Justin Jefferson Will Make History (Again) in 2025
In the latest installment of many of the “Justin Jefferson is going to break a record” narrative pushes, we look to the young receiver’s sixth campaign of his already-decorated NFL career. Hard to believe it’s already year six for the star the Vikings snagged in 2020 after the Eagles decided Jalen Reagor was the better prospect, but alas, here we are. We’re getting old.
Justin Jefferson isn’t old, however: he’s turning 26 on June 16th. Alright, maybe we aren’t getting old, you are. I don’t hit 26 until December later this year. Either way, Jefferson and I are both entering our athletic primes, with the only difference being that one of us feels ashamed when we house an entire frozen pizza on a Saturday night, and the other is worth tens of millions of notes of United States currency.
Also, for the record, if and when Justin Jefferson domes entire pies, they’re probably Little Caesars, not a Great Value Chicken Bacon Ranch from Walmart.
No matter which way you cut it or which pizza you eat (shamefully or unshamefully), we’re probably going to be doing this every single season with Justin Jefferson.
“Justin Jefferson has become the fastest player to reach x amount of yards,” or “Justin Jefferson now holds the most receiving yards in NFL history through a player’s first x seasons.”
In 2025, the narrative you will be hearing a lot towards midseason will be regarding Justin Jefferson and his receiving yards through six seasons. This season, Jefferson needs 944 yards to surpass, you guessed it, Randy Gene Moss for the most receiving yards in NFL history through a player’s first six seasons.
Moss currently holds the record at 8,375 yards, and Jefferson sits at 7,432. It took Moss 96 career games to achieve this, and if Jefferson averages his career average of receiving yards (96.5) per game to begin 2025, he will break the record, having only played 87 games.
Is this Justin Jefferson guy not freakin’ bananas? What a stud. I mean, can we please get this guy a singular playoff win? Uno? One?
The self-proclaimed “Jets” (thank the Lord above that he’s not ACTUALLY the New York Football Jets, or a literal aircraft) will be passing some prominent talent along the way as he catches up to the “Freak” Randy Moss. Take a look at the list of players with the most receiving yards in NFL history through six seasons:
- Randy Moss (8,375)
- Torry Holt (8,156)
- Jerry Rice (7,866)
- Calvin Johnson (7,836)
- Julio Jones (7,610)
- DeAndre Hopkins (7,437)
- Justin Jefferson (7,432; has only played five seasons)
And now mind your peepers at who he has already passed without playing a snap of his 6th season yet:
- 8. Mike Evans (7,260)
- 9. A.J. Green (7,135)
- 10. Antonio Brown (7,093)
- 11. Marvin Harrison Sr. (7,078)
- 12. Larry Fitzgerald (7,067)
If you take that math and word things really well to push your own purple-colored narratives, then you can tell all your buddies that it took Jerry Rice and Calvin Johnson each 15 more games to have about 400 more yards than Justin Jefferson.
If you also take that math and read it for what it really is, Justin Jefferson is continuing the best start to an NFL career that any WR in league history has ever had.
We’ll see you again next year when we have this conversation about year seven.
