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 CHI
56
1,076
19.2
76.9
0
0
0.0
0
2 Alex Higdon
A. Higdon
0.67
2
3
1988
ATL ATL
3
60
20.0
20.0
0
0
0.0
0
3 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
0.63
10
16
2010
NE NE
42
59
546
13.0
34.1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
0.59
10
17
2023
DET 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 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 PIT
34
387
11.4
29.8
0
0
0.0
0
7 Hunter Henry
H. Henry
0.53
8
15
2016
SD SD
36
53
478
13.3
31.9
0
0
0.0
0
8 Will Dissly
W. Dissly
0.5
2
4
2018
SEA SEA
8
14
156
19.5
39.0
0
0
0.0
0
9 D.J. Tialavea
D.J. Tialavea
0.5
1
2
2016
ATL ATL
1
1
1
1.0
0.5
0
0
0.0
0
10 Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
0.5
6
12
1987
STL 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 NO
3
10
3.3
5.0
0
0
0.0
0
12 Raymond Chester
R. Chester
0.5
7
14
1970
OAK OAK
42
556
13.2
39.7
0
0
0.0
0
13 John Mackey
J. Mackey
0.5
7
14
1963
BAL 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 MIN
12
320
26.7
35.6
0
0
0.0
0
15 Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
0.44
7
16
2021
PIT PIT
60
79
497
8.3
31.1
0
0
0.0
0
16 Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
0.44
7
16
2013
DET DET
18
30
207
11.5
12.9
0
0
0.0
0
17 Joe Senser
J. Senser
0.44
7
16
1980
MIN MIN
42
447
10.6
27.9
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
18 O.J. Howard
O.J. Howard
0.43
6
14
2017
TB TB
26
39
432
16.6
30.9
0
0
0.0
0
19 Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
0.43
6
14
2010
NE 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 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 DLT
29
469
16.2
33.5
0
0
0.0
0
22 Evan Engram
E. Engram
0.4
6
15
2017
NYG 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 OAK
21
25
174
8.3
13.4
0
0
0.0
0
24 Michael Hoomanawanui
M. Hoomanawanui
0.38
3
8
2010
STL STL
13
22
146
11.2
18.3
0
0
0.0
0
25 Heath Miller
H. Miller
0.38
6
16
2005
PIT PIT
39
52
459
11.8
28.7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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2
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.882
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3
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4
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5
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7
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7
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.588
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9
0
.471
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Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
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.882
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11
6
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.647

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10/12
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9/7
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1:00 PM