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 38 active wide receivers whose rookie year was 2016. We list their receptions as well as their career fantasy points (standard league scoring).
| Player | NFL Team |
Depth | Age | Height | Weight | 2016 Rec. |
2017 Rec. |
Total | Career Fantasy Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geronimo Allison | GB | WR2 | 25 | 6'3 | 202 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 63.2 |
| Robby Anderson | NYJ | WR1 | 26 | 6'3 | 190 | 37 | 63 | 100 | 206.0 |
| Tyler Boyd | CIN | WR2 | 24 | 6'2 | 197 | 54 | 22 | 76 | 106.6 |
| Aaron Burbridge | DEN | WR6 | 25 | 6'1 | 208 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8.8 |
| Corey Coleman | NYG | WR3 | 24 | 5'11 | 185 | 33 | 18 | 51 | 91.5 |
| Pharoh Cooper | ARI | 24 | 5'11 | 207 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 24.6 | |
| Cody Core | CIN | WR5 | 25 | 6'3 | 214 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 20.0 |
| Trevor Davis | GB | WR7 | 25 | 6'1 | 188 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16.7 |
| Josh Doctson | WAS | WR1 | 26 | 6'2 | 206 | 2 | 35 | 37 | 91.4 |
| Alex Erickson | CIN | WR4 | 26 | 6'0 | 195 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32.7 |
| Mose Frazier | CAR | WR7 | 25 | 5'11 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Will Fuller | HOU | WR2 | 25 | 6'0 | 185 | 50 | 28 | 78 | 162.0 |
| Jakeem Grant | MIA | WR4 | 26 | 5'7 | 169 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 33.6 |
| Marvin Hall | CHI | WR7 | 26 | 5'10 | 190 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12.0 |
| Maurice Harris | NE | WR6 | 26 | 6'3 | 200 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16.0 |
| Rashard Higgins | CLE | WR4 | 24 | 6'1 | 198 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 51.3 |
| Tyreek Hill | KC | WR1 | 25 | 5'10 | 185 | 65 | 82 | 147 | 337.8 |
| Johnny Holton | PIT | WR7 | 27 | 6'1 | 190 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 47.5 |
| Marcus Johnson | IND | WR7 | 24 | 6'1 | 204 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Andy Jones | DET | WR7 | 24 | 6'1 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tommylee Lewis | DET | WR6 | 26 | 5'7 | 168 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 27.2 |
| Ricardo Louis | MIA | 25 | 6'2 | 215 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 52.2 | |
| Max McCaffrey | SF | 25 | 6'2 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Jaydon Mickens | JAX | 25 | 5'11 | 170 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30.2 | |
| Braxton Miller | PHI | 26 | 6'2 | 215 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 32.7 | |
| Chris Moore | BAL | WR7 | 26 | 6'1 | 204 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 48.4 |
| JoJo Natson | LAR | 25 | 5'7 | 153 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Charone Peake | NYJ | WR7 | 26 | 6'2 | 209 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 18.9 |
| Kalif Raymond | TEN | 24 | 5'9 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Demarcus Robinson | KC | WR4 | 24 | 6'1 | 203 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 32.9 |
| Chester Rogers | IND | WR4 | 25 | 6'1 | 184 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 62.5 |
| Hunter Sharp | CIN | WR7 | 25 | 5'11 | 198 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11.4 |
| Tajae Sharpe | TEN | WR5 | 24 | 6'2 | 194 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 64.3 |
| Sterling Shepard | NYG | WR2 | 26 | 5'10 | 201 | 65 | 59 | 124 | 204.9 |
| Michael Thomas | NO | WR1 | 26 | 6'3 | 212 | 92 | 119 | 211 | 355.8 |
| Mike Thomas | LAR | WR6 | 24 | 6'1 | 195 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13.0 |
| Laquon Treadwell | MIN | WR3 | 24 | 6'2 | 215 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 21.5 |
| Duke Williams | BUF | WR7 | 26 | 6'2 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
