It's a good weekend for tall wide receivers at the Hall of Fame. Harold Carmichael and Calvin Johnson are getting enshrined, and they’re the tallest wide receivers who’ve ever made it to Canton. Previously, only one wide receiver taller than 6-foot-3 has been honored.
Randy Moss (6-foot-4) previously was the tallest Hall of Fame wide receiver. Carmichael was 6-foot-8 with the Eagles in the ‘70s, while Megatron was listed at 6-foot-5 by the Lions.
Johnson had seven 1,000-yard seasons with Detroit, while Carmichael had three such seasons with Philadelphia (for the first half of Carmichael’s career, teams were playing only 14 games, and rules made passing more difficult at that time).
Only eight other wide receivers who were 6-foot-5 have reached 1,000 yards in a season. Carmichael is the only wide receiver taller than 6-foot-5 who’s reached 1,000 yards. Five tight ends who were 6-foot-6 or 6-foot-7 also reached 1,000 yards: Gronkowski, Graham, Waller, Witten and Gary Barnidge.
TALL RECEIVERS GOING OVER 1,000 YARDS | |||||||
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Year | Player | Tm | Ht | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
2012 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 122 | 1,964 | 16.1 | 5 |
2011 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 96 | 1,681 | 17.5 | 16 |
2018 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 86 | 1,524 | 17.7 | 8 |
2012 | Brandon Marshall | CHI | 6-5 | 118 | 1,508 | 12.8 | 11 |
2015 | Brandon Marshall | NYJ | 6-5 | 109 | 1,502 | 13.8 | 14 |
2013 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 84 | 1,492 | 17.8 | 12 |
2012 | Vincent Jackson | TAM | 6-5 | 72 | 1,384 | 19.2 | 8 |
2008 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 78 | 1,331 | 17.1 | 12 |
2002 | Plaxico Burress | PIT | 6-5 | 78 | 1,325 | 17.0 | 7 |
2007 | Brandon Marshall | DEN | 6-5 | 102 | 1,325 | 13.0 | 7 |
2016 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 96 | 1,321 | 13.8 | 12 |
2000 | Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 6-5 | 101 | 1,317 | 13.0 | 9 |
2013 | Brandon Marshall | CHI | 6-5 | 100 | 1,295 | 13.0 | 12 |
2008 | Brandon Marshall | DEN | 6-5 | 104 | 1,265 | 12.2 | 6 |
2004 | Drew Bennett | TEN | 6-5 | 80 | 1,247 | 15.6 | 11 |
2013 | Vincent Jackson | TAM | 6-5 | 78 | 1,224 | 15.7 | 7 |
2005 | Plaxico Burress | NYG | 6-5 | 76 | 1,214 | 16.0 | 7 |
2015 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 88 | 1,214 | 13.8 | 9 |
2011 | Brandon Marshall | MIA | 6-5 | 81 | 1,214 | 15.0 | 6 |
2015 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 74 | 1,206 | 16.3 | 3 |
2009 | Vincent Jackson | SDG | 6-5 | 68 | 1,167 | 17.2 | 9 |
2019 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 67 | 1,157 | 17.3 | 8 |
1983 | Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 6-5 | 66 | 1,130 | 17.1 | 5 |
1985 | Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 6-5 | 65 | 1,125 | 17.3 | 5 |
2010 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 77 | 1,120 | 14.6 | 12 |
2009 | Brandon Marshall | DEN | 6-5 | 101 | 1,120 | 11.1 | 10 |
1973 | Harold Carmichael | PHI | 6-8 | 67 | 1,116 | 16.7 | 9 |
2011 | Vincent Jackson | SDG | 6-5 | 60 | 1,106 | 18.4 | 9 |
2008 | Vincent Jackson | SDG | 6-5 | 59 | 1,098 | 18.6 | 7 |
2014 | Calvin Johnson | DET | 6-5 | 71 | 1,077 | 15.2 | 8 |
1978 | Harold Carmichael | PHI | 6-8 | 55 | 1,072 | 19.5 | 8 |
1998 | Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 6-5 | 64 | 1,053 | 16.5 | 10 |
2014 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 68 | 1,051 | 15.5 | 12 |
1981 | Harold Carmichael | PHI | 6-8 | 61 | 1,028 | 16.9 | 6 |
2007 | Plaxico Burress | NYG | 6-5 | 70 | 1,025 | 14.6 | 12 |
1986 | Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 6-5 | 62 | 1,024 | 16.5 | 10 |
1999 | Ed McCaffrey | DEN | 6-5 | 71 | 1,018 | 14.3 | 7 |
2010 | Brandon Marshall | MIA | 6-5 | 86 | 1,014 | 11.8 | 3 |
1981 | Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 6-5 | 67 | 1,009 | 15.1 | 8 |
2001 | Plaxico Burress | PIT | 6-5 | 66 | 1,008 | 15.3 | 6 |
2014 | Kelvin Benjamin | CAR | 6-5 | 73 | 1,008 | 13.8 | 9 |
2020 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 70 | 1,006 | 14.4 | 13 |
2014 | Vincent Jackson | TAM | 6-5 | 70 | 1,002 | 14.3 | 2 |
2017 | Mike Evans | TAM | 6-5 | 71 | 1,001 | 14.1 | 5 |
Statistics compiled using search tools at Pro-Football-Reference.com
—Ian Allan