John Mackey has averaged the most yards per catch by a rookie tight end, with 20.7 per catch in 1963.
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most receiving yards with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game by a rookie tight end per game average| NAME | AVG | GP | SEASON | TM | REC | TRG | REC YDS | REC YDS/G | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Mackey | 20.7 | 14 | 1963 |  BAL | 35 | 726 | 51.9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | M. Ditka | 19.2 | 14 | 1961 |  CHI | 56 | 1,076 | 76.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | R. Francis | 18.2 | 14 | 1975 |  NE | 35 | 636 | 45.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | F. Edmunds | 17.4 | 16 | 1988 |  MIA | 33 | 575 | 35.9 | 3 | -8 | 1 | -8.0 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | | B. Trumpy | 17.3 | 14 | 1968 |  CIN | 37 | 639 | 45.6 | 3 | -1 | 1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | M. Andrews | 16.2 | 16 | 2018 |  BAL | 34 | 50 | 552 | 34.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | F. Arbanas | 16.2 | 14 | 1962 |  DLT | 29 | 469 | 33.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | J. Smith | 15.9 | 14 | 1963 |  STL | 28 | 445 | 31.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | C. Young | 15.5 | 14 | 1973 |  PHI | 55 | 854 | 61.0 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| 10 | | O. Newsome | 15.5 | 16 | 1978 |  CLE | 38 | 589 | 36.8 | 2 | 96 | 13 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 2 | |
| 11 | | K. Dilger | 15.1 | 16 | 1995 |  IND | 42 | 635 | 39.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | K. Pitts | 15.1 | 17 | 2021 |  ATL | 68 | 110 | 1,026 | 60.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | P. Seal | 14.6 | 14 | 1974 |  NO | 32 | 466 | 33.3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| 14 | | B. Tucker | 14.3 | 14 | 1970 |  NYG | 40 | 571 | 40.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | P. Richter | 14.2 | 14 | 1963 |  WAS | 27 | 383 | 27.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | C. Okonkwo | 14.1 | 17 | 2022 |  TEN | 32 | 46 | 450 | 26.5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 17 |  | N. Fant | 14.1 | 16 | 2019 |  DEN | 40 | 66 | 562 | 35.1 | 3 | -12 | 3 | -4.0 | -0.8 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Bavaro | 13.8 | 16 | 1985 | NYG | 37 | 511 | 31.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | P. Lammons | 13.8 | 14 | 1966 |  NYJ | 41 | 565 | 40.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | E. Warlick | 13.8 | 14 | 1962 |  BUF | 35 | 482 | 34.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | B. Joe DuPree | 13.5 | 14 | 1973 |  DAL | 29 | 392 | 28.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| 22 | | C. Sanders | 13.3 | 14 | 1968 |  DET | 40 | 533 | 38.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| 23 |  | H. Henry | 13.3 | 15 | 2016 |  SD | 36 | 53 | 478 | 31.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | R. Chester | 13.2 | 14 | 1970 |  OAK | 42 | 556 | 39.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | Z. Ertz | 13.0 | 