A year ago, the Eagles made the controversial decision to dump DeSean Jackson. He was just too much of a pain to deal with in the locker room, the theory goes. A guy who’s more interested in his own numbers than how he might potentially help the team win games.

But there’s no arguing that Jackson is one of the best at getting downfield and making big catches. And that continued last year, with 4 TDs over 60 yards for his new team.

Over the last three years, Jackson has been the best in the league at catching long touchdowns. In that span, his 17 touchdowns have come from an average of 42 yards. That’s 7 yards (on average) more than any other receiver in the league. (Well, among guys with at least 15 touchdowns.)

RECEIVERS, AVERAGE TD LENGTH
PlayerTDAvg
DeSean Jackson1742.0
T.Y. Hilton1934.8
Victor Cruz1530.1
Jordy Nelson2829.5
A.J. Green2828.9
Jeremy Maclin1728.1
Golden Tate1627.5
Julio Jones1827.1
Larry Fitzgerald1625.3
Brandon LaFell1624.6
Calvin Johnson2524.1
Antonio Brown2624.1
Demaryius Thomas3523.5
Dez Bryant4122.4
Mike Wallace2322.3
Anquan Boldin1621.9
Alshon Jeffery2021.5
Torrey Smith2318.6
Vincent Jackson1717.1
Randall Cobb2417.0
Roddy White1716.7
Eric Decker2915.9
Eddie Royal1615.8
Brandon Marshall3115.2
James Jones2314.7
Emmanuel Sanders1613.9
Marques Colston2013.8
Wes Welker189.8

—Ian Allan