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Puka Nacua re-wrote the record books as a rookie in 2023 and the Rams receiver is once again in a perfect situation to challenge NFL history again in 2025. No player has ever had 12 100-yard games in a season before, but a healthy Nacua is the exact right person to be the first. With Matthew Stafford’s health improving by the day, and Sean McVay calling the plays, why not more Puka history being made this year?
I’m not just saying that Puka could have 12 100-yard games. If he and Stafford manage a healthy 17 games together, Puka Nacua will put up some numbers that football fans have never seen before. Here are a few reasons why:
The first reason to think that Nacua could have 12 100-yard games is the fact that Cooper Kupp and Calvin Johnson are currently tied for the NFL record of 100-yard receiving games in a season with 11 each. The only other player to do it is Michael Irvin in 1995.
After those three players, another nine players are tied with 10 100-yard games in a single season, including Torry Holt for the 2003 Rams.
Puka Nacua’s 7 100-yard games in 2023 is the second-most in NFL history for a rookie, behind only Bill Groman’s 9 in 1960. Harlon Hill, Odell Beckham Jr, and Justin Jefferson are the only other rookies to have seven alongside Puka. The 7 100-yard games in 2023 was the second-most for any receiver in the NFL.
Since he entered the NFL, Puka is tied with AJ Brown for the second-most 100-yard receiving games in the league despite the fact that he missed six games in 2024:
Given that Chase and JJ are considered the two best in the league, it’s notable that Puka has more 100-yard games per start than either of them since 2023.
Puka has hit 100 yards in 43% of his career NFL games, a ridiculously-high mark.
Now consider this: Nacua also has games of 181 yards and 97 yards out of three playoff starts.
In addition to having 5 100+ yards games in his 11 appearances in 2024, Nacua also had games of 97 and 98 yards. He was basically 5 yards shy of having 7 100-yard games out of 11 starts in 2024. Which he also did with Cooper Kupp still playing in most of those contests, so even though he has to share the ball with Davante Adams in 2025, that may not be a problem here.
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