most receiving touchdowns s by a rookie tight end in a season

Mike Ditka has the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie tight end, with 12 touchdowns in 1961.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	12	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	10	2023	DET	17	86	120	889	10.3	52.3	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
3	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	10	2010	NE	16	42	59	546	13.0	34.1	0	0		0.0	0
4	Junior Miller J. Miller	9	1980	ATL	16	46		584	12.7	36.5	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
5	Hunter Henry H. Henry	8	2016	SD	15	36	53	478	13.3	31.9	0	0		0.0	0
6	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	7	2021	PIT	16	60	79	497	8.3	31.1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Joseph Fauria J. Fauria	7	2013	DET	16	18	30	207	11.5	12.9	0	0		0.0	0
8	Eric Green E. Green	7	1990	PIT	13	34		387	11.4	29.8	0	0		0.0	0
9	Joe Senser J. Senser	7	1980	MIN	16	42		447	10.6	27.9	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
10	Raymond Chester R. Chester	7	1970	OAK	14	42		556	13.2	39.7	0	0		0.0	0
11	John Mackey J. Mackey	7	1963	BAL	14	35		726	20.7	51.9	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
12	Evan Engram E. Engram	6	2017	NYG	15	64	115	722	11.3	48.1	14	1	14.0	0.9	0
13	O.J. Howard	6	2017	TB	14	26	39	432	16.6	30.9	0	0		0.0	0
14	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	6	2010	NE	14	45	64	563	12.5	40.2	47	3	15.7	3.4	0
15	Heath Miller H. Miller	6	2005	PIT	16	39	52	459	11.8	28.7	0	0		0.0	0
16	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	6	2004	WAS	16	37	63	314	8.5	19.6	0	0		0.0	0
17	Cameron Cleeland C. Cleeland	6	1998	NO	16	54		684	12.7	42.8	0	0		0.0	0
18	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	6	1988	PHI	16	81		869	10.7	54.3	0	0		0.0	0
19	Rob Awalt R. Awalt	6	1987	STL	12	42		526	12.5	43.8	-9	2	-4.5	-0.8	0
20	Charle Young C. Young	6	1973	PHI	14	55		854	15.5	61.0	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
21	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	6	1962	DLT	14	29		469	16.2	33.5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	5	2024	LV	17	112	153	1,194	10.7	70.2	13	5	2.6	0.8	0
23	Foster Moreau F. Moreau	5	2019	OAK	13	21	25	174	8.3	13.4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Timothy Wright T. Wright	5	2013	TB	16	54	75	571	10.6	35.7	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
25	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	5	2010	NO	15	31	44	356	11.5	23.7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0

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