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Roy Williams Miscellany

Roy is currently eighth in the NFL in receiving yards. He has 17 catches for 277 yards and four touchdowns. He has averaged 92.3 yards/game and 16.3 yards/catch. A nice job for someone who has played in three career games.

With Roy’s back-to-back 100+ yard games he has become the most recent receiver to have that kind of performance. It was last accomplished by Johnnie Morton on 9/9/01 and 9/23/01. Looking down the road, the last to have three straight games of 100+ yards receiving was Germane Crowell. He did that on 11/14/99, 11/21/99 and 11/25/99. Even more difficult would be 4 straight games. Herman Moore, was the last receiver to accomplish that feat. That goes back to 9/21/97, 9/28/97, 10/5/97 and 10/12/97.

With the added attention Williams will garner, and the total lack of a running game, it will be very difficult for Roy to match these performances. Here’s a look at the most 100-yard receiving games in Lions history:

1. Herman Moore		35
2. Johnnie Morton	18
3. Terry Barr		15
4. Brett Perriman	14
5. Gail Cogdill		12
6. Leonard Thompson	 8
7. Pat Studstill	 7
   Germane Crowell	 7

Roy has an outside chance of joining this group by the end of the season at this rate.