highest yards per catch by a rookie wr, since 1970

Since 1970, Chris Sanders has averaged the most yards per catch by a rookie wide receiver, with 23.5 per catch in 1995.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a rookie wr, since 1970
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Chris Sanders
C. Sanders
23.5
1995
HOU HOU
16
35
823
51.4
9
-19
2
-9.5
-1.2
0
2 James Jett
J. Jett
23.4
1993
RAI RAI
16
33
771
48.2
3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
3 Ron Shanklin
R. Shanklin
23.0
1970
PIT PIT
14
30
691
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
4 Ken Burrow
K. Burrow
22.5
1971
ATL ATL
14
33
741
52.9
6
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
5 Charlie Brown
C. Brown
21.6
1982
WAS WAS
9
32
690
76.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
6 Wesley Walker
W. Walker
21.1
1977
NYJ NYJ
14
35
740
52.9
3
25
3
8.3
1.8
0
7 Horace Copeland
H. Copeland
21.1
1993
TB TB
14
30
633
45.2
4
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
8 Willie Gault
W. Gault
20.9
1983
CHI CHI
16
40
836
52.3
8
31
4
7.8
1.9
0
9 Jessie Hester
J. Hester
20.8
1985
RAI RAI
16
32
665
41.6
4
13
1
13.0
0.8
1
10 Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
20.4
1988
DAL DAL
14
32
654
46.7
5
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
11 Daryl Turner
D. Turner
20.4
1984
SEA SEA
16
35
715
44.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
12 Ricky Nattiel
R. Nattiel
20.3
1987
DEN DEN
12
31
630
52.5
2
13
2
6.5
1.1
0
13 George Farmer
G. Farmer
20.2
1982
RAM RAM
8
17
344
43.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
14 A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
20.2
2019
TEN TEN
16
52
84
1,051
65.7
8
60
3
20.0
3.8
1
15 Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
20.2
1975
ATL ATL
14
38
767
54.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
16 Kenny Stills
K. Stills
20.0
2013
NO NO
16
32
50
641
40.1
5
10
3
3.3
0.6
0
17 Fred Barnett
F. Barnett
20.0
1990
PHI PHI
16
36
721
45.1
8
13
2
6.5
0.8
0
18 Anthony Armstrong
A. Armstrong
19.8
2010
WAS WAS
15
44
86
871
58.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
19.4
1986
DEN DEN
16
38
738
46.1
1
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
20 Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
19.4
2009
PIT PIT
16
39
72
756
47.3
6
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
21 Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
19.1
1984
PIT PIT
14
45
860
61.4
9
71
3
23.7
5.1
1
22 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
19.1
1985
MIN MIN
16
43
821
51.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
23 Randy Moss
R. Moss
19.0
1998
MIN MIN
16
69
1,313
82.1
17
4
1
4.0
0.3
0
24 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18.9
1985
SF SF
16
49
927
57.9
3
26
6
4.3
1.6
1
25 Darnay Scott
D. Scott
18.8
1994
CIN CIN
16
46
866
54.1
5
106
10
10.6
6.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

14.6

31st

OPP PPG

28.2

26th

RUSH YDS/G

85.2

28th

PASS YDS/G

175.8

32nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
Texans Texans
2
3
0
.400
Titans Titans
1
4
0
.200
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
TEN TEN
@
LV LV
4:05 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TEN TEN
@
IND IND
4:25 PM
Sun
11/2
LAC LAC
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
HOU HOU
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

2 - 3 - 0

21

Final

22

TEN Titans

1 - 4 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM