most career receiving yards by a tight end before age 29

Rob Gronkowski has the most career receiving yards by a tight end younger than 29, with 7,179 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,179
102
474
723
15.1
70.4
76
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jason Witten
J. Witten
6,967
127
617
870
11.3
54.9
36
0
0
0.0
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
6,905
127
570
729
12.1
54.4
54
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
4Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,819
90
453
12.8
64.7
38
0
0
0.0
0
5Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
5,570
105
440
12.7
53.0
34
135
18
7.5
1.3
2
6Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
5,354
100
483
704
11.1
53.5
31
0
0
0.0
0
7Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
5,282
88
430
661
12.3
60.0
53
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
8Antonio Gates
A. Gates
5,066
93
400
625
12.7
54.5
51
0
0
0.0
0
9Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
4,871
88
383
565
12.7
55.4
40
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
10Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
4,838
96
349
13.9
50.4
37
0
0
0.0
0
11Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
4,836
92
437
707
11.1
52.6
23
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
12Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4,785
91
386
12.4
52.6
30
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
13Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
4,711
95
421
695
11.2
49.6
27
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
14Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
4,638
103
420
653
11.0
45.0
33
0
0
0.0
0
15John Mackey
J. Mackey
4,564
99
283
16.1
46.1
35
109
16
6.8
1.1
0
16Jackie Smith
J. Smith
4,554
84
266
17.1
54.2
22
257
22
11.7
3.1
3
17George Kittle
G. Kittle
4,541
69
341
472
13.3
65.8
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
18T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
4,440
97
433
628
10.3
45.8
26
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
19Ben Coates
B. Coates
4,433
112
391
11.3
39.6
42
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
20Vernon Davis
V. Davis
4,351
104
345
554
12.6
41.8
40
11
5
2.2
0.1
0
21Todd Heap
T. Heap
4,300
104
374
629
11.5
41.3
30
59
7
8.4
0.6
0
22Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
4,207
68
330
467
12.7
61.9
25
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
23Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
4,180
110
381
630
11.0
38.0
36
0
0
0.0
0
24Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
4,074
112
309
13.2
36.4
20
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
25Brent Celek
B. Celek
3,975
111
312
487
12.7
35.8
26
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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