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After the 2019 LSU Tigers destroyed college football en route to a national title, the team’s pair of wide receivers, Justin Jefferson and Ja'Marr Chase, were destined to become two of the greatest wideouts the NFL has ever seen.
Over their first few years in the league, the two have put up video game numbers for their respective teams, ranking second and third, respectively, in receiving yards per game in league history.
Minnesota Vikings’ face of the franchise, Jefferson, was No. 1 in the record books until this past weekend.
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Was it his fellow generational former teammate who surpassed him?
No, it was a fifth-round receiver out of BYU who now calls Los Angeles home: Puka Nacua.
Nacua has been a revelation since being drafted by the Rams three years ago, breaking the single-season receiving yards record for a rookie, and now in his third season under Sean McVay, he's evolving into one of the best wide receivers in all of football.
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Nacua recently broke Pro Football Focus history last week when he received the highest single-game grade for any wide receiver in NFL history against the Arizona Cardinals. Now, with another huge game against the Detroit Lions, where he went for 181 yards on nine catches, he has leapfrogged Jefferson in the history books.
Nacua leads all receivers in NFL lore with an average of 93.7 receiving yards per game. Jefferson and Cincinnati Bengals star Chase sit in second and third, respectively, with 90.8 yards and 87.6. Former Lions cornerstone Calvin Johnson stands in fourth place with 86.1 yards, and Antonio Brown rounds out the top five with 84.2 yards per game.
Nacua will look to continue his rampant surge through the league this Thursday as the Rams visit the Seattle Seahawks on “Thursday Night Football,” a game that will most likely decide the No. 1 seed in the NFC Conference.
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