most receiving tds per game by a rookie tight end

Mike Ditka has the most receiving touchdowns per game played by a rookie tight end, with 0.86 in 1961.

	NAME	TD/GP	REC TD	GP	SEASON	TM	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	0.86	12	14	1961	CHI	56		1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Alex Higdon A. Higdon	0.67	2	3	1988	ATL	3		60	20.0	20.0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	0.63	10	16	2010	NE	42	59	546	13.0	34.1	0	0		0.0	0
4	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	0.59	10	17	2023	DET	86	120	889	10.3	52.3	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
5	Junior Miller J. Miller	0.56	9	16	1980	ATL	46		584	12.7	36.5	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
6	Eric Green E. Green	0.54	7	13	1990	PIT	34		387	11.4	29.8	0	0		0.0	0
7	Hunter Henry H. Henry	0.53	8	15	2016	SD	36	53	478	13.3	31.9	0	0		0.0	0
8	Will Dissly W. Dissly	0.5	2	4	2018	SEA	8	14	156	19.5	39.0	0	0		0.0	0
9	D.J. Tialavea	0.5	1	2	2016	ATL	1	1	1	1.0	0.5	0	0		0.0	0
10	Rob Awalt R. Awalt	0.5	6	12	1987	STL	42		526	12.5	43.8	-9	2	-4.5	-0.8	0
11	Ken O'Neal K. O'Neal	0.5	1	2	1987	NO	3		10	3.3	5.0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Raymond Chester R. Chester	0.5	7	14	1970	OAK	42		556	13.2	39.7	0	0		0.0	0
13	John Mackey J. Mackey	0.5	7	14	1963	BAL	35		726	20.7	51.9	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
14	Gordon Smith G. Smith	0.44	4	9	1961	MIN	12		320	26.7	35.6	0	0		0.0	0
15	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	0.44	7	16	2021	PIT	60	79	497	8.3	31.1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Joseph Fauria J. Fauria	0.44	7	16	2013	DET	18	30	207	11.5	12.9	0	0		0.0	0
17	Joe Senser J. Senser	0.44	7	16	1980	MIN	42		447	10.6	27.9	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
18	O.J. Howard	0.43	6	14	2017	TB	26	39	432	16.6	30.9	0	0		0.0	0
19	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	0.43	6	14	2010	NE	45	64	563	12.5	40.2	47	3	15.7	3.4	0
20	Charle Young C. Young	0.43	6	14	1973	PHI	55		854	15.5	61.0	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
21	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	0.43	6	14	1962	DLT	29		469	16.2	33.5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Evan Engram E. Engram	0.4	6	15	2017	NYG	64	115	722	11.3	48.1	14	1	14.0	0.9	0
23	Foster Moreau F. Moreau	0.38	5	13	2019	OAK	21	25	174	8.3	13.4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Michael Hoomanawanui M. Hoomanawanui	0.38	3	8	2010	STL	13	22	146	11.2	18.3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Heath Miller H. Miller	0.38	6	16	2005	PIT	39	52	459	11.8	28.7	0	0		0.0	0

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