Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp of Yakima, Washington is heading to the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals playing the finest football of his National Football League career. What he was able to accomplish in 2021 during the regular season, and in 2022 during the postseason, was simply miraculous.
Let us take a look at the regular season first. In 17 regular season games, Kupp had 145 catches for 1947 yards and 16 touchdown catches.
Since 1970, there have been only four receivers in the National Football League to lead the league in catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in he same season. The others are Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers, Steve Smith Sr. of the Carolina Panthers, and Sterling Sharpe of the Green Bay Packers. In 1990, Rice had 100 receptions for 1502 yards and 13 touchdown catches. In 1992, Sharpe had 108 receptions for 1461 yards and 13 touchdown catches. In 2005, Smith Sr. had 103 receptions for 1563 yards and 12 touchdown catches. It should be noted that Smith Sr. was tied for the NFL lead in receptions with Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, and tied for the NFL lead in touchdown catches with Marvin Harrison of the Indianapolis Colts.
Kupp also led the NFL this season in yards per game with 114.5. He was the only receiver in the NFL in 2021 to average more than 100 yards per game. Davante Adams of the Green Bay Packers was second with 97.1 yards per game.
In the postseason, Kupp has 25 catches for 386 yards and four touchdowns. Fitzgerald has the record for the most receiving yards in a single postseason, as he had 546 yards in 2009. Kupp’s best game this season in terms of receiving yards came in the NFC Divisional Playoff, when he had 183 yards in a 30-27 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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