Puka Nacua
WR
#12
Experience: 4 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 25
Weight: 216 lbs
College: BYU
2025 SEASON
- REC129
- YDS1715
- AVG13.29
- TDS10
Receiving
| YEAR | TEAM | G | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 129 | 1715 | 13.3 | 58 | 10 | 80 | 62 | 27 | 3 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 79 | 990 | 12.5 | 51 | 3 | 47 | 59.5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 105 | 1486 | 14.2 | 80 | 6 | 68 | 64.8 | 25 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 44 | 313 | 4191 | 13.4 | 80 | 19 | 195 | 62.3 | 63 | 7 |
Rushing
| YEAR | TEAM | G | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 45 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 12 | 89 | 7.4 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 41.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 44 | 33 | 240 | 7.3 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 36.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Fumbles
| YEAR | TEAM | G | FUM | LOST | FF | OWN FR | OPP FR | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
NFL CAREER
- Has appeared in 43 regular season games (42 starts) and recorded 303 catches for 4,115 yards and 18 touchdowns along with 31 rushes for 216 yards and two touchdowns.
- Set the record for most receptions and receiving yards by a rookie in a single season in NFL history.
- Has also appeared in six postseason contests and recorded 44 catches for 654 receiving yards and three touchdowns to go along with eight rushes for 29 yards and one touchdown. HIs 654 receiving yards through six playoff games are the third-most in NFL history behind Steve Smith Sr. (706) and Larry Fitzgerald (705).
- Became the first Rams player to have 150+ receiving yards in multiple playoff games, and the seventh player in NFL history joining Larry Fitzgerald (three times), Fred Biletnikoff, Tyreek Hill, Julio Jones, Jerry Rice and Steve Smith Sr. (twice).
- Became the fourth Rams player to reach 500+ receiving yards in six career playoff games, joining Cooper Kupp (625), Tom Fears (587) and Isaac Bruce (547).
- Passed Torry Holt for the third-most receiving yards in franchise postseason history (654).
- Passed Robert Woods for the sixth-most receptions in franchise postseason history (44).
- His three postseason games with 100 or more receiving yards are the second-most in franchise history.
- Passed Larry Fitzgerald for the second-most receiving yards in a single season (including playoffs) (2,047, 2025).
- Passed Demaryius Thomas (41) for the seventh-most receptions through a player's first six postseason games (44).
- Set a rookie record for most receiving yards in a playoff game as well as the most in franchise history in a Wild Card game.
- Became the fastest player to reach 300 career receptions (43 games), surpassing Michael Thomas and Odell Beckham Jr. (45 games each).
- Set a postseason career-high 10 receptions for 111 yards, one receiving touchdown and one rushing touchdown against the Carolina Panthers in the Wild Card Round in 2025. It marked his second career playoff game with eight or more receptions, joining Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods. Passed Kupp and Woods for the most receptions through a player's first four postseason games in franchise history. He also passed Kupp for the second-most receiving yards in Rams history through a player's first four postseason games.
- Joined Marshall Faulk as the ony Rams players to record a receiving touchdown and a rushing touchdown in a postseason game (Wild Card Round at Carolina, 2025). Became the second player in NFL history to have a playoff game with at least 10 catches, 100 receiving yards and a rushing touchdown, joining James White (Super Bowl LI).
- Passed Isaac Bruce (463) for the second-most receiving yards for a Rams player through their first five postseason games (489).
- Set a new career-high with 225 receiving yards in Week 16 of the 2025 season in Seattle.
- Registered 160 or more receiving yards in three consecutive games (Weeks 14-16), joining Isaac Bruce as the only other receiver in franchise history to accomplish the feat. He is also the third receiver to ever do it in three consecutive games (Roy Green, Arizona, 1984).
- Reached 4,000 career receiving yards in Week 16 vs. Seattle and tied Odell Beckham Jr. (42 games) and Justin Jefferson (42) as the fastest to reach the mark.
- Led the NFL in reception (129) during the 2025 season. Also finished second in receiving yards (1,715) and tied for sixth in receiving touchdowns (10).
- Set a single-season career high in receptions (129), receiving yards (1,715) and receiving touchdowns (10) in 2025.
- Passed Torry Holt (1,696) for the third-most receiving yards in a single sason in franchise history in 2025. He also passed Isaac Bruce (119) for the second-most receptions in a single season in franchise history.
- Nacua (35 games) joined Michael Thomas (37 games) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (35 games) as the only players in NFL history with at least five receptions in 35 games in their first three seasons.
- Recorded 80 first down receptions during the 2025 season, the mos tin the NFL. It was also the third-most by a Rams over the last 30 years behind Cooper Kupp in 2021 (89) and Torry Holt in 2003 (84).
- Registered five-or-more receptions in 10 consecutive games during the 2025 season. Nacua became the only Rams player to have two such streaks of 9 games or more in franchise history.
- Became the sixth player in NFL history to have 125+ receptions and 10+ receiving touchdowns and one or more rushing touchdowns in a single season.
- Passed Hall of Famer Randy Moss (4,163) for the second-most receiving yards by a player in their first three seasons in NFL history with 4,191, trailing only Justin Jefferson (4,825).
- Has recorded the third-most games with double-digit receptions in Rams history behind Cooper Kupp (13) and Torry Holt (11).
