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Big-play wideouts

Davis and Adams maximize catches

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
PlayerTeamYearRecYdsY/RTD
Torry HoltSTL2000318963.02
Gabriel DavisBUF2022317157.02
Koren RobinsonSEA2002316655.31
Victor CruzNYG2011316454.71
Sammy WatkinsBUF2014315752.31
Calvin JohnsonDET2008215477.01
Terrell OwensPHI2005315451.31
Pierre GarconIND2011214673.02
Luke WillsonSEA2014313946.32
Tavon AustinSTL2013213869.02
Patrick CobbsMIA2008313846.02
Donte MoncriefIND2014313444.72
Joe HornNOR2002313444.71
Marquez Valdes-ScantlingGNB2019213366.51
Mike WallaceBAL2017313344.30
Darrell JacksonSEA2003313344.32
Ricky ProehlCAR2003313344.31
JJ NelsonARI2016313244.01
Matt JonesWAS2015313143.71
Julio JonesATL2011313143.72
Javon WalkerDEN2006313043.32
Kenny StillsNOR2013312943.02
Austin HooperATL2017212864.01
Chris ChambersMIA2004312842.71
Marcus PollardIND2001312642.01
Marcus RobinsonCHI2000212663.02
Davante AdamsLVR2022312441.32
Drew BennettTEN2004312441.33
Robbie AndersonNYJ2018312341.02
Danario AlexanderSTL2011312240.71
Derrick MasonTEN2001312240.72
DeSean JacksonLAR2021312040.01
Ted Ginn Jr.CAR2015212060.02

--Andy Richardson

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