most receiving touchdowns in a season college tight end

Dennis Smith has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 18 touchdowns in 1989.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Dennis Smith
D. Smith
18
1989
UTAH UTAH
12
73
1,091
14.9
90.9
29
3
9.7
2.4
0
2Michael Roberts
M. Roberts
16
2016
TOL TOL
13
45
67
533
11.8
41.0
3Gator Hoskins
G. Hoskins
15
2013
MRSH MRSH
14
50
15
821
16.4
58.6
0
0
0.0
0
4Clay Brown
C. Brown
15
1980
BYU BYU
12
48
1,009
21.0
84.1
5Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
14
2008
OKLA OKLA
14
66
950
14.4
67.9
5
1
5.0
0.4
0
6Allama Matthews
A. Matthews
14
1982
VAN VAN
11
61
797
13.1
72.5
5
2
2.5
0.5
0
7Tim Delaney
T. Delaney
14
1969
SDSU SDSU
10
85
1,259
14.8
125.9
8Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
13
2021
UGA UGA
15
56
80
882
15.8
58.8
56
4
14.0
3.7
1
9James Casey
J. Casey
13
2008
RICE RICE
13
111
1,329
12.0
102.2
241
57
4.2
18.5
6
10Isaiah Likely
I. Likely
12
2021
CCAR CCAR
13
59
78
912
15.5
70.2
10
3
3.3
0.8
0
11Kyle Pitts
K. Pitts
12
2020
FLA FLA
8
43
67
770
17.9
96.3
0
0
0.0
0
12Isaac Rex
I. Rex
12
2020
BYU BYU
12
37
46
429
11.6
35.8
13Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
12
2012
UCLA UCLA
14
46
637
13.8
45.5
14Dennis Morris
D. Morris
12
2009
LT LT
12
38
623
16.4
51.9
15Jonny Harline
J. Harline
12
2006
BYU BYU
13
58
935
16.1
71.9
16Ibn Green
I. Green
12
1998
LOU LOU
10
55
884
16.1
88.4
17Mike Moore
M. Moore
12
1977
GRAM GRAM
11
60
1,112
18.5
101.1
18Jim O'Brien
J. O'Brien
12
1968
CIN CIN
10
44
1,107
25.2
110.7
19Noah Fant
N. Fant
11
2017
IOWA IOWA
13
30
61
494
16.5
38.0
-1
2
-0.5
-0.1
0
20Albert Okwuegbunam
A. Okwuegbunam
11
2017
MIZ MIZ
12
29
43
415
14.3
34.6
21Mark Hafner
M. Hafner
11
2008
HOU HOU
13
86
907
10.5
69.8
22Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
11
2007
OKLA OKLA
13
37
518
14.0
39.8
23Darius Hill
D. Hill
11
2007
BALL BALL
13
65
926
14.2
71.2
24Ashley Bell
A. Bell
11
1969
PUR PUR
10
49
669
13.7
66.9
25Phil Odle
P. Odle
11
1965
BYU BYU
10
46
657
14.3
65.7
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