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Amari Cooper / Rookie Wide Receivers

Quiet Week 16, but strong season

Amari Cooper has been the best rookie wideout, and it hasn't been close. Cooper went over 1,000 yards for the Oakland Raiders. He's the only rookie who will reach that total; maybe the only one who will reach 800.

Next in line is Stefon Diggs, who's at 693 for the Vikings. Probably if Diggs had been starting the first month of the season, he'd have made it there, too.

Cooper didn't help anyone in Week 16, that's for certain, but he's had a nice year. With one game to play, Cooper might slip into the top-5 rookie performers over the last 20 years. He's only 82 yards behind No. 5 Terry Glenn.

The table below shows all the 1,000-yard rookie wideouts over the last 20 years, as well as the best of the 2015 rookies.

1,000-YARD ROOKIE WRS, 1995-2014, PLUS 2015
YearPlayer Team Rec Yds TD
2003Anquan Boldin ARI 1011,3778
1998Randy Moss MIN 691,31317
2014Odell Beckham NYG 911,30512
2004Michael Clayton TB 801,1937
1996Terry Glenn NE 901,1326
2011A.J. Green CIN 651,0577
2014Mike Evans TB 681,05112
2015Amari Cooper OAK 701,0506
2013Keenan Allen SD 711,0468
1995Joey Galloway SEA 671,0397
2006Marques Colston NO 701,0388
2014Kelvin Benjamin CAR 731,0089
2007Dwayne Bowe KC 709955
1999Kevin Johnson CLE 669868
2014Sammy Watkins BUF 659826
2008Eddie Royal DEN 919805
2003Andre Johnson HOU 669764
2010Mike Williams TB 6596411
2011Julio Jones ATL 549598
1996Eddie Kennison STL 549249
2008DeSean Jackson PHI 629122
2001Chris Chambers MIA 488837
1995Frank Sanders ARI 528832
2014Jordan Matthews PHI 678728
2012Justin Blackmon JAC 648655
2012T.Y. Hilton IND 508617
1996Keyshawn Johnson NYJ 638448
2004Lee Evans BUF 488439
2011Torrey Smith BAL 508417
1996Marvin Harrison IND 648368
2006Santonio Holmes PIT 498242
1995Chris Sanders HOU 358239
2004Roy Williams DET 548178
2012Josh Gordon CLE 508055
2013DeAndre Hopkins HOU 528022
2009Percy Harvin MIN 607906
2009Hakeem Nicks NYG 477906
2011Doug Baldwin SEA 517884
1999Torry Holt STL 527886
2004Larry Fitzgerald ARI 587808
2009Jeremy Maclin PHI 567734
2014Jarvis Landry MIA 847585
2009Mike Wallace PIT 397566
2007Calvin Johnson DET 487564
2004Keary Colbert CAR 477545
2015Stefon Diggs MIN 476934
2015Tyler Lockett SEA 465956
2015Dorial Green-Beckham TEN 305283
2015Jamison Crowder WAS 524821
2015Devin Funchess CAR 243534
2015J.J. Nelson ARI 112992
2015DeVante Parker MIA 172952
2015Adam Humphries TB 262501

--Andy Richardson

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