3rd Year NFL Wide Receivers
There is a common belief among fantasy football players that most NFL wide receivers do not "break out" until their third year in the league. Some recent examples of players who blossomed in their 3rd year: Santana Moss, Chris Chambers, Steve Smith, and Steve Johnson. (from our FF Dictionary)
Here is the list of 32 active wide receivers whose rookie year was 2017. We list their receptions as well as their career fantasy points (standard league scoring).
| Player | NFL Team |
Depth | Age | Height | Weight | 2017 Rec. |
2018 Rec. |
Total | Career Fantasy Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Bolden | DET | 25 | 5'8 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Kendrick Bourne | SF | WR4 | 24 | 6'1 | 203 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 98.4 |
| Noah Brown | DAL | WR7 | 22 | 6'2 | 225 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10.8 |
| Austin Carr | NO | 26 | 6'1 | 195 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 22.2 | |
| Jehu Chesson | NYJ | 26 | 6'2 | 204 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Keelan Cole | JAX | WR5 | 27 | 6'1 | 194 | 45 | 38 | 83 | 156.1 |
| Amara Darboh | PIT | WR7 | 26 | 6'2 | 219 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7.1 |
| Corey Davis | TEN | WR2 | 25 | 6'3 | 209 | 43 | 65 | 108 | 177.9 |
| Gehrig Dieter | KC | 27 | 6'3 | 207 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Shelton Gibson | PHI | 25 | 5'11 | 191 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5.9 | |
| Chris Godwin | TB | WR2 | 24 | 6'1 | 209 | 34 | 59 | 93 | 184.7 |
| Kenny Golladay | DET | WR1 | 27 | 6'4 | 213 | 28 | 70 | 98 | 203.7 |
| Keon Hatcher | NYJ | 25 | 6'1 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Zay Jones | LVR | WR5 | 25 | 6'2 | 200 | 29 | 56 | 85 | 152.8 |
| Cooper Kupp | LAR | WR1 | 27 | 6'2 | 205 | 70 | 40 | 110 | 224.9 |
| Josh Malone | NYJ | 24 | 6'3 | 208 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13.9 | |
| Isaiah McKenzie | BUF | WR5 | 25 | 5'7 | 173 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 39.8 |
| Taquan Mizzell | NO | 26 | 5'10 | 185 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15.4 | |
| David Moore | SEA | WR3 | 25 | 6'0 | 219 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 75.0 |
| Zach Pascal | IND | WR2 | 25 | 6'2 | 219 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 42.5 |
| Tim Patrick | DEN | WR5 | 26 | 6'4 | 212 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 39.2 |
| Josh Reynolds | LAR | WR3 | 25 | 6'3 | 192 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 102.0 |
| John Ross | CIN | WR3 | 24 | 5'11 | 190 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 65.1 |
| Curtis Samuel | CAR | WR3 | 23 | 5'11 | 195 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 117.7 |
| JuJu Smith-Schuster | PIT | WR1 | 23 | 6'1 | 215 | 61 | 111 | 172 | 332.1 |
| Ryan Switzer | PIT | WR6 | 25 | 5'8 | 185 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 44.0 |
| Taywan Taylor | CLE | WR7 | 25 | 5'11 | 203 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 86.9 |
| Trent Taylor | SF | WR5 | 26 | 5'8 | 178 | 43 | 26 | 69 | 82.5 |
| Greg Ward | PHI | WR5 | 24 | 5'11 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dede Westbrook | JAX | WR2 | 26 | 6'0 | 178 | 34 | 66 | 100 | 166.0 |
| Chad Williams | IND | WR7 | 25 | 6'1 | 204 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 30.4 |
| Mike Williams | LAC | WR2 | 25 | 6'4 | 218 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 155.7 |
