broncos leading receiver of the 1980's

From 1980 through 1989, Steve Watson had the most receiving yards for the Broncos by a wide receiver, with 6,029 yards.

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NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Steve Watson
S. Watson
6,029
110
347
17.4
54.8
36
19
6
3.2
0.2
0
2Vance Johnson
V. Johnson
3,759
71
268
14.0
52.9
24
44
17
2.6
0.6
0
3Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
2,472
56
138
17.9
44.1
11
24
8
3.0
0.4
0
4Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
2,201
50
144
15.3
44.0
11
114
18
6.3
2.3
0
5Ricky Nattiel
R. Nattiel
1,387
35
87
15.9
39.6
4
64
7
9.1
1.8
0
6Clint Sampson
C. Sampson
1,014
59
66
15.4
17.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
7Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
967
32
61
15.9
30.2
9
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
8Haven Moses
H. Moses
920
31
53
17.4
29.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Mike Young
M. Young
402
16
22
18.3
25.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Rick Massie
R. Massie
283
13
16
17.7
21.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Zach Thomas
Z. Thomas
182
28
12
15.2
6.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Ray Alexander
R. Alexander
132
8
8
16.5
16.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Wade Manning
W. Manning
95
25
6
15.8
3.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Shane Swanson
S. Swanson
87
3
6
14.5
29.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Laron Brown
L. Brown
40
3
4
10.0
13.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Sam Graddy
S. Graddy
30
8
1
30.0
3.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Larry Brunson
L. Brunson
15
13
1
15.0
1.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Jason Johnson
J. Johnson
6
8
1
6.0
0.8
0
3
1
3.0
0.4
0
19Dave Logan
D. Logan
3
4
1
3.0
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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0
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2
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NFC EastWLTPCT
3
1
1
.700
2
3
0
.400
2
3
0
.400
1
3
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.300
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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2
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4
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1.000
3
2
0
.600
2
3
0
.400
1
4
0
.200
AFC EastWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
3
2
0
.600
2
3
0
.400
0
5
0
.000
AFC NorthWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
AFC SouthWLTPCT
4
1
0
.800
2
3
0
.400
1
4
0
.200
0
5
0
.000
AFC WestWLTPCT
4
0
0
1.000
3
2
0
.600
3
2
0
.600
0
5
0
.000

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
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10/18
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