most average by a rookie tight end in a season

John Mackey has the most yards per catch by a rookie tight end, with 20.7 per reception in 1963.

Interpreted as:

most receiving average with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a rookie tight end in a season

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.7	1963	BAL	14	35		726	51.9	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
2	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	19.2	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
3	Russ Francis R. Francis	18.2	1975	NE	14	35		636	45.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Ferrell Edmunds F. Edmunds	17.4	1988	MIA	16	33		575	35.9	3	-8	1	-8.0	-0.5	0
5	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	17.3	1968	CIN	14	37		639	45.6	3	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
6	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	16.2	2018	BAL	16	34	50	552	34.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	16.2	1962	DLT	14	29		469	33.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jackie Smith J. Smith	15.9	1963	STL	14	28		445	31.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
9	Charle Young C. Young	15.5	1973	PHI	14	55		854	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
10	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	15.5	1978	CLE	16	38		589	36.8	2	96	13	7.4	6.0	2
11	Ken Dilger K. Dilger	15.1	1995	IND	16	42		635	39.7	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	15.1	2021	ATL	17	68	110	1,026	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Paul Seal P. Seal	14.6	1974	NO	14	32		466	33.3	3	7	2	3.5	0.5	1
14	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	14.3	1970	NYG	14	40		571	40.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
15	Pat Richter P. Richter	14.2	1963	WAS	14	27		383	27.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Chig Okonkwo C. Okonkwo	14.1	2022	TEN	17	32	46	450	26.5	3	2	3	0.7	0.1	0
17	Noah Fant N. Fant	14.1	2019	DEN	16	40	66	562	35.1	3	-12	3	-4.0	-0.8	0
18	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	13.8	1985	NYG	16	37		511	31.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
19	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	13.8	1966	NYJ	14	41		565	40.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Ernie Warlick E. Warlick	13.8	1962	BUF	14	35		482	34.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Oronde Gadsden O. Gadsden	13.6	2025	LAC	15	49	69	664	44.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Billy Joe DuPree B. Joe DuPree	13.5	1973	DAL	14	29		392	28.0	5	2	2	1.0	0.1	0
23	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	13.3	1968	DET	14	40		533	38.1	1	3	2	1.5	0.2	0
24	Hunter Henry H. Henry	13.3	2016	SD	15	36	53	478	31.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Raymond Chester R. Chester	13.2	1970	OAK	14	42		556	39.7	7	0	0		0.0	0

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