most catches per game by tight end in the 2016 nfl season

Zach Ertz had the most receptions per game played by a tight end in 2016, with 5.57.

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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	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	5.57	78	14	2016	PHI	106	816	10.5	58.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jordan Reed J. Reed	5.5	66	12	2016	WAS	89	686	10.4	57.2	6	0	0		0.0	0
3	Dennis Pitta D. Pitta	5.38	86	16	2016	BAL	121	729	8.5	45.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
4	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	5.31	85	16	2016	KC	117	1,125	13.2	70.3	4	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
5	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	5.19	83	16	2016	MIN	132	840	10.1	52.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
6	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	5	80	16	2016	CAR	129	1,073	13.4	67.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Zach Miller Z. Miller	4.7	47	10	2016	CHI	64	486	10.3	48.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Eric Ebron E. Ebron	4.69	61	13	2016	DET	85	711	11.7	54.7	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	1
9	Delanie Walker D. Walker	4.33	65	15	2016	TEN	102	800	12.3	53.3	7	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
10	Jason Witten J. Witten	4.31	69	16	2016	DAL	95	673	9.8	42.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	4.06	65	16	2016	SEA	95	923	14.2	57.7	6	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
12	Charles Clay C. Clay	3.8	57	15	2016	BUF	87	552	9.7	36.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
13	Cameron Brate C. Brate	3.8	57	15	2016	TB	81	660	11.6	44.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
14	Antonio Gates A. Gates	3.79	53	14	2016	SD	93	548	10.3	39.1	7	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jack Doyle J. Doyle	3.69	59	16	2016	IND	75	584	9.9	36.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Tyler Eifert T. Eifert	3.63	29	8	2016	CIN	47	394	13.6	49.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
17	C.J. Fiedorowicz	3.6	54	15	2016	HOU	89	559	10.4	37.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Gary Barnidge G. Barnidge	3.44	55	16	2016	CLE	82	612	11.1	38.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Martellus Bennett M. Bennett	3.44	55	16	2016	NE	73	701	12.7	43.8	7	10	2	5.0	0.6	0
20	Julius Thomas J. Thomas	3.33	30	9	2016	JAX	51	281	9.4	31.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Coby Fleener C. Fleener	3.13	50	16	2016	NO	81	631	12.6	39.4	3	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
22	Ryan Griffin R. Griffin	3.13	50	16	2016	HOU	74	442	8.8	27.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	3.13	25	8	2016	NE	38	540	21.6	67.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Lance Kendricks L. Kendricks	3.13	50	16	2016	LA	87	499	10.0	31.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jared Cook J. Cook	3	30	10	2016	GB	51	377	12.6	37.7	1	0	0		0.0	0

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