highest rec avg in a game by a tight end with at least 5 rec

Ed Dickson has averaged the most yards per catch by a tight end in a game with 5+ receptions, with 35.0 per catch versus the Lions on October 8, 2017.

Interpreted as:
highest rec avg in a regular-season game by a tight end with at least 5 rec
NAMEAVGRECDATETMOPPTRGREC YDSREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Ed Dickson
E. Dickson
35.0
5
10/8/2017
@
5
175
0
0
0
0
2Rich Caster
R. Caster
34.0
6
9/24/1972
@
204
3
0
0
0
3Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
31.8
5
11/9/1969
@
159
3
0
0
0
4Al Denson
A. Denson
31.6
5
10/2/1966
vs
158
1
0
0
0
5Brent Celek
B. Celek
31.2
5
12/18/2011
vs
6
156
1
0
0
0
6Delanie Walker
D. Walker
31.0
5
11/23/2014
@
9
155
0
0
0
0
7George Kittle
G. Kittle
30.0
7
12/9/2018
vs
9
210
1
0
0
0
8Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
29.8
6
11/2/1986
@
179
1
0
0
0
9Jackie Smith
J. Smith
29.8
5
10/11/1970
vs
149
1
0
0
0
10Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
29.1
7
11/14/1965
vs
204
0
0
0
0
11John Mackey
J. Mackey
28.8
5
12/8/1963
vs
144
2
0
0
0
12Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
28.7
6
10/20/1968
vs
172
2
0
0
0
13Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
28.0
5
9/23/1962
vs
140
0
0
0
0
14Jesse James
J. James
27.6
5
9/16/2018
vs
5
138
1
0
0
0
15Paul Costa
P. Costa
27.2
6
12/24/1967
@
163
1
0
0
0
16Ben Coates
B. Coates
27.0
5
11/3/1996
vs
135
2
0
0
0
17Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
26.7
6
12/11/2011
@
10
160
2
0
0
0
18John Mackey
J. Mackey
26.4
5
10/30/1966
@
132
2
0
0
0
19Dallas Clark
D. Clark
26.1
7
9/21/2009
@
8
183
1
0
0
0
20Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
26.0
5
9/23/1961
@
130
1
0
0
0
21Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
25.8
6
12/9/1962
vs
155
1
0
0
0
22Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
25.8
5
10/16/2005
@
9
129
1
0
0
0
23Jackie Smith
J. Smith
25.8
5
9/23/1973
vs
129
0
0
0
0
24Jackie Harris
J. Harris
25.6
5
10/10/1993
vs
128
1
0
0
0
25Russ Francis
R. Francis
25.2
5
9/24/1978
@
126
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1960 season.

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3,011

Young

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RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

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REC

1,014

McMillan

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18.3

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OPP PPG

22.4

15th

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116.3

19th

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194.4

27th

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TEAMWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Panthers Panthers
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

8 - 9

14

Final

16

Sat 3 Jan 2026

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
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10/4
@
38-35
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10/4
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10/4
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1/10
@
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1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM