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1. "All he does is catch touchdowns." The unintended foreshadowing of this wide receiver's future career was uttered by the Philadelphia Eagles' head coach Buddy Ryan in 1989. He would finish his career with 130 touchdown receptions, retiring second overall in TD receptions. That stat and his 1,101 total receptions make him one of the best of all time. Who is this wide receiver?
2. This fourth-round draft pick in 1976 wouldn't even stay with his original team, where he was threatened to be cut. Instead he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks. With this team he proceeded to set career records at the time of his retirement for most receiving yards, most receptions, and most touchdowns. He wasn't ever known as fast, but he seemed to catch everything that was thrown his way. He later would switch careers successfully by delving into politics. Who is this receiver?
3. There are minimal viewable highlights of this player, as he played his NFL football in the 1930s and 1940s. But his statistics alone guarantee him the honor of being the first superstar wide receiver the league had ever seen. Playing his ball with the Green Bay Packers, he would lead the league in receptions eight years and in touchdown receptions nine times. He retired with 99 touchdown receptions, a record that stood for an amazing 44 years, a fact made even more amazing when you see the NFL only played ten or twelve games a season back then, compared to fourteen to sixteen games in the modern era. Who was the first superstar in the wide receiving position?
4. This wide receiver burst onto the scene in 1998 setting a rookie record for receiving touchdowns in a season with 17. Later, in 2007, he would set the season receiving TD mark by putting up 23, breaking a record that had stood for nineteen years. His talent was arguably unmatched; his attitude surrounding the game left critics much to talk about, as his work ethic and immature antics created occasional difficulties in locker rooms. Who is this gifted but occasionally troubled receiver?
5. This receiver entered the NFL record books as the holder of Most Receptions in a season. He caught an amazing 143 balls in 2002, an average of more than nine a game. This record eclipsed all by at least twenty receptions at the time he set the record. Catching his 143 receptions from star quarterback Peyton Manning in Indianapolis, who is this star receiver?
6. This receiver started his career in 1962 with the San Diego Chargers. He would set career records for most yards per game with over 75 yards/game. This record would stand for 32 years, when another player would beat the record by a tenth of a point. His receiving yards in 1965, a total of 1,602 yards, would stand as the single season record for another 33 years. He stands in the Hall of Fame as one of the receivers to break out as a talent that would break new barriers in the realm of receiving stats. Who is this star receiver?
7. This long time Oakland Raider receiver quietly put up gaudy numbers for his career. He rarely found the end-of-season record book, having only led one major season category one time (season receptions in 1997). But he put up ten consecutive seasons of over 75 receptions and 1,000 yards each, and the ability to be consistent for so long put him in the top five in career receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns at the time of his retirement. Who donned the silver and black on his way to star receiving numbers year in and year out?
8. For one day this receiver was unstoppable. Shredding the Indianapolis Colts defense one afternoon in December of 2009, this Denver Bronco put up 21 catches, breaking a nine-year-old record set by Terrell Owens. At the time of the record, only four times has a receiver caught eighteen or more passes in a single game, and this player has two of those incidents. Who is this receiver who has the apparent ability to find the zone and humiliate his opposing defense?
9. This long time New York Jet blazed records that look mild to today's standards. He was the first player to break the 11,000-yard barrier for career receiving yards. He retired in 1973. He almost single-handedly made Joe Namath a star, as he was the surest target Joe had to throw to. He achieved Hall of Fame status in 1987. Who was this Jet of the AFL, later a Super Bowl winner in 1969?
10. Rarely is there a football man who puts this receiver anywhere but first all-time. Some will put him as the Number One PLAYER of all time. And the numbers don't lie. He held the record for most touchdown receptions in a season done in a strike shortened twelve-game season. The record was finally broken twenty years later in a sixteen game season. He set records for career receptions, career receiving yardage, and receiving touchdowns. He retired in 2004. A first ballot guaranteed Hall of Famer when he became eligible in 2010, who is this receiver who needs no introduction?
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