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Ten players recorded 100 receptions in the 2025 season.

As offenses have taken over the NFL game and the season's length
has expanded, the 100-catch plateau has become an annual
milestone for the game's best.

That wasn't the case before Lionel Taylor, however.

Taylor hit 100 catches for the American Football League's Denver
Broncos in 1961, becoming the first player in the AFL or NFL
to hit the mark.

Taylor, a four-time All-Pro and a trailblazer as an NFL assistant
coach, died on Aug. 6 at the age of 89, the Broncos announced
on Wednesday.

Following an outstanding playing career, Taylor was a longtime
assistant, beginning as receivers coach with the Pittsburgh
Steelers, winning two Super Bowl rings with the franchise as
he guided the Hall of Fame careers of Lynn Swann and John
Stalworth. He was also a groundbreaker, as he was the NFL's
first Black offensive coordinator when he took on the Los
Angeles Rams' OC job from 1980-81.

Taylor played for the Chicago Bears, Broncos and Houston Oilers
in a career that ran from 1959 through 1968. He was a star with
Denver, though, playing for the squad from the franchise's
first season in 1960 through 1966. Taylor was a three-time AFL
all-star and led the league in receptions five times, including
his landmark 100-catch campaign in 1961. He was a member of
the inaugural 1984 Broncos Ring of Fame.

That 1961 season saw him produce 1,176 yards and the then-all-time
single-season receptions record in 14 games.

From 1960 through 1965, he was one of the AFL's elite players,
averaging 84.7 catches for 1,070.7 yards and 7.2 touchdowns
per year.

All told, his career saw him record 567 receptions for 7,195
yards and 45 touchdowns.
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