During the preseason, we look at a number of factors when deciding on sleepers and breakout players. One of these is the wide receiver third year roll. This rule indicates that a wide receiver will excel in their third year in the NFL. Below is the list of wide receivers of 2009 who were in their third year.
2009 Third-Year WR
NAME
Rec.
Yards
TD
1
Sidney Rice
83
1,312
8
2
Steve Smith (NY)
107
1,220
7
3
Calvin Johnson
67
984
5
4
Mike Sims-Walker
63
869
7
5
Robert Meachem
45
722
9
6
Steve Breaston
55
712
3
7
Dwayne Bowe
47
589
4
8
Ted Ginn, Jr.
38
454
1
9
James Jones
32
440
5
10
Chansi Stuckey
41
438
3
11
Jacoby Jones
27
437
6
12
Johnnie Lee Higgins
19
263
0
13
Legedu Naanee
24
242
2
14
Dwayne Jarrett
17
196
1
15
David Clowney
14
191
1
16
Laurent Robinson
13
167
1
17
Jason Hill
9
90
2
18
Craig Davis
6
52
0
19
Isaiah Stanback
3
22
0
20
Yamon Figurs
2
14
0
21
Jordan Kent
1
5
0
22
Biren Ealy
0
0
0
23
Anthony Gonzalez
0
0
0
24
Justin Jenkins
0
0
0
25
Derek Stanley
0
0
0
26
Matt Willis
0
0
0
Below is the list of wide receivers who will be in their third year in 2010 and their numbers from the 2009 season.
2010 Third-Year WR
NAME
Rec.
Yards
TD
1
DeSean Jackson
63
1,167
9
2
Mario Manningham
57
822
5
3
Pierre Garcon
47
765
4
4
Davone Bess
76
758
2
5
Earl Bennett
54
717
2
6
Donnie Avery
47
589
5
7
Josh Morgan
52
527
3
8
Andre Caldwell
51
432
3
9
Chaz Schilens
29
365
2
10
Malcolm Kelly
25
347
0
11
Eddie Royal
37
345
0
12
Danny Amendola
43
326
1
13
Devin Thomas
25
325
3
14
Jordy Nelson
22
320
2
15
Keenan Burton
25
253
0
16
Early Doucet
17
214
1
17
Lance Long
20
178
0
18
Lavelle Hawkins
7
110
0
19
Danny Woodhead
8
87
0
20
Kenneth Moore
6
59
0
21
Eric Weems
6
50
2
22
Steve Johnson
2
10
0
23
James Hardy
1
9
0
24
Jaymar Johnson
1
9
0
25
John Standeford
1
5
0
26
Limas Sweed
1
5
0
27
Justin Harper
0
0
0
28
Maurice Purify
0
0
0
29
Darius Reynaud
0
0
0
30
Jerome Simpson
0
0
0
31
Matt Slater
0
0
0
32
Brett Swain
0
0
0
33
Mario Urrutia
0
0
0
As big a year as DeSean Jackson had this year, He can be a Top 5 wide receiver next season.
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