average tight end yards per year

Tight ends averaged 15.1 yards per reception in 1960.

Interpreted as:
average tight end receiving yards per year
POSITIONAVGSEASONGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1
Tight End
15.1
1960
95
186
2,817
29.7
17
36
17
2.1
0.4
0
2
Tight End
14.8
1961
435
819
12,109
27.8
78
88
53
1.7
0.2
1
3
Tight End
15.0
1962
515
863
12,938
25.1
95
11
11
1.0
0.0
0
4
Tight End
15.2
1963
464
725
11,055
23.8
84
-1
8
-0.1
0.0
0
5
Tight End
15.4
1964
568
916
14,139
24.9
88
204
58
3.5
0.4
2
6
Tight End
14.9
1965
567
774
11,552
20.4
84
109
27
4.0
0.2
0
7
Tight End
14.7
1966
583
926
13,580
23.3
99
-7
3
-2.3
0.0
0
8
Tight End
14.4
1967
690
907
13,052
18.9
110
269
25
10.8
0.4
1
9
Tight End
14.5
1968
677
883
12,763
18.9
95
450
48
9.4
0.7
4
10
Tight End
13.8
1969
694
891
12,291
17.7
83
177
33
5.4
0.3
0
11
Tight End
13.9
1970
740
935
12,958
17.5
100
434
59
7.4
0.6
2
12
Tight End
14.5
1971
705
836
12,160
17.2
79
282
44
6.4
0.4
0
13
Tight End
14.8
1972
748
829
12,258
16.4
97
175
47
3.7
0.2
2
14
Tight End
14.0
1973
713
814
11,393
16.0
81
194
38
5.1
0.3
1
15
Tight End
13.6
1974
827
841
11,419
13.8
77
132
26
5.1
0.2
1
16
Tight End
14.0
1975
743
886
12,382
16.7
77
50
18
2.8
0.1
0
17
Tight End
13.3
1976
807
954
12,699
15.7
101
236
36
6.6
0.3
3
18
Tight End
13.4
1977
852
856
11,437
13.4
93
29
17
1.7
0.0
0
19
Tight End
13.4
1978
996
1,147
15,320
15.4
116
264
40
6.6
0.3
3
20
Tight End
12.9
1979
975
1,228
15,815
16.2
119
23
17
1.4
0.0
0
21
Tight End
12.9
1980
1,004
1,330
17,118
17.0
144
60
20
3.0
0.1
0
22
Tight End
12.9
1981
1,050
1,353
17,388
16.6
139
92
15
6.1
0.1
0
23
Tight End
11.7
1982
672
930
10,862
16.2
83
17
15
1.1
0.0
2
24
Tight End
11.9
1983
1,255
1,642
19,523
15.6
159
61
23
2.7
0.0
1
25
Tight End
11.8
1984
1,338
1,809
21,415
16.0
153
50
19
2.6
0.0
3
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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8
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14
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11
6
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11
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14
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11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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9
8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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12
5
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12
5
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3
14
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