Packers: Top five wide receivers in franchise history
By Jesse Fry
3. Sterling Sharpe
At the start of the Packers’ rebirth in the early 90s, three players were synonymous with the Green Bay Packers: Brett Favre, Reggie White, and Sterling Sharpe.
Unlike Favre and White, Sharpe’s tenure started out before Ron Wolf came in and changed the culture in Green Bay and was usually the best player on some bad Packers teams.
Sharpe still managed to have Pro Bowl seasons with the likes of Anthony Dilwig and Don Majkowski throwing him the ball.
Other receivers lower on this list have better numbers than Sharpe’s 595 receptions for 8,134 yards and 65 touchdowns, but Sharpe did all that in only seven seasons and was one of, if not the most dominant receiver of the early 90s.
Everyone playing the Packers knew they wanted to get the ball to Sharpe yet none of them could stop them from doing it.
In 1992, his first season with Favre, Sharpe broke the single-season receptions record with 108 and followed it up with the NFL’s first back-to-back 100 reception seasons with 112, breaking his own record.
In 1994, his last season with the Packers and in the NFL, Sharpe didn’t go over 100 receptions but he did lead the league with 18 touchdown catches.
Unfortunately for Sharpe, he suffered a career-ending neck injury in that ’94 season and we’ll never know just how great his numbers could have been.
If not for a shortened career, Sharpe might very well be #1 on this list.