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Joseph Salvador

Jefferson Wants to Be First WR to Reach 2,000 Receiving Yards

Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson has high hopes for 2022. In just his third NFL season, he’s aiming to have the best year a receiver has ever had. Jefferson said he wants to be the first player in NFL history to reach 2,000 receiving yards in one year. 

“I hope so,” Jefferson told the Pioneer Press on Monday. “I think I can. Hopefully, everything goes right and I can get that 2,000. That’s my goal.”

Only two receivers in NFL history have eclipsed 1,900 receiving yards in a season. The first was Calvin Johnson when he reached 1,964 yards in 2012 and the second is Cooper Kupp who had 1,947 yards this past campaign, the first year that the NFL played a 17-game season. 

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