Watkins Reaches 2k Career Receiving Yards in 29th Game
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Buffalo Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins set a franchise record in his final contest of the 2015 season, becoming the fastest player in Bills history (29 games) to reach 2,000 career receiving yards, per the team’s official PR Twitter account.
Despite playing for a team that has largely relied on its running game, the No. 4 overall pick from the 2014 NFL draft caught 65 passes for 982 yards and six touchdowns in 16 games as a rookie, adding 60 receptions for 1,047 yards and nine touchdowns in just 13 games in 2015.
In addition to improving his raw stats in his second season, Watkins developed into one of the league’s most efficient wideouts, with his yards per target jumping from 7.7 in 2014 all the way to 11.0 in 2015.
In his first seven games of the season, he caught only 25 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns, while only having one 100-yard receiving game. In his final six games, however, he had 679 receiving yards on 35 catches (19.4 yards per catch), six touchdowns, and four 100-yard receiving games.
He also had at least 80 yards receiving in all six games. With his late season push, Watkins finished the season with 60 catches for 1,047 yards and nine touchdowns receptions. He recorded five 100-yard receiving games and set his career-high in receiving yards and touchdowns. However, the Bills finished the season 8-8 and did not make the playoffs.
Watkins proved time and again that he deserved to be one of the NFL’s most targeted receivers, yet it didn’t actually happen until the second half of the season.
By Bleacher Report Milestones,http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2604733-bills-watkins-reaches-2000-career-receiving-yards-in-29th-game
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