National Football Record for Average Yards Per Catch / Season - Career
National Football Record for Average Yards Per Catch / Season - Career belongs to Point Pleasant, West Virginia "Black Knights" Jeff RIFE. He is the all- time leader in organized football for average yards per catch/season* - career**. His astronomical 37.1 yards per catch average in 1982 is a National Organized Football Record including his 29.6 yds per catch for career in 1983. Rife also is in the top 10 of average yds per catch/game (min. 3 receptions), held by Tory Holt of the St. Louis Rams. No receiver in High School, the NCAA or the NFL have surpassed these phenomenal achievements for a single season / career. Rife played wide receiver for the Point Pleasant Black Knights from 1981-1983 while also playing defense and special teams in a traditional rushing the football program. He was also the only Point Pleasant receiver in school history to lead his team in scoring (1983). Rife was a top recruit of many programs such as Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Marshall, Ohio, and the Naval Academy. Also Rife was a top track prospect with six state qualifiers and four state finals his sophomore and junior year. He ran the 200m, 400m, and anchored the 4x200 and 4x400 relays.
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*min. avg 1 rec game -season/career **min. avg 3 yrs. NOF (2009)