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 28 active wide receivers whose rookie year was 2020. We list their receptions as well as their career fantasy points (standard league scoring).
| Player | NFL Team |
Depth | Age | Height | Weight | 2020 Rec. |
2021 Rec. |
Total | Career Fantasy Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Aiyuk | SF | WR2 | 24 | 6'0 | 201 | 60 | 65 | 125 | 252.3 |
| Marquez Callaway | NO | WR4 | 24 | 6'2 | 204 | 21 | 46 | 67 | 127.1 |
| Quintez Cephus | DET | WR6 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 79.3 | |||
| Chase Claypool | PIT | WR2 | 24 | 6'4 | 238 | 67 | 62 | 129 | 282.9 |
| Tyrie Cleveland | DEN | WR5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.3 | |||
| Gabriel Davis | BUF | WR2 | 23 | 6'2 | 210 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 249.7 |
| Devin Duvernay | BAL | WR2 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 77.3 | |||
| Bryan Edwards | ATL | WR2 | 23 | 6'3 | 215 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 104.5 |
| KJ Hamler | DEN | WR3 | 23 | 5'9 | 179 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 67.5 |
| Tee Higgins | CIN | WR2 | 23 | 6'4 | 216 | 67 | 88 | 155 | 295.6 |
| Kendall Hinton | DEN | WR7 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 22.7 | |||
| Justin Jefferson | MIN | WR1 | 23 | 6'1 | 203 | 88 | 108 | 196 | 406.6 |
| Van Jefferson | LAR | WR4 | 25 | 55 | 80 | 166.1 | |||
| Jauan Jennings | SF | WR4 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 62.5 | |||
| Jerry Jeudy | DEN | WR2 | 23 | 6'1 | 194 | 52 | 38 | 90 | 150.6 |
| Collin Johnson | NYG | 18 | 11 | 29 | 49.7 | ||||
| Tyler Johnson | HOU | WR5 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 72.5 | |||
| CeeDee Lamb | DAL | WR1 | 23 | 6'2 | 198 | 74 | 80 | 154 | 300.1 |
| Denzel Mims | NYJ | 23 | 8 | 31 | 49.0 | ||||
| Darnell Mooney | CHI | WR1 | 61 | 81 | 142 | 227.8 | |||
| K.J. Osborn | MIN | WR3 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 108.5 | |||
| Donovan Peoples-Jones | CLE | WR2 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 123.2 | |||
| Michael Pittman | IND | WR1 | 25 | 6'4 | 223 | 45 | 88 | 133 | 217.6 |
| James Proche | BAL | WR4 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 21.6 | |||
| Jalen Reagor | MIN | WR4 | 23 | 5'11 | 196 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 99.5 |
| Laviska Shenault | CAR | WR3 | 24 | 6'1 | 227 | 58 | 63 | 121 | 165.1 |
| Quez Watkins | PHI | WR3 | 7 | 45 | 52 | 91.1 | |||
| Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | TEN | WR4 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 75.9 |
