21	Torry Holt T. Holt	1,363	16	81	133	16.8	85.2	7	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
22	CeeDee Lamb C. Lamb	1,359	17	107	156	12.7	79.9	9	47	10	4.7	2.8	0
23	Chad Johnson C. Johnson	1,355	16	90	154	15.1	84.7	10	0	0		0.0	0
24	T.Y. Hilton	1,345	15	82	131	16.4	89.7	7	20	2	10.0	1.3	0
25	John Jefferson J. Jefferson	1,340	16	82		16.3	83.8	13	16	1	16.0	1.0	0

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Vikings	5	0	1.000
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Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	MIN	@	GB	1:00 PM
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Rec TD Leaders

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Rush Yards Rankings

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162.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Sack Leaders

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18.0

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Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

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Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000