Factoid

A reader contacted me about average distance of touchdowns. His fantasy league gives bonus points for longer scores.

In the most recent mailbag, I offered him the average distance of scores for quarterbacks. Below are the figures for wide receivers. For this one, I expanded the scope. Rather than showing average distances for just the 2007 season, I also included the figures for 2005 and 2006.

WIDE RECEIVERS
Average distance of TD catches, 2005-2007
Shown on this chart are all wide receivers who've caught at least 10 TDs in the last three seasons:

 Avg  TD
 40.2  18   Santana Moss
 37.7  15   Greg Jennings
 37.3  20   Lee Evans
 36.2  11   Devery Henderson
 34.1  23   Joey Galloway
 31.4  27   Steve Smith
 31.4  16   Kevin Curtis
 30.6  10   Santonio Holmes
 30.5  24   Chad Johnson
 29.3  15   Donald Driver
 28.5  15   Donte Stallworth
 28.4  11   Bernard Berrian
 27.4  25   Braylon Edwards
 26.8  34   Terrell Owens
 26.6  11   Jerry Porter
 25.8  29   Plaxico Burress
 25.5  13   Terry Glenn
 25.4  10   Derrick Mason
 25.2  16   Reggie Brown
 24.8  34   Randy Moss
 24.0  20   Roy Williams
 23.9  13   Patrick Crayton
 23.8  17   Chris Henry
 23.8  14   Reggie Williams
 23.4  15   Andre Johnson
 23.2  10   Marty Booker
 22.5  24   Reggie Wayne
 21.3  10   Eddie Kennison
 21.2  20   Anquan Boldin
 20.3  16   Darrell Jackson
 20.1  10   Drew Bennett
 20.1  25   Marvin Harrison
 19.7  17   Laveranues Coles
 19.7  13   Deion Branch
 19.4  12   Nate Burleson
 18.9  24   Hines Ward
 18.0  10   Keenan McCardell
 17.8  19   Chris Chambers
 17.8  10   Isaac Bruce
 17.6  19   Marques Colston
 17.5  10   Bobby Engram
 17.1  28   T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 16.7  12   Ernest Wilford
 16.4  12   Muhsin Muhammad
 16.3  11   Arnaz Battle
 15.6  26   Torry Holt
 14.5  13   Amani Toomer
 14.2  13   Matt Jones
 14.1  26   Larry Fitzgerald
 14.0  14   Michael Jenkins
 12.1  16   Joe Jurevicius
 10.6  10   Keyshawn Johnson

-Ian Allan

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