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 29 active wide receivers whose rookie year was 2009.
| Player | NFL Team |
Depth | Age | Height | Weight | 2009 Receptions |
2010 Receptions |
Total | Pos. Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramses Barden | NYG | 26 | 6'6 | 227 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Unranked | |
| Kenny Britt | TEN | 23 | 6'3 | 215 | 42 | 42 | 84 | Unranked | |
| Deon Butler | SEA | 26 | 5'10 | 182 | 15 | 36 | 51 | Unranked | |
| Austin Collie | IND | WR3 | 26 | 6'0 | 200 | 60 | 57 | 117 | WR - #93 |
| Quan Cosby | IND | WR5 | 29 | 5'9 | 190 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Unranked |
| Michael Crabtree | SF | WR1 | 24 | 6'1 | 214 | 48 | 55 | 103 | WR - #48 |
| Jarett Dillard | JAX | WR3 | 26 | 5'10 | 187 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Unranked |
| Julian Edelman | NE | WR4 | 25 | 5'10 | 198 | 37 | 7 | 44 | WR - #119 |
| Brandon Gibson | STL | WR3 | 24 | 6'1 | 206 | 34 | 53 | 87 | WR - #64 |
| Brian Hartline | MIA | WR3 | 25 | 6'2 | 195 | 31 | 43 | 74 | WR - #73 |
| Percy Harvin | MIN | WR1 | 23 | 5'11 | 184 | 60 | 71 | 131 | WR - #30 |
| Darrius Heyward-Bey | OAK | WR2 | 24 | 6'2 | 210 | 9 | 26 | 35 | WR - #40 |
| Johnny Knox | CHI | 25 | 6'0 | 180 | 45 | 51 | 96 | WR - #41 | |
| Jeremy Maclin | PHI | WR2 | 23 | 6'0 | 198 | 55 | 70 | 125 | WR - #12 |
| Mohamed Massaquoi | CLE | WR1 | 25 | 6'2 | 207 | 34 | 36 | 70 | WR - #79 |
| Nick Miller | STL | 24 | 5'9 | 175 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Unranked | |
| Louis Murphy | OAK | WR4 | 24 | 6'3 | 205 | 34 | 41 | 75 | Unranked |
| Hakeem Nicks | NYG | WR1 | 24 | 6'1 | 215 | 47 | 79 | 126 | WR - #15 |
| Jordan Norwood | CLE | WR4 | 25 | 5'11 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unranked |
Kevin Ogletree  |
DAL | WR4 | 24 | 6'1 | 198 | 7 | 3 | 10 | WR - #110 |
| Brian Robiskie | JAX | 24 | 6'3 | 209 | 7 | 29 | 36 | WR - #112 | |
| Sammie Stroughter | TB | WR5 | 26 | 5'10 | 189 | 31 | 24 | 55 | WR - #115 |
| Brandon Tate | CIN | WR4 | 24 | 6'1 | 195 | 0 | 24 | 24 | Unranked |
| Mike Thomas | JAX | WR1 | 24 | 5'8 | 198 | 48 | 66 | 114 | WR - #42 |
| Patrick Turner | NYJ | WR4 | 24 | 6'5 | 220 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Unranked |
| Tiquan Underwood | NE | 24 | 6'1 | 183 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Unranked | |
| Mike Wallace |
PIT | WR1 | 25 | 6'0 | 199 | 39 | 60 | 99 | WR - #6 |
| Roberto Wallace | MIA | 25 | 6'4 | 225 | 0 | 6 | 6 | Unranked | |
| Derrick Williams | PIT | 25 | 5'11 | 197 | 6 | 3 | 9 | Unranked |