- Recorded the most receiving yards (573) in a three-game span by a Rams player since Torry Holt had 441 over three games in 2003 (573).
- Became the fifth player in NFL history with at least 100 receptions and 1,200 receiving yards in two of his first three seasons joining Anquan Boldin, Justin Jefferson, Brandon Marshall and Michael Thomas.
- Has seven games with at least 150 receiving yards and surpassed Lance Alworth (six games) and Randy Moss (six) for the second-most such games by a player in their first three seasons in NFL history, trialing only Justin Jefferson (eight).
- Became the second receiver in Rams franchise history to reach the 100-catch mark in multiple seasons (2023, 2025).
- Has 18 career 100-yard receiving games since 2023, tied for the most in the NFL over that span.
- Recorded back-to-back 160+ yard receiving games (Weeks 14-15, 2025) and became the first player to accomplish the feat since Tyreek Hill (Weeks 5-6, 2023).
- Surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the 2025 season in Week 13, marking the second time hitting the 1,000-yard receiving mark in his career.
- Passed Michael Thomas for the most receptions through a player's first 40 career games (277) in Week 14 of the 2026 season at Arizona.
- Recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career in Week 14 of the 2025 season at Arizona.
- Passed Torry Holt (117, 2003) for the third-most receptions in a single season in franchise history (119) in 2025.
- Passed Torry Holt (1,635, 2000) for the fourth-most receiving yards in a single season in franchise history (1,639) in 2025.
- Earned Second-Team All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl nod following his rookie campaign in '23. Was also named to the PFWA All-Rookie team.
- Recorded his 250th career reception in his 36th career game, the fastest to reach the mark in NFL history.
- In Week 14 of the 2025 season, passed Jim Benton (275) in career receptions and moved to 13th in franchise history.
- Tied Odell Beckham Jr., for the fewest games in NFL history (30) to reach 200 career receptions.
- Joined Eric Moulds and T.J. Houshmanzadeh as the only players in NFL history with at least eight catches in each of their team's first four games of a season (2025).
- Became the second-fastest receiver to reach 3,000 receiving yards, tying Justin Jefferson (33 games). Only Odell Backham Jr. hit the mark quicker (30 games).
- Passed Cooper Kupp for the most receptions through the first five games of a season in NFL history with 52.
- Passed Marshall Faulk (4,071), Tyler Higbee (3,858), Harold Jackson (3,591) and Bob Boyd (3,611) in career receiving yards and moved to 12th in franchise history.
- Ranks 15th in franchise history in receptions (257).
- Tied Justin Jefferson for the second-most games with at least 100 yards receiving yards through a player's first 19 career games, trailing only Odell Beckham Jr.
- Set a single-game career-high with 170 receiving yards in Week 4 of the 2025 season against the Colts. It was the most receiving yards by a Rams player since 2019.
- In Week 17 of the 2025 season, recorded his 20th scrimmage touchdown of his career. At 24 years and 214 days old, Nacua is the second-youngest Rams wide receiver all-time to reach 20 scrimmage touchdowns (Isaac Bruce on his 24th birthday in 1996).
- Surpassed Keenan Allen for the third-most games with at least seven or more receptions and 100+ receiving yards (six) through a player's first 19 career games trailing only Odell Beckham Jr. and Justin Jefferson.
- Became only the fourth player in NFL history to record at least 1,600+ receiving yards through a player's first 19 career games (Beckham Jr., Jefferson, and Ja'Marr Chase).
- Surpassed Anquan Boldin and Alvin Kamara for the fourth-most receptions by a player in their first 19 career games with 116 career receptions.
- Tied Damone Johnson (18) for the 17th-most receiving touchdowns in franchise history.
- Became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 1,500 receiving yards in Week 1 of the 2024 season.
- Was a four-time Pepsi Rookie of the Week winner his rookie season. Was named Offensive Rookie of the Month for December/January.
- Broke the NFL's single-game record for receptions by a rookie and set an overall league mark with 25 catches in the first two games of his career.
- Became the first rookie in NFL history with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards in each of his first two career games.
- Became the fourth player in NFL history with at least 10 catches and 100 receiving yards in each of his team's first two games of a season.
- From 2002-23, he ranks second in most receptions by a receiver in the first two games of a season.
- Had the most receptions by a rookie in Rams franchise history in his first two games (25).
- His 266 receiving yards were the second-most by any pass catcher through two career games in NFL history, trailing only Anquan Boldin's 279 in 2003.
- Eclipsed 100 receiving yards in three of his first four games, making him the second player in NFL history with 100+ receiving yards in three of his first four games.
- With 39 receptions, he surpassed Anquan Boldin and his 30 receptions in 2003 for the most receptions ever by a player in their first four NFL games. He also passed Reggie Bush, who had 24 catches in 2006, for the most receptions by a player in their first five NFL games.
- Recorded the most receiving yards in a rookie debut in Rams history. Became the second player drafted in the fifth round of later with 100+ receiving yards in his NFL debut.
- Became the first rookie in his NFL debut to have 100+ receiving yards league wide since Ja'Marr Chase in 2021 and the first rookis to have 10 catches in his debut league wide since 1948.
- Recorded a 45-yard rushing touchdown in Week 2 of the 2025 season. It marked the longest rushing touchdown for the Rams since Week 15 of the 2017 season. It was the third-longest rushing touchdown by a Rams wide receiver all-time.