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Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is setting NFL records through the first five games of the season with 52 catches for 588 receiving yards. (Photo by Brooke Sutton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Puka Nacua is off to a record-breaking start to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Rams wide receiver has 52 catches to go along with 588 receiving yards and two touchdowns through the first five games of the NFL season. Not only does Nacua led the league in both receptions and receiving yards, he\u2019s the fastest player to 50-plus catches and is on pace to break the single-season record for receiving yardage.<\/p>\n
The single-season record for receiving yardage is held by Detroit Lions great Calvin Johnson at 1,964 receiving yards.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes back to the I think the process — you work so hard in the off season for the opportunities that you prepare \u2013 and then when things start playing, when you\u2019re playing football, and there\u2019s 11 guys out there on offense and on defense, there\u2019s a way of moving and understanding what\u2019s going on out there,” says Nacua in a one-on-one interview. “I\u2019m blessed to have this guy, No. 9 (Matthew Stafford), who can throw the ball anywhere on the football field.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nacua was amazing during his rookie season in 2023, setting rookie records with 105 receptions and 1,486 receiving yards. Those robust numbers resulted in a Pro Bowl bid and a Second-Team All-Pro selection.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old receiver\u2019s numbers dipped last year in his sophomore campaign. Some of that had to do with injuries as he was limited to just 11 games. But it\u2019s also worth noting his yards per reception dipped from 14.2 to 12.5.<\/p>\n
That hasn\u2019t been the case this season. With the addition of six-time Pro Bowler Davante Adams, Nacua\u2019s numbers have exploded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a physical game with the game of football,\u201d says Nacua. \u201cWhen you\u2019re catching a lot of balls, you\u2019re getting hit by a lot of people too. The recovery has been something that\u2019s key for me, and I\u2019ve been ready to roll. I\u2019ve got 22 weeks in me, so all the way to February, I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Puka Nacua On If He Expected To Produde Record-Breaking Numbers: \u2018Definitely Not\u2019<\/p>\n
Adams also remains productive with 22 catches for 357 receiving yards and a team-leading three touchdowns. Nacua details the impact that the 32-year-old receiver has had on opening up the game for him on the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely not,\u201d says Nacua when asked if he expected to produce these numbers. \u201cI know there\u2019s times during training camp I\u2019m like, \u2018Man, I\u2019m so glad to have No. 17 on the other side (Adams). Or days where you know you\u2019re not feeling your best, you need that extra kick, and you\u2019re like, \u2019Wow, No. 17 is pretty damn good at football.\u2019 So the opportunity to be next to him and line up next to him has been so fun. I definitely didn\u2019t see it happening like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite his record-breaking start, Nacua isn\u2019t thinking of his end-of-season numbers. He says he doesn\u2019t have a concrete objective when it comes to his numbers for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been the mentality to take it one day at a time, (it\u2019s) a saying that we have in our facilities,\u201d says Nacua. \u201cYou\u2019re one day away from your humbling moment. There are things that I can feel like I\u2019m on the right page and moving in the right way, but then also knowing that I have to continue to earn the right to be confident, successful, and that requires the work every single day. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo real numbers (I\u2019m aiming for),\u201d Nacua continues. “I want to be playing 17 games, whatever it is, and it\u2019s always nice when you\u2019re at the end of the season, you don\u2019t have to play. That means that you\u2019re in a good spot. You\u2019re getting ready for a playoff run.\u201d<\/p>\n
Puka Nacua Says Invisalign Aligners Have Done \u2018Wonders\u2019 For Confidence<\/p>\n
While producing his record-breaking season, Nacua is partnering with Invisalign. The third-year receiver is in his first season partnered with Invisalign and literally just began wearing the aligners several weeks ago at the start of the season.<\/p>\n
He says the aligners have done wonders for his \u201cconfidence\u201d on and off the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cPartnering up with Invisalign was something that I feel like it should be a thing for all athletes,\u201d says Nacua. \u201cYou care about your body, you want to be able to feel confident, to make sure that you\u2019re taking care of yourself. Wearing my Invisalign liners, it\u2019s part of my kind of daily routine now. Because I get to carry my package with me everywhere. But also just the confidence I feel it has helped me with, when you go out there on a football field, you need confidence to go out there and to perform well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rams star says he loves showing off his smile with the aligners and that it\u2019s now a part of his \u201croutine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many different challenges that you\u2019re presented with every single game day and every single practice we go out there,\u201d says Nacua. \u201cIt keeps me on my routine of taking care of my body, but then also it makes me feel very confident when I go out there because I love to smile. People recognize them, they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, you got your aligners. I\u2019m like, \u2019Yeah, you see my smile.\u2019 Now I\u2019m going to continue smiling.\u2019 It\u2019s going to get better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nacua teases that he may be planning an end zone celebration where he shows off his aligners the way Stephen Curry or Patrick Mahomes celebrates following a big play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s definitely will be some shots this season in the end zone of me chewing on it,\u201d says Nacua. \u201cI think it\u2019s Steph Curry or Patrick Mahomes who\u2019s chewing on it, and it\u2019s become a thing for me too. It\u2019s going to happen at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua is setting NFL records through the first five games of the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":287954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,12943,2961,224,9006,5337,56082,1232,89635],"class_list":{"0":"post-287953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-davante-adams","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-matthew-stafford","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-puka-nacua"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115341573748892976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}