Jordy Ray Nelson (born May 31, 1985), aged 32 currently, will be 33 at the start of the 2017-18 season.
Here is a partial list of some good seasons by WR 33 years old or more. See if you recognize any of the names as quality WR vets.
Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original TableCode:Game Game Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rece Rk Player Year Age Tm Lg G GS Tgt Rec Yds Y/R TD Y/G Ctch% Y/Tgt 1 Jerry Rice* 1995 33 SFO NFL 16 16 176 122 1848 15.15 15 115.5 69.3% 10.50 2 Anquan Boldin 2013 33 SFO NFL 16 16 129 85 1179 13.87 7 73.7 65.9% 9.14 3 Anquan Boldin 2014 34 SFO NFL 16 16 130 83 1062 12.80 5 66.4 63.8% 8.17 4 Tim Brown* 2002 36 OAK NFL 16 16 127 81 930 11.48 2 58.1 63.8% 7.32 5 Tim Brown* 2000 34 OAK NFL 16 16 133 76 1128 14.84 11 70.5 57.1% 8.48 6 Tim Brown* 2001 35 OAK NFL 16 16 140 91 1165 12.80 9 72.8 65.0% 8.32 7 Tim Brown* 1999 33 OAK NFL 16 16 145 90 1344 14.93 6 84.0 62.1% 9.27 8 Isaac Bruce 2008 36 SFO NFL 16 15 108 61 835 13.69 7 52.2 56.5% 7.73 9 Isaac Bruce 2006 34 STL NFL 16 13 126 74 1098 14.84 3 68.6 58.7% 8.71 10 Cris Carter* 2000 35 MIN NFL 16 16 161 96 1274 13.27 9 79.6 59.6% 7.91 11 Cris Carter* 1998 33 MIN NFL 16 16 125 78 1011 12.96 12 63.2 62.4% 8.09 12 Cris Carter* 2001 36 MIN NFL 16 16 130 73 871 11.93 6 54.4 56.2% 6.70 13 Cris Carter* 1999 34 MIN NFL 16 16 137 90 1241 13.79 13 77.6 65.7% 9.06 14 Donald Driver 2008 33 GNB NFL 16 16 116 74 1012 13.68 5 63.3 63.8% 8.72 15 Donald Driver 2009 34 GNB NFL 16 16 113 70 1061 15.16 6 66.3 61.9% 9.39 16 Henry Ellard 1996 35 WAS NFL 16 16 98 52 1014 19.50 2 63.4 53.1% 10.35 17 Henry Ellard 1994 33 WAS NFL 16 16 150 74 1397 18.88 6 87.3 49.3% 9.31 18 Henry Ellard 1995 34 WAS NFL 15 15 113 56 1005 17.95 5 67.0 49.6% 8.89 19 Bobby Engram 2007 34 SEA NFL 16 13 134 94 1147 12.20 6 71.7 70.1% 8.56 20 Larry Fitzgerald 2017 34 ARI NFL 12 12 116 82 878 10.71 5 73.2 70.7% 7.57 21 Larry Fitzgerald 2016 33 ARI NFL 16 16 150 107 1023 9.56 6 63.9 71.3% 6.82 22 Malcom Floyd 2014 33 SDG NFL 16 16 92 52 856 16.46 6 53.5 56.5% 9.30 23 Irving Fryar 1997 35 PHI NFL 16 16 153 86 1316 15.30 6 82.3 56.2% 8.60 24 Irving Fryar 1995 33 MIA NFL 16 16 109 62 910 14.68 8 56.9 56.9% 8.35 25 Irving Fryar 1996 34 PHI NFL 16 16 152 88 1195 13.58 11 74.7 57.9% 7.86 26 Joey Galloway 2007 36 TAM NFL 15 15 98 57 1014 17.79 6 67.6 58.2% 10.35 27 Joey Galloway 2005 34 TAM NFL 16 16 152 83 1287 15.51 10 80.4 54.6% 8.47 28 Joey Galloway 2006 35 TAM NFL 16 14 143 62 1057 17.05 7 66.1 43.4% 7.39 29 Antonio Gates 2014 34 SDG NFL 16 14 98 69 821 11.90 12 51.3 70.4% 8.38 30 Antonio Gates 2013 33 SDG NFL 16 15 114 77 872 11.32 4 54.5 67.5% 7.65 31 Tony Gonzalez 2013 37 ATL NFL 16 16 121 83 859 10.35 8 53.7 68.6% 7.10 32 Tony Gonzalez 2011 35 ATL NFL 16 16 116 80 875 10.94 7 54.7 69.0% 7.54 33 Tony Gonzalez 2012 36 ATL NFL 16 16 124 93 930 10.00 8 58.1 75.0% 7.50 34 Tony Gonzalez 2009 33 ATL NFL 16 16 134 83 867 10.45 6 54.2 61.9% 6.47 35 Marvin Harrison* 2005 33 IND NFL 15 15 134 82 1146 13.98 12 76.4 61.2% 8.55 36 Marvin Harrison* 2006 34 IND NFL 16 16 148 95 1366 14.38 12 85.4 64.2% 9.23 37 Andre Johnson 2014 33 HOU NFL 15 15 146 85 936 11.01 3 62.4 58.2% 6.41 38 