Factoid
Houston recently signed Bryant Johnson, the wide receiver who began his career as a first-round pick with Arizona. Yawn. Johnson has been good enough to hang around in the league for nine years, but he’s never come close to making any kind of meaningful impact.
He’s caught only 16 TDs in nine years.
By my count, since the NFL moved to the 16-game season in 1978, 40 receivers have been selected in the first round and lasted at least nine seasons. Only one of these guys, Desmond Howard, has caught fewer touchdowns than Johnson.
Only one other (Mark Ingram) has caught fewer passes.
It's odd that way back when the Cardinals selected Johnson in the first round, they struck gold in the second round on another wide receiver -- Anquan Boldin.
FIRST-ROUND RECEIVERS WITH AT LEAST NINE SEASONS
Rec Yards Avg TD Year Wide Receiver (Pk)
1549 22,895 14.8 197 1985 Jerry Rice (16)
954 14,858 15.6 153 1998 Randy Moss (21)
1102 14,580 13.2 128 1996 Marvin Harrison (19)
1094 14,934 13.7 100 1988 Tim Brown (6)
851 12,785 15.0 84 1984 Irving Fryar (1)
743 10,205 13.7 84 1989 Andre Rison (22)
701 10,950 15.6 77 1995 Joey Galloway (8)
764 14,004 18.3 75 1978 James Lofton (6)
920 13,382 14.5 74 1999 Torry Holt (6)
862 11,708 13.6 73 2001 Reggie Wayne (30)
940 12,721 13.5 68 1980 Art Monk (18)
750 11,904 15.9 65 1988 Michael Irvin (11)
814 10,571 13.0 64 1996 Keyshawn Johnson (1)
595 9,148 15.4 63 1988 Anthony Miller (15)
550 8,457 15.4 63 2000 Plaxico Burress (8)
670 9,174 13.7 62 1991 Herman Moore (10)
363 6,464 17.8 61 1982 Mike Quick (20)
639 9,142 14.3 56 2001 Santana Moss (16)
559 8,966 16.0 56 1978 Wes Chandler (3)
706 9,656 13.7 52 2003 Andre Johnson (3)
594 8,230 13.9 52 1993 Curtis Conway (7)
535 6,334 11.8 50 1987 Haywood Jeffires (20)
764 9,995 13.1 49 1996 Eric Moulds (24)
628 9,367 14.9 49 1991 Rob Moore (8)
593 8,823 14.9 44 1996 Terry Glenn (7)
333 6,635 19.9 44 1983 Willie Gault (18)
624 8,719 14.0 43 1994 Johnnie Morton (21)
548 8,345 15.2 42 1996 Eddie Kennison (18)
417 6,971 16.7 40 1994 Derrick Alexander (29)
359 6,019 16.8 39 1984 Louis Lipps (23)
546 6,397 11.7 35 1997 Ike Hilliard (7)
320 4,774 14.9 34 2002 Donte Stallworth (13)
342 4,293 12.6 30 1995 J.J. Stokes (10)
415 5,074 12.2 29 1993 O.J. McDuffie (25)
321 5,203 16.2 28 1986 Tim McGee (21)
422 5,187 12.3 26 1991 Mike Pritchard (13)
265 3,926 14.8 26 1987 Mark Ingram (28)
445 6,291 14.1 25 1993 Sean Dawkins (16)
314 3,938 12.5 16 2003 Bryant Johnson (17)
123 1,597 13.0 7 1992 Desmond Howard (4)
—Ian Allan
- Comments [0]
Readers' Comments
Add a Comment
Already a registered user? Please sign in to add comments.
To add comments, you must become a registered user of our site. To register, please click here.
