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What are the NFL's largest wide receiver contracts of all time?
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The NFL wide receiver market has skyrocketed in recent seasons. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson recently signed a $140 million deal which became the largest contract by a wide receiver in NFL history by total and annual average value.
After being drafted 22nd overall in the 2020 draft, Jefferson holds the NFL record for the most receiving yards through a player’s first four seasons with 5,899.
He has recorded 29 games with 100+ receiving yards in his first four seasons, the most in NFL history by a player in that span.
Jefferson currently holds the NFL record for most career receiving yards per game at 98.3.
Amon-Ra St. Brown recorded 15 games in his career with over 100 receiving yards, breaking the Lions record for most such games in a player's first three seasons.
Since entering the league in 2021, he is one of five receivers in that span to record over 3,500 receiving yards, 315 receptions, and over 20 receiving touchdowns (Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, CeeDee Lamb, Stefon Diggs).
In 2021, Jaylen Waddle recorded 104 receptions — setting the NFL single season record at the time ( Puka Nacua would break it by one catch in 2023).
Among receivers drafted in 2021, he ranks third in yards (3,385), third in receptions (251), and fourth in touchdown receptions (18) despite missing four games in that span.
Since 2021, Davante Adams has recorded 13 games with 120-plus receiving yards and a touchdown catch — more than any other player in that span.
He has 95 receiving touchdowns since entering the league in 2014, which is tied for the fifth most all-time by a player in their first 10 seasons; no active player has more touchdown receptions than he does.
In 2021, Cooper Kupp recorded 1,947 receiving yards, just 18 yards shy of breaking Calvin Johnson's NFL single-season record.
In that same 2021 season, he won the Super Bowl, was named Super Bowl MVP, won NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and completed the triple crown (led the league in receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown catches).
Eclipsing over 1,000 receiving yards in 2023, Collins is only the fourth Texan ever to achieve that mark in a single season — joining Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins , and Brandin Cooks .
He has two games in his career with over 190 receiving yards, becoming just the third Texans receiver to have multiple games with over 190 receiving yards (Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins).
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