most rec yds by a tight end before 2004

Before 2004, Shannon Sharpe had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 9,961 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
2Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
7,980
198
662
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
3Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
4Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,741
109
541
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
5Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
6,307
176
498
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
6Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
7Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,812
158
427
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
8Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
5,755
153
396
14.5
37.6
41
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
9Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
5,647
111
468
581
12.1
50.9
47
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
10Ben Coates
B. Coates
5,555
158
499
81
11.1
35.2
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
11Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
5,421
156
422
12.8
34.8
27
6
6
1.0
0.0
1
12Wesley Walls
W. Walls
5,291
196
450
299
11.8
27.0
54
0
0
0.0
0
13Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
5,283
129
441
12.0
41.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
14Russ Francis
R. Francis
5,262
167
393
13.4
31.5
40
12
2
6.0
0.1
0
15John Mackey
J. Mackey
5,236
139
331
15.8
37.7
38
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
16Dave Casper
D. Casper
5,216
147
378
13.8
35.5
52
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
17Brent Jones
B. Jones
5,195
143
417
12.5
36.3
33
0
0
0.0
0
18Charle Young
C. Young
5,106
187
418
12.2
27.3
27
80
16
5.0
0.4
1
19Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
5,100
180
462
11.0
28.3
37
0
0
0.0
0
20Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
5,084
188
350
14.5
27.0
41
-3
5
-0.6
0.0
0
21Frank Wycheck
F. Wycheck
5,071
146
498
395
10.2
34.7
27
5
4
1.3
0.0
1
22Raymond Chester
R. Chester
5,013
172
364
13.8
29.1
48
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
23Jerry Smith
J. Smith
4,870
155
376
13.0
31.4
54
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
24Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
4,817
128
336
14.3
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
25Rodney Holman
R. Holman
4,771
212
365
13.1
22.5
36
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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