Keyshawn Johnson 2006 34 CAR NFL 16 16 128 70 815 11.64 4 50.9 54.7% 6.37 39 Keyshawn Johnson 2005 33 DAL NFL 16 14 123 71 839 11.82 6 52.4 57.7% 6.82 40 Eddie Kennison 2006 33 KAN NFL 16 16 101 53 860 16.23 5 53.8 52.5% 8.51 41 Tony Martin 1998 33 ATL NFL 16 16 131 66 1181 17.89 6 73.8 50.4% 9.02 42 Tony Martin 1999 34 MIA NFL 16 13 117 67 1037 15.48 5 64.8 57.3% 8.86 43 Derrick Mason 2010 36 BAL NFL 16 15 100 61 802 13.15 7 50.1 61.0% 8.02 44 Derrick Mason 2008 34 BAL NFL 16 16 121 80 1037 12.96 5 64.8 66.1% 8.57 45 Derrick Mason 2009 35 BAL NFL 16 16 134 73 1028 14.08 7 64.3 54.5% 7.67 46 Derrick Mason 2007 33 BAL NFL 16 16 164 103 1087 10.55 5 67.9 62.8% 6.63 47 Ed McCaffrey 2002 34 DEN NFL 16 16 103 69 903 13.09 2 56.4 67.0% 8.77 48 Keenan McCardell 2003 33 TAM NFL 16 16 139 84 1174 13.98 8 73.4 60.4% 8.45 49 Keenan McCardell 2005 35 SDG NFL 16 16 108 70 917 13.10 9 57.3 64.8% 8.49 50 Muhsin Muhammad 2006 33 CHI NFL 16 16 117 60 863 14.38 5 53.9 51.3% 7.38 51 Muhsin Muhammad 2008 35 CAR NFL 16 15 107 65 923 14.20 5 57.7 60.7% 8.63 52 Terrell Owens 2009 36 BUF NFL 16 16 109 55 829 15.07 5 51.8 50.5% 7.61 53 Terrell Owens 2007 34 DAL NFL 15 15 141 81 1355 16.73 15 90.3 57.4% 9.61 54 Terrell Owens 2010 37 CIN NFL 14 11 139 72 983 13.65 9 70.2 51.8% 7.07 55 Terrell Owens 2008 35 DAL NFL 16 16 140 69 1052 15.25 10 65.8 49.3% 7.51 56 Terrell Owens 2006 33 DAL NFL 16 15 150 85 1180 13.88 13 73.8 56.7% 7.87 57 Andre Reed* 1997 33 BUF NFL 15 15 114 60 880 14.67 5 58.7 52.6% 7.72 58 Jerry Rice* 2002 40 OAK NFL 16 16 150 92 1211 13.16 7 75.7 61.3% 8.07 59 Jerry Rice* 2000 38 SFO NFL 16 16 122 75 805 10.73 7 50.3 61.5% 6.60 60 Jerry Rice* 1998 36 SFO NFL 16 16 151 82 1157 14.11 9 72.3 54.3% 7.66 61 Jerry Rice* 2003 41 OAK NFL 16 15 124 63 869 13.79 2 54.3 50.8% 7.01 62 Jerry Rice* 2001 39 OAK NFL 16 15 125 83 1139 13.72 9 71.2 66.4% 9.11 63 Jerry Rice* 1999 37 SFO NFL 16 16 124 67 830 12.39 5 51.9 54.0% 6.69 64 Jerry Rice* 1996 34 SFO NFL 16 16 153 108 1254 11.61 8 78.4 70.6% 8.20 65 Shannon Sharpe* 2001 33 BAL NFL 16 15 114 73 811 11.11 2 50.7 64.0% 7.11 66 Jimmy Smith 2004 35 JAX NFL 16 16 137 74 1172 15.84 6 73.3 54.0% 8.55 67 Jimmy Smith 2002 33 JAX NFL 16 16 137 80 1027 12.84 7 64.2 58.4% 7.50 68 Jimmy Smith 2005 36 JAX NFL 16 16 128 70 1023 14.61 6 63.9 54.7% 7.99 69 Jimmy Smith 2003 34 JAX NFL 12 12 112 54 805 14.91 4 67.1 48.2% 7.19 70 Rod Smith 2005 35 DEN NFL 16 16 126 85 1105 13.00 6 69.1 67.5% 8.77 71 Rod Smith 2003 33 DEN NFL 15 15 114 74 845 11.42 3 56.3 64.9% 7.41 72 Rod Smith 2004 34 DEN NFL 16 16 136 79 1144 14.48 7 71.5 58.1% 8.41 73 Steve Smith 2012 33 CAR NFL 16 16 137 73 1174 16.08 4 73.4 53.3% 8.57 74 Steve Smith 2014 35 BAL NFL 16 16 134 79 1065 13.48 6 66.6 59.0% 7.95 75 Wesley Walls 1999 33 CAR NFL 16 16 108 63 822 13.05 12 51.4 58.3% 7.61 76 Hines Ward 2009 33 PIT NFL 16 16 137 95 1167 12.28 6 72.9 69.3% 8.52 77 Ben Watson 2015 35 NOR NFL 16 16 110 74 825 11.15 6 51.6 67.3% 7.50 78 Reggie Wayne 2012 34 IND NFL 16 15 195 106 1355 12.78 5 84.7 54.4% 6.95 79 Reggie Wayne 2011 33 IND NFL 16 16 132 75 960 12.80 4 60.0 56.8% 7.27 80 Roddy White 2014 33 ATL NFL 14 14 125 80 921 11.51 7 65.8 64.0% 7.37
Generated 12/7/2017.