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Kenny Stills

WR (retired)

Kenny Stills: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

He averaged 19.3 yards per catch as a ROOKIE in 2013 — the highest mark of any WR with 30+ catches that year.

Rare

Stills 2013 NO rookie line

StatValue
Rec35
Yds676
TD5
Y/R19.3
Drafted5th rd, 2013

6 of his first 7 NFL seasons averaged 13.8+ Y/R — among the most-consistent deep-ball WRs of the 2010s.

Split

Y/R by season

xy
19.3 (NO)19.3
14.8 (NO)14.8
16.3 (MIA)16.3
17.2 (MIA)17.2
14.6 (MIA)14.6
14.9 (MIA)14.9
13.8 (HOU)13.8

His 2016 MIA peak: 808 yds, 9 TDs, 17.2 Y/R — a 5th-rd pick turning into a top-15 deep WR.

Milestone

Stills 2016 MIA breakout

StatValue
Rec47
Yds808
TD9
Y/R17.2
TDs/rec19.1%

He scored 9 TDs in 2016 on just 47 catches — the 2nd-best TD/catch rate of any WR with 40+ rec that year.

Anomaly

2016 WR TD/rec leaders (40+ rec)

PlayerRecTDTD%
Mike Evans961212.5%
Kenny Stills47919.1%
Davante Adams751216.0%
Doug Baldwin9477.4%

NO start, MIA peak, HOU finale — career arc across 3 deep-shot offenses (Brees, Tannehill, Watson).

Split

Stills career by team

TmYearsBest yr
NO2013-14931 yds in 2014
MIA2015-18847 yds, 9 TD
HOU2019-20607 yds in 2019
NO202168 yds

His 16.1 career Y/R puts him among the top vertical specialists of the 2010s.

Comparison

2010s WR Y/R leaders (2,500+ yds)

PlayerCareer Y/R
DeSean Jackson17.5
Mike Wallace15.8
Kenny Stills16.1
T.Y. Hilton15.5

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