nfl rookie receiving yards leaders 2000's

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Anquan Boldin had the most receiving yards by a rookie, with 1,377 yards in 2003.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Anquan Boldin
A. Boldin
1,377
2003
ARI ARI
16
101
165
13.6
86.1
8
40
5
8.0
2.5
0
2 Michael Clayton
M. Clayton
1,193
2004
TB TB
16
80
122
14.9
74.6
7
30
5
6.0
1.9
0
3 Marques Colston
M. Colston
1,038
2006
NO NO
14
70
115
14.8
74.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
4 Dwayne Bowe
D. Bowe
995
2007
KC KC
16
70
118
14.2
62.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
5 Eddie Royal
E. Royal
980
2008
DEN DEN
15
91
129
10.8
65.3
5
109
11
9.9
7.3
0
6 Andre Johnson
A. Johnson
976
2003
HOU HOU
16
66
119
14.8
61.0
4
-10
5
-2.0
-0.6
0
7 DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
912
2008
PHI PHI
16
62
120
14.7
57.0
2
96
17
5.6
6.0
1
8 Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
894
2002
NYG NYG
15
74
127
12.1
59.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
9 Chris Chambers
C. Chambers
883
2001
MIA MIA
16
48
90
18.4
55.2
7
-11
1
-11.0
-0.7
0
10 Lee Evans
L. Evans
843
2004
BUF BUF
16
48
75
17.6
52.7
9
85
5
17.0
5.3
0
11 Santonio Holmes
S. Holmes
824
2006
PIT PIT
16
49
86
16.8
51.5
2
13
1
13.0
0.8
0
12 Roy Williams
R. Williams
817
2004
DET DET
14
54
118
15.1
58.4
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
13 Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
790
2009
MIN MIN
15
60
91
13.2
52.7
6
135
15
9.0
9.0
0
14 Hakeem Nicks
H. Nicks
790
2009
NYG NYG
14
47
74
16.8
56.4
6
8
2
4.0
0.6
0
15 Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
780
2004
ARI ARI
16
58
115
13.4
48.8
8
14
8
1.8
0.9
0
16 Jeremy Maclin
J. Maclin
773
2009
PHI PHI
15
56
92
13.8
51.5
4
-7
2
-3.5
-0.5
0
17 Mike Wallace
M. Wallace
756
2009
PIT PIT
16
39
72
19.4
47.3
6
48
5
9.6
3.0
0
18 Calvin Johnson
C. Johnson
756
2007
DET DET
15
48
95
15.8
50.4
4
52
4
13.0
3.5
1
19 Keary Colbert
K. Colbert
754
2004
CAR CAR
15
47
92
16.0
50.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
20 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
742
2006
NO NO
16
88
121
8.4
46.4
2
565
155
3.6
35.3
6
21 Rod Gardner
R. Gardner
741
2001
WAS WAS
16
46
101
16.1
46.3
4
16
1
16.0
1.0
0
22 Antonio Bryant
A. Bryant
733
2002
DAL DAL
16
44
93
16.7
45.8
6
40
6
6.7
2.5
0
23 Darrell Jackson
D. Jackson
713
2000
SEA SEA
16
53
93
13.5
44.6
6
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
24 Kenny Britt
K. Britt
701
2009
TEN TEN
16
42
75
16.7
43.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
25 Sylvester Morris
S. Morris
678
2000
KC KC
15
48
105
14.1
45.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Rams Rams
3
1
0
.750
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
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1
0
.750
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2
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10/19
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@
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8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
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Final

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SEA Seahawks

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.750
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2
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1
0
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1
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1
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2
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Wed
9/3
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@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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Sun
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10/5
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