# Best white NFL receiver since Super Bowl I? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312 "2010-09-28T02:36:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/1 "2010-09-28T02:36:39Z")
I say since Super Bowl I because I’m not looking for some receiver from 1920 when the league was 4 teams and all white guys. I honestly can’t think of a noteworthy whitey WR. Can you? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/2 "2010-09-28T02:40:12Z")
Steve Largent? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/3 "2010-09-28T02:41:53Z")
Cris Collinsworth ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/4 "2010-09-28T02:42:29Z")
Wes Welker? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/5 "2010-09-28T02:48:26Z")
Austin Collie, Kevin Walter, and Wes Welker are tearing it up right now. Dallas Clark and Witten have been tearing it up from the TE position. Largent is #12 on the all time career yardage list. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/6 "2010-09-28T02:50:19Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Austin Collie, Kevin Walter, and Wes Welker are tearing it up right now. Dallas Clark and Witten have been tearing it up from the TE position. > > Largent is #12 on the all time career yardage list. Dallas Clark was first on my mind, but he plays TE, and that’s where he belongs; he does very well at that position, but he probably doesn’t have the speed to excel at WR. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/7 "2010-09-28T03:00:39Z")
Dwight Clark. Ed McCaffrey. Don Beebe. Don Maynard. Lance Alworth. Danny Abramowicz. Fred Biletnikoff. Dave Logan. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/8 "2010-09-28T03:09:16Z")
George Sauer Steve Watson Ricky Proehl Raymond Berry (his career ended the season _after_ Super Bowl I 🙂 ) Wayne Chrebet ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/9 "2010-09-29T12:59:08Z")
Ed McCaffrey was the first person to come to mind when I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/10 "2010-09-29T13:04:42Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Steve Largent? The correct answer. His stats are ridiculous: 819 catches, 13089 yards, 100 TDs ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/11 "2010-09-29T13:07:41Z")
Jay Novacek Fred Biletnikoff Dallas Clark Ed McCaffrey Steve Largent ETA: I included TEs because of the title. If it’s just WRs then obviously there’ll be a few changes. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/12 "2010-09-29T13:12:38Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Ed McCaffrey was the first person to come to mind when I saw the thread title. One of Elway’s favorite targets. 🆒 I always liked his little neck popping thing after a tough catch. That guy could take a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/13 "2010-09-29T13:23:54Z")
Slight hijack, but in that same time period, have there been _any_ white starting cornerbacks other than Jason Sehorn? ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/14 "2010-09-29T13:54:57Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Slight hijack, but in that same time period, have there been _any_ white starting cornerbacks other than Jason Sehorn? In the late 80’s Scott Case made the Pro Bowl as a corner for Atlanta. He was eventually moved to safety, but he was a good CB for a number of years. The white CB is probably the rarest bird of all. As to the WR question, I agree Largent is the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/15 "2010-09-29T13:57:32Z")
Before Jerry Rice ran away with the category and hid it, Largent was the best receiver in NFL history, so yeah. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/16 "2010-09-29T14:01:21Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Slight hijack, but in that same time period, have there been _any_ white starting cornerbacks other than Jason Sehorn? We had a white CB on the Skins once, Pat Fischer. But yeah, that species is now extinct. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/17 "2010-09-29T14:18:10Z")
I think tight ends don’t count, but we have a good list. Interestingly, there is only one “speed” guy of the names I recognize: Beebe. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/18 "2010-09-29T14:46:33Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Slight hijack, but in that same time period, have there been _any_ white starting cornerbacks other than Jason Sehorn? St Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer [Roger Wehrli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Wehrli) played from 1969 to 1982. The saying was that he could run faster backward than he could forward. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/19 "2010-09-29T14:59:27Z")
Cowboys Cliff Harris and Charlie Waters mostly played strong and free safety, although Waters did a short stint at cornerback as well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312/20 "2010-09-29T15:10:51Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Interestingly, there is only one “speed” guy of the names I recognize: Beebe. Agreed, that seems to be a particularly rare combo. The only other two I can think of off the top of my head from recent years (and only one was really any good): - Tim Dwight - Jeff Query (tremendous speed, dumb as a post, never seemed to be able to learn to run patterns) I seem to remember that the Cowboys had a fast white guy at one point, a few years ago, but I’m failing to remember his name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-white-nfl-receiver-since-super-bowl-i/555312.md?page=2)