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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 39 active wide receivers whose rookie year was 2010. We list their receptions as well as their career fantasy points.

Player NFL
Team
Depth Age Height Weight 2010
Rec.
2011
Rec.
Total Career
Fantasy
Points
Seyi Ajirotutu CAR WR6 24 6'3 211 13 1 14 38.6
Danario Alexander STL WR1 23 6'5 217 20 26 46 91.7
Terrence Austin WAS   23 5'11 175 3 12 15 18.4
Brandon Banks WAS   24 5'7 155 2 1 3 14.7
Arrelious Benn TB WR3 23 6'2 220 25 30 55 116.4
Dezmon Briscoe TB WR4 22 6'2 210 6 35 41 90.0
Antonio Brown PIT WR2 23 5'10 186 16 69 85 156.6
Dez Bryant DAL WR2 23 6'2 218 45 63 108 253.4
Riley Cooper PHI WR4 24 6'3 222 7 16 23 57.1
Victor Cruz NYG WR1 25 6'0 204 0 82 82 207.9
Eric Decker DEN WR1 25 6'3 218 6 44 50 131.9
Armanti Edwards CAR WR4 24 5'11 182 0 0 0 1.6
Jacoby Ford OAK WR3 24 5'9 185 25 19 44 147.5
David Gettis CAR WR3 24 6'3 216 37 0 37 70.0
Mardy Gilyard PHI   25 5'11 194 6 0 6 8.3
Richard Goodman SD   24 6'0 192 1 0 1 8.5
Jesse Holley DAL WR4 28 6'2 220 0 7 7 18.9
Donald Jones BUF WR5 24 6'0 209 18 23 41 56.7
Brandon LaFell CAR WR2 25 6'2 211 38 36 74 138.1
Marc Mariani TEN   25 6'1 190 0 5 5 20.8
Kerry Meier ATL WR4 25 6'3 220 0 0 0 0.0
Carlton Mitchell CLE   24 6'3 215 0 3 3 7.0
Marlon Moore MIA   24 6'0 190 6 0 6 20.4
David Nelson BUF WR2 25 6'5 215 31 61 92 149.1
Preston Parker TB WR5 25 6'0 200 4 40 44 78.0
Taylor Price JAX   24 6'0 205 3 2 5 8.0
David Reed BAL WR5 25 6'0 190 0 0 0 11.1
Andre Roberts ARI WR4 24 5'11 195 24 51 75 116.0
Naaman Roosevelt BUF   24 6'0 201 9 16 25 45.9
Emmanuel Sanders PIT WR3 25 5'11 180 28 22 50 96.0
Jordan Shipley CIN WR5 26 6'0 188 52 3 55 79.5
Golden Tate SEA WR4 23 5'10 202 21 35 56 80.7
Demaryius Thomas DEN WR2 24 6'3 235 22 32 54 120.0
Bryan Walters MIN   24 6'0 190 0 3 3 2.7
Chastin West JAX   25 6'1 216 0 13 13 28.3
Damian Williams TEN WR4 23 6'1 199 16 45 61 111.6
Kyle Williams SF WR6 23 5'10 186 1 20 21 46.1
Mike Williams TB WR2 24 6'2 212 65 65 130 257.8
Stephen Williams ARI WR5 25 6'5 208 9 0 9 10.1
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