Randy Burke was a high school teammate of MLB Hall of Famer Andre Dawson in football and that might have been the peak of his athletic career. He retired after the 1976 season with 45 catches for 692 yards and 4 touchdowns. His abilities to show up in clutch situations and out-work opponents to make plays in those situations both make Swann worthy of being in this list. With Peyton Manning under the helm, surpassing 1,000 catches doesn't seem impossible for the quick-footed slot receiver. To think that was almost never the case. So, in honor of Welker's birthday, we decided to rank him alongside some of the NFL's other best white wide receivers to provide an idea of where he stands in the history of the league. If you looked at stats alone, every one of the greatest wide receivers would have played in the NFL after 1985, but pro football has had exceptional wideouts since the '30s. Just as so many other first-round picks by the Jags, Jones was a complete bust and never topped 800 receiving yards or 5 touchdowns in his four NFL seasons. Before David Tyree came around, Dwight Clark made arguably the most famous catch in NFL history which is appropriately dubbed “The Catch.” Clark’s TD grab in the 1981 NFC Championship Game propelled the 49ers to their first Super Bowl and Clark would later pick up another ring in 1984. © 2020 Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The career of Don Maynard was a roller coaster ride of stints at New York clubs that ultimately resulted in the wide receiver helping to make pro football history. It’s no secret that the wide receiver position in the NFL is dominated by African Americans. While Jerry Rice was awarded with the gift of being able to play alongside Hall-of-Fame talent for years, Monk was setting records with a variety of quarterbacks and offenses. One is the incomparable Jerry Rice and the other was Steve Largent in 1995. Over the last 34 years there are just two wide receivers who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. The member of the Hall of Fame remains the best wide receiver in the history of the Buffalo franchise, and he was an elite athlete for his time who seemingly never slowed down and who was extremely durable. Take one glance at his numbers and you could see why Hutson is so highly thought of. He was also part of maybe the worst play in NFL history. He was activated during the season and played in 9 games with 9 receptions. Over his career he has essentially been the 53rd man on the roster and shuffled between the practice squad and the main roster. He made 6 straight All-Pro teams with the Chargers and led the league in receiving touchdowns three straight seasons. The Aaron Rodgers-to-Jordy Nelson connection has only thrived since then as Nelson has posted 4 career seasons with at least 1,200 receiving yards. That is double a standard first down whenever Warfield would reel in a pass. All of those numbers are fewer than he had in his senior season, alone, while at Florida State. Despite having just 4 catches total up to the NFC Divisional game, Janis went off for 7 receptions for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns. He entered the 2015 season thinking he finally made it but was cut again and then signed with Carolina’s practice squad. The Dallas Cowboys were the “team of the 1990s” for more than just the man known as “The Playmaker,” after all. Before he became the football czar of the telestrator, Cris Collinsworth was a lanky receiver for the Bengals in the 1980s. That arrest then led to his release with another team, the Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL. Despite playing all 16 games in 2016, Janis registered just 11 catches all year. Williams has somehow been in the NFL for four seasons even though he’s spent more time on practice squads than on the 53-man roster.