the Jarvis Landry club

[JWL]

wide receivers who had 50+ catches in a season and averaged less than 10 yards per catch-

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1994- Ricky Sanders         67 catches       599 yards
2001- Peter Warrick         70 catches       667 yards
2002- Troy Brown            97 catches       890 yards
2005- Jabar Gaffney         55 catches       492 yards
2006- Eric Moulds           57 catches       557 yards
      Rod Smith             52 catches       512 yards
2008- T.J. Houshmandzadeh   92 catches       904 yards
2009- Andre Caldwell        51 catches       432 yards
2010- Wes Welker            86 catches       848 yards
      Danny Amendola        85 catches       689 yards
2011- Austin Collie         54 catches       514 yards
2012- Kendall Wright        64 catches       626 yards
2013- Ace Sanders           51 catches       484 yards
2014- Jarvis Landry         84 catches       758 yards
      James Jones           73 catches       666 yards
      Percy Harvin          51 catches       483 yards
2015- Golden Tate           90 catches       813 yards
      Tavon Austin          52 catches       473 yards
      Davante Adams         50 catches       483 yards
2016- Larry Fitzgerald     107 catches      1023 yards
      Anquan Boldin         67 catches       584 yards
      Tyreek Hill           61 catches       593 yards
      Tavon Austin          58 catches       509 yards
      Cordarrelle Patterson 52 catches       453 yards   
2017- Jarvis Landry        112 catches       987 yards
      Randall Cobb          66 catches       653 yards
      Jordy Nelson          53 catches       482 yards 
2018- Danny Amendola        59 catches       575 yards
      Chester Rogers        53 catches       485 yards
2020- Keenan Allen         100 catches       992 yards
      JuJu Smith-Schuster   97 catches       831 yards
      Sterling Shepard      66 catches       656 yards
      Larry Fitzgerald      54 catches       409 yards
      Greg Ward             53 catches       419 yards

[Gary Najman]

Larry Fitzgerald last year caught more than 100 passes for less than a 10-ypc average.

[JWL]

Larry Fitzgerald last year caught more than 100 passes for less than a 10-ypc average.

Yeah, he is accounted for in the opening post. There is a scroll down thingy on the right side of the box.

[Rupert Patrick]

Any theories as to why there have been 11 of these seasons in the past three years as opposed to 13 over the previous 94 seasons of NFL history?

[Bryan]

the first guy I remember having a sub-10 reception average was Greg Baty of the 1986 Patriots, but he was a TE.

[NWebster]

Any theories as to why there have been 11 of these seasons in the past three years as opposed to 13 over the previous 94 seasons of NFL history?

Conservatism run amock, as a Steeper fan I'm infuriated watch Todd Haley call screen after screen, it's just infuriating. The most beautiful play in football is the perfectly placed ball caught over the shoulder in perfect stride on a Go route, sadly you just never see that anymore.

[Rupert Patrick]

Any theories as to why there have been 11 of these seasons in the past three years as opposed to 13 over the previous 94 seasons of NFL history?

Conservatism run amock, as a Steeper fan I'm infuriated watch Todd Haley call screen after screen, it's just infuriating. The most beautiful play in football is the perfectly placed ball caught over the shoulder in perfect stride on a Go route, sadly you just never see that anymore.

You don't see the Go route anymore, it's too bad because it's a thing of beauty when it works. You also don't see crossing patterns as much as you used to, I guess for fear of the receiver getting clobbered.

I see a lot of those passes where the QB takes the snap and immediately fires to the WR on the sideline who catches the ball and is bumped out of bounds or immediately tackled for a seven or eight-yard gain. Also, a lot more short slant patterns where the WR catches it and basically falls down for an eight-yard gain. On these kinds of plays, it's almost as if the receiver is content to take the eight yards. I can see it if you are in a third-and-six situation, but this smacks of the West Coast Offense, these short, safe passes. Everybody pads their stats with these kinds of plays.

[JWL]

Jermaine Kearse just scored a touchdown on a go route. The Jets are a team that has successfully thrown deep this season.

[JWL]

The list has been updated through the 2017 season. I also changed the thread title.

[JWL]

the first guy I remember having a sub-10 reception average was Greg Baty of the 1986 Patriots, but he was a TE.

This club would be exponentially longer if I included running backs and tight ends. It also would be less interesting. RBs have a hard time averaging 10 yards per catch because they catch so many passes near the line of scrimmage. Tight ends usually catch passes in front of the first down markers and usually don't have great speed. It is easy to understand why a running back like Carlos Hyde caught 59 passes this season and averaged 5.9 yards per catch or Tarik Cohen who caught 53 passes and averaged 6.8 yards per catch. Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught 50 passes and averaged 7.1 yards per catch.