most catches per game by tight end in the 2012 nfl season

Jason Witten had the most receptions per game played by a tight end in 2012, with 6.88.

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	NAME	REC/GP	REC	GP	SEASON	TM	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jason Witten J. Witten	6.88	110	16	2012	DAL	149	1,039	9.4	64.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
2	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	5.81	93	16	2012	ATL	124	930	10.0	58.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
3	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	5.67	85	15	2012	NO	135	982	11.6	65.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
4	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	5.1	51	10	2012	NE	83	483	9.5	48.3	5	5	1	5.0	0.5	0
5	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	5	55	11	2012	NE	80	790	14.4	71.8	11	0	0		0.0	0
6	Brandon Myers B. Myers	4.94	79	16	2012	OAK	105	806	10.2	50.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
7	Heath Miller H. Miller	4.73	71	15	2012	PIT	101	816	11.5	54.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
8	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	4.31	69	16	2012	CAR	104	843	12.2	52.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
9	Brandon Pettigrew B. Pettigrew	4.21	59	14	2012	DET	102	567	9.6	40.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	4.13	62	15	2012	HOU	104	716	11.5	47.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jermaine Gresham J. Gresham	4	64	16	2012	CIN	94	737	11.5	46.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
12	Todd Heap T. Heap	4	8	2	2012	ARI	13	94	11.8	47.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Jermichael Finley J. Finley	3.81	61	16	2012	GB	87	667	10.9	41.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
14	Dennis Pitta D. Pitta	3.81	61	16	2012	BAL	94	669	11.0	41.8	7	0	0		0.0	0
15	Brent Celek B. Celek	3.8	57	15	2012	PHI	88	684	12.0	45.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Dustin Keller D. Keller	3.5	28	8	2012	NYJ	36	317	11.3	39.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Martellus Bennett M. Bennett	3.44	55	16	2012	NYG	90	626	11.4	39.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Fred Davis F. Davis	3.43	24	7	2012	WAS	32	325	13.5	46.4	0	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
19	Jared Cook J. Cook	3.38	44	13	2012	TEN	72	523	11.9	40.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
20	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	3.31	53	16	2012	MIN	94	493	9.3	30.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
21	Antonio Gates A. Gates	3.27	49	15	2012	SD	80	538	11.0	35.9	7	0	0		0.0	0
22	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	3.25	52	16	2012	JAX	77	540	10.4	33.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jacob Tamme J. Tamme	3.25	52	16	2012	DEN	84	555	10.7	34.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
24	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	3.06	49	16	2012	CLE	81	501	10.2	31.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Rob Housler R. Housler	3	45	15	2012	ARI	68	417	9.3	27.8	0	0	0		0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	2	1	.667
Eagles	2	1	.667
Commanders	1	2	.333
Cowboys	1	2	.333

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM

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Commanders	1	2	0	.333
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Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

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Patriots	1	2	0	.333
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Steelers	2	1	0	.667
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Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
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Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
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Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
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Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
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Thu 10/1	PIT	@	CLE	8:15 PM
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
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Jason Witten had the most receptions per game played by a tight end in 2012, with 6.88.

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