Copeland finished the 2010 IFL season as one of the elite 8 wide receivers in the league for reception and yards.

The performance is part of Super Bowl lore and went miles to establish Swann as an elite receiver.

To be sure, the catalog of the league's elite receivers is more than a kiddie corps.

Rice had established himself as an elite receiver, he caught 65 passes for 1,078 yards and a then NFL-record 22 touchdowns in just 12 games.

It is not the usual territory for someone the Giants consider one of the N.F.L.'s elite receivers.

The elite receivers do not just have wings on their sneakers anymore.

He has been widely regarded as an elite receiver in the NFL.

At the time, he was one of the elite receivers in the league, and people viewed his loss as being insurmountable for our organization.

After the 1962 Grey Cup win, he was already acknowledged as an elite receiver in the league, a Western all-star 3 times.

Now the Cowboys must deal with Terrell Owens, another elite receiver.