There were some huge receiving games last week, with several instances of players putting up a lot of yards on very few catches. Gabe Davis and Davante Adams joined a fairly select group, and Breece Hall was in the neighborhood.
Davis caught 3 passes for 171 yards and 2 TDs for Buffalo, while Adams also caught 3 passes, for 124 yards and 2 TDs for Las Vegas. Hall went for exactly 100 yards on just 2 catches for the Jets, impressive also because he's a running back.
I wondered how often a receiver puts up as many yards as those two wideouts did on 3 or fewer catches. I picked 120 yards as the cutoff, excluding Hall, sorry buddy.
Since 2000, there have been 33 players to go over 120 yards while catching 3 or fewer passes. Only Torry Holt had more yards in those parameters than Davis just did.
Search tools at pro-football-reference.com were used in compiling this table.
PLAYERS WITH 120-PLUS YARDS ON 3 OR FEWER CATCHES, 2000-PRESENT | ||||||
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Player | Team | Year | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD |
Torry Holt | STL | 2000 | 3 | 189 | 63.0 | 2 |
Gabriel Davis | BUF | 2022 | 3 | 171 | 57.0 | 2 |
Koren Robinson | SEA | 2002 | 3 | 166 | 55.3 | 1 |
Victor Cruz | NYG | 2011 | 3 | 164 | 54.7 | 1 |
Sammy Watkins | BUF | 2014 | 3 | 157 | 52.3 | 1 |
Calvin Johnson | DET | 2008 | 2 | 154 | 77.0 | 1 |
Terrell Owens | PHI | 2005 | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 1 |
Pierre Garcon | IND | 2011 | 2 | 146 | 73.0 | 2 |
Luke Willson | SEA | 2014 | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 2 |
Tavon Austin | STL | 2013 | 2 | 138 | 69.0 | 2 |
Patrick Cobbs | MIA | 2008 | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 2 |
Donte Moncrief | IND | 2014 | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 2 |
Joe Horn | NOR | 2002 | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 1 |
Marquez Valdes-Scantling | GNB | 2019 | 2 | 133 | 66.5 | 1 |
Mike Wallace | BAL | 2017 | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 |
Darrell Jackson | SEA | 2003 | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 2 |
Ricky Proehl | CAR | 2003 | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 1 |
JJ Nelson | ARI | 2016 | 3 | 132 | 44.0 | 1 |
Matt Jones | WAS | 2015 | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 1 |
Julio Jones | ATL | 2011 | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 2 |
Javon Walker | DEN | 2006 | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 2 |
Kenny Stills | NOR | 2013 | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 2 |
Austin Hooper | ATL | 2017 | 2 | 128 | 64.0 | 1 |
Chris Chambers | MIA | 2004 | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 1 |
Marcus Pollard | IND | 2001 | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 1 |
Marcus Robinson | CHI | 2000 | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 2 |
Davante Adams | LVR | 2022 | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 2 |
Drew Bennett | TEN | 2004 | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 3 |
Robbie Anderson | NYJ | 2018 | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 2 |
Danario Alexander | STL | 2011 | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 1 |
Derrick Mason | TEN | 2001 | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 2 |
DeSean Jackson | LAR | 2021 | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 1 |
Ted Ginn Jr. | CAR | 2015 | 2 | 120 | 60.0 | 2 |
--Andy Richardson