Only six receivers in Green Bay Packers history have ever produced a game with 200 or more receiving yards.
The last came in 2014.
During a September afternoon at Lambeau Field, Jordy Nelson joined Billy Howton, Carroll Dale, James Lofton, Don Beebe and Javon Walker as the only receivers in franchise history to go over 200 yards receiving in a single game.
In the last five years, no other Packers receiver has reached 200 receiving yards.
Nelson caught nine passes for a career-high 209 yards – including the go-ahead 80-yard touchdown in the third quarter – during the Packers’ 31-24 win over the New York Jets in Week 2 of the 2014 season.
Here’s the touchdown:
Nelson beat cornerback Dee Milliner with a double move, and Aaron Rodgers hit him in stride down the sideline, allowing Nelson to cut back to the middle of the field and past the approaching safety. Once in the open field, Nelson sprinted into the end zone to give the Packers a 31-24 lead.
The 209-yard game helped spark Nelson’s 1,519-yard season in 2014.
Before Nelson’s big day against the Jets, the Packers’ last 200-yard receiving game came from Walker, who caught 11 passes for 200 yards and three scores during a shootout against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in 2004. In 1996, Beebe stepped up after injuries decimated the Packers receiver position during a Monday night showdown against the San Francisco 49ers and had a 220-yard game, the second-most receiving yards in a game in team history.
Billy Howton set the team record with 257 receiving yards during a 1956 game.
Davante Adams had a chance to crack the 200-yard club during Week 4 of last season, but a toe injury cut his night short against the Philadelphia Eagles. He had 10 catches for 180 yards before the injury.
When was it series
Last punt return for touchdown
Last interception return for touchdown
Last kickoff return for touchdown
Last 90-yard touchdown pass
Last fumble return for touchdown
Last 90-yard touchdown run
Last blocked punt for touchdown
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