One-thousand yard receivers are fairly common in the SEC.
Finding teammates who come close to that level are rare.
In the past decade, just one set each topped 1,000 yards and four others reached 900 or more yards in the same season.
Not surprisingly, they headline the list of the SEC’s top 12 receiving duos since 2006.
2014 Alabama
Amari Cooper: 124 catches, 1,727 yards, 16 TDs
DeAndrew White: 40 catches, 504 yards, 4 TDs
Worth noting: This is a little bit like Wilt Chamberlain and Guy Rodgers combining for 111 points, but White’s yards-per-catch average was just 1.3 fewer than Cooper’s. It’s also one of the few times two teammates combined for 20 touchdown receptions.
2006 South Carolina
Sidney Rice: 72 catches, 1,090 yards, 10 TDs
Kenny McKinley: 51 catches, 880 yards, 5 TDs
Worth noting: The Head Ball Coach used two quarterbacks that season: Blake Mitchell threw for 1,789 yards and 10 TDs, and Syvelle Newton added 1,316 yards and 12 TD tosses.
2012 Vanderbilt
Jordan Matthews: 94 catches, 1,323 yards, 8 TDs
Chris Boyd: 50 catches, 774 yards, 5 TDs
Worth noting: Matthews and Boyd combined for 2,097 of the Commodores’ 2,774 receiving yards. No other receiver topped 210 yards.
2015 Texas A&M
Christian Kirk: 80 catches, 1,009 yards, 7 TDs
Josh Reynolds: 51 catches, 907 yards, 5 TDs
Worth noting: The SEC’s most dangerous duo in 2015 returns in 2016.
2007 Kentucky
Stevie Johnson: 61 catches, 1,052 yards, 13 TDs
Keenan Burton: 66 catches, 741 yards, 9 TDs
Worth noting: Quarterback Andre Woodson threw 40 TD passes in 2007, setting an SEC record.
2006 LSU
Dwayne Bowe: 65 catches, 990 yards, 12 TDs
Early Doucet: 59 catches, 772 yards, 8 TDs
Worth noting: The Tigers actually had a trio, with Craig Davis adding 56 catches for 836 yards and 4 TDs. Bowe and Davis were first-round picks in 2007, and Doucet was a third-rounder in 2008.
2008 Georgia
A.J. Green: 56 catches, 963 yards, 8 TDs
Mohamed Massaquoi: 58 catches, 920 yards, 6 TDs
Worth noting: Georgia has had five 1,000-yard rushers in the past decade but no 1,000-yard receivers. Green came the closest.
2013 Missouri
L’Damian Washington: 50 catches, 893 yards, 10 TDs
Dorial Green-Beckham: 59 catches, 883 yards, 12 TDs
Worth noting: Among the most evenly matched duos on the list, these Tigers also combined for 22 TDs, tied for most among the combos.
2010 Kentucky
Randall Cobb: 84 catches, 1,017 yards, 7 TDs
Chris Matthews: 61 catches, 925 yards, 9 TDs
Worth noting: Cobb was a second-round pick in 2011 and made the Pro Bowl in 2014. Matthews had perhaps the most unlikely great performance in Super Bowl history, when he caught four passes — the first four of his career — for 109 yards and a touchdown in Seattle’s loss to New England.
2012 Texas A&M
Mike Evans: 82 catches, 1,105 yards, 5 TDs
Ryan Swope: 72 catches, 913 yards, 8 TDs
Worth noting: In the Aggies’ first year in the SEC, Evans and Swope helped Johnny Manziel pass for 3,706 yards and win the Heisman Trophy.
2013 Texas A&M
Mike Evans: 69 catches, 1,394 yards, 12 TDs
Derel Walker: 51 catches, 818 yards, 5 TDs
Worth noting: Equal parts skill and scheme, the pass-happy Aggies actually went four deep with Malcome Kennedy (60-658-7) and Travis Labhart (51-626-8) giving Johnny Manziel four receivers with 50-plus catches and 600-plus yards.
Manziel became just the second SEC quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season, finishing with 4,114. Chad Kelly bumped Manziel to No. 3 on the SEC’s single season list this past season.
2013 LSU
Jarvis Landry: 77 catches, 1,193 yards, 10 TDs
Odell Beckham Jr: 59 catches, 1,152 yards, 8 TDs
Worth noting: The only duo to both reach 1,000 yards, they finished third and fourth, respectively, in the SEC that season. Beckham became a first-round draft pick and is a two-time Pro Bowler. Landry was taken in the second round and made his first Pro Bowl this past season.
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A 30-time APSE award-winning editor with previous stints at the Miami Herald, The Indianapolis Star and News & Observer, Executive Editor Chris Wright oversees editorial operations for Saturday Down South.
