It certainly didn't take Justin Jefferson long to become one of the top wide receivers in the NFL after the Minnesota Vikings made him the 22nd overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, earning a trip to the Pro Bowl as well as Second-Team All-Pro honors after setting new franchise records with 88 receptions and 1,400 receiving yards.
From a technical standpoint, those 1,400 yards were the most by a rookie in NFL history. But as the league absorbed all AFL statistics when the 1970 merger went down, Bill Groman's 1,473 yards for the Houston Oilers in 1960 stood as the official mark at that time.