chicago bears player most receiving tds in a rookie season

Mike Ditka and Harlon Hill are tied for the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie for the Bears in a season, with 12 touchdowns.

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	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	12	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Harlon Hill H. Hill	12	1954	CHB	12	45		1,124	25.0	93.7	0	0		0.0	0
3	Willie Gault W. Gault	8	1983	CHI	16	40		836	20.9	52.3	31	4	7.8	1.9	0
4	Anthony Miller A. Miller	7	2018	CHI	15	33	54	423	12.8	28.2	26	6	4.3	1.7	0
5	Colston Loveland C. Loveland	6	2025	CHI	16	58	82	713	12.3	44.6	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
6	Bobby Engram B. Engram	6	1996	CHI	16	33		389	11.8	24.3	0	0		0.0	0
7	James Scott J. Scott	6	1976	CHI	11	26		512	19.7	46.5	-4	2	-2.0	-0.4	0
8	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	6	1965	CHI	14	29		507	17.5	36.2	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
9	Johnny Knox J. Knox	5	2009	CHI	15	45	80	527	11.7	35.1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Darnell Mooney D. Mooney	4	2020	CHI	16	61	98	631	10.3	39.4	20	4	5.0	1.3	0
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	4	2008	CHI	16	63	76	477	7.6	29.8	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	8
12	David Terrell D. Terrell	4	2001	CHI	16	34	63	415	12.2	25.9	0	0		0.0	0
13	Dennis McKinnon D. McKinnon	4	1983	CHI	16	20		326	16.3	20.4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Jim Seymour J. Seymour	4	1970	CHI	7	6		145	24.2	20.7	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jim Jones J. Jones	4	1965	CHI	13	21		350	16.7	26.9	13	2	6.5	1.0	0
16	Angelo Coia A. Coia	4	1960	CHI	12	25		478	19.1	39.8	-4	3	-1.3	-0.3	0
17	Les McDonald L. McDonald	4	1937	CHB	8	11		179	16.3	22.4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Rome Odunze R. Odunze	3	2024	CHI	17	54	101	734	13.6	43.2	15	3	5.0	0.9	0
19	Adam Shaheen A. Shaheen	3	2017	CHI	13	12	14	127	10.6	9.8	0	0		0.0	0
20	Alshon Jeffery A. Jeffery	3	2012	CHI	10	24	48	367	15.3	36.7	0	0		0.0	0
21	Dane Sanzenbacher D. Sanzenbacher	3	2011	CHI	16	27	54	276	10.2	17.3	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
22	Marty Booker M. Booker	3	1999	CHI	9	19	33	219	11.5	24.3	8	1	8.0	0.9	0
23	Glen Kozlowski G. Kozlowski	3	1987	CHI	3	15		199	13.3	66.3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Rickey Watts R. Watts	3	1979	CHI	16	24		421	17.5	26.3	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
25	Greg Latta G. Latta	3	1975	CHI	14	16		202	12.6	14.4	0	0		0.0	0

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Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	4:25 PM
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Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
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