nfl least yards per catch in a game for a player, minimum 5 catches

Jamie Caleb has the fewest yards per reception in a game with 5+ receptions, with -3.6 per reception against the Cowboys on October 16, 1960.

Interpreted as:
NFL least yards per catch in a regular-season game for a player, minimum 5 catches
NAME AVG REC DATE TM OPP TRG REC YDS REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Jamie Caleb
J. Caleb
-3.6
5
10/16/1960
CLE CLE
@
DLC DLC
-18
0
52
5
10.4
1
2 Phil King
P. King
-0.8
5
11/24/1963
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
-4
0
47
11
4.3
0
3 Julius Jones
J. Jones
-0.6
5
12/6/2009
SEA SEA
vs
SF SF
5
-3
0
67
20
3.4
0
4 Frank Mestnik
F. Mestnik
-0.4
5
10/15/1961
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
-2
0
27
12
2.3
0
5 Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
0.0
5
9/28/2008
KC KC
vs
DEN DEN
5
0
0
198
28
7.1
2
6 Charles Way
C. Way
0.0
5
9/21/1998
NYG NYG
vs
DAL DAL
0
0
26
9
2.9
0
7 Jim Nance
J. Nance
0.0
5
12/13/1970
BOS BOS
vs
MIN MIN
0
0
56
13
4.3
1
8 Jim Brown
J. Brown
0.0
5
11/22/1964
CLE CLE
@
GB GB
0
0
74
20
3.7
1
9 Jaleel McLaughlin
J. McLaughlin
0.2
5
9/8/2024
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
5
1
0
27
10
2.7
0
10 Roosevelt Potts
R. Potts
0.4
5
11/7/1993
IND IND
@
WAS WAS
2
0
33
15
2.2
0
11 Mike Hull
M. Hull
0.4
5
10/11/1970
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
2
0
5
3
1.7
0
12 Don Lisbon
D. Lisbon
0.4
5
9/13/1964
SF SF
vs
DET DET
2
0
14
6
2.3
0
13 Kyren Williams
K. Williams
0.6
5
12/17/2023
LAR LAR
vs
WAS WAS
7
3
0
152
27
5.6
1
14 Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
0.6
5
10/7/2007
KC KC
vs
JAX JAX
6
3
0
12
9
1.3
0
15 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
0.6
5
10/31/1993
NYG NYG
vs
NYJ NYJ
3
0
39
8
4.9
0
16 Ernie Green
E. Green
0.6
5
12/10/1967
CLE CLE
@
STL STL
3
0
48
12
4.0
0
17 Kevin Jones
K. Jones
0.8
5
10/1/2006
DET DET
@
STL STL
5
4
0
93
19
4.9
2
18 James Stewart
J. Stewart
0.8
5
11/17/1996
JAX JAX
@
PIT PIT
4
0
62
14
4.4
0
19 Dare Ogunbowale
D. Ogunbowale
1.0
5
1/8/2023
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
6
5
0
33
11
3.0
0
20 Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
1.0
6
11/10/2019
ARI ARI
@
TB TB
7
6
0
35
10
3.5
0
21 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1.0
6
11/3/2013
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
7
6
0
90
17
5.3
0
22 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1.0
5
1/2/2000
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
7
5
0
7
14
0.5
0
23 Joe Perry
J. Perry
1.0
5
10/3/1954
SF SF
@
LA LA
5
0
47
4
11.8
1
24 Boston Scott
B. Scott
1.2
6
12/22/2019
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
6
7
0
12
3
4.0
0
25 Walt Kowalczyk
W. Kowalczyk
1.2
6
9/27/1959
PHI PHI
@
SF SF
7
0
14
7
2.0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1960 season.

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Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
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2
3
0
.400
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1
4
0
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4
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Sun
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CLE CLE
@
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
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CLE CLE
1:00 PM
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10/26
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@
NE NE
1:00 PM
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11/9
CLE CLE
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
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11/16
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
4:25 PM
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4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
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4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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1
0
.800
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2
0
.500
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4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
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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
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4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
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Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
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2
0
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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
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Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
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