Despite a disappointing 2024 season, Chris Olave leads his Draft Class in Yards Per Game (65.8), Target Rate (25.4%), and Yards Per Route Run (2.21). He ranks second in Receptions Per Game (4.9).

Josh Downs finished his sophomore season with 72 receptions for 803 yards on 102 targets. He ranked 4th in the NFL in Target Rate, being targeted on 28% of his routes run, and ranked 18th with a 2.20 Yards Per Route Run.

Among the 2024 rookie class, Ladd McConkey ranked:
- 1st in Catch Rate
- 1st in First Down Rate
- 2nd in Contested Catch Rate
- 2nd in Yards Per Route Run
- 4th in Target Rate.

Jameson Williams led the NFL in 2024 with a 8.45 Yards After Catch average per reception. He’s one of 5 players dating back to 2014 to average over 8 Air Yards Per Reception and over 8 YAC Per Reception.

Since 2022, Garrett Wilson ranks 1st in routes, 2nd in Contested Targets, and is 1 of 7 players with 400+ targets, ranking 4th with 454. Among the 7 players with 400+ targets, Garrett Wilson ranks last in receptions, yards, touchdowns, Open Target Rate, First Down Rate, Touchdown Rate, & Target Rate

In 2024, Tyreek Hill had 840 fewer yards than in 2023 despite running 76 more routes. It was the largest season-to-season drop in yards per route run (YPRR) by any player since 2014, dropping from 3.82 in 2023 to 1.75 in 2024 (-2.07 difference)

How bad was Ja’Lynn Polk’s rookie season? Among 1,248 qualified WRs since 2014 with at least 30 targets in a year, he ranked:

• Last in yards per route run
• Last in yards per game
• Last in catch rate
• Last in first down rate
• 1,247th in open target rate
• 1,246th in receptions per game
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30 Days Until Kickoff, 30 Stats You Didn’t Know

Stat #15 - In 2024, A.J. Brown recorded the third-most receiving yards in a season by a receiver with fewer than 100 targets since 2014. He’s also the only receiver to appear twice in the top 10.

Jameson Williams finished the 2024 season with 58 receptions for 1,001 receiving yards on 88 targets. That’s the fourth-fewest receptions and targets by a 1,000-yard receiver in a season since 2014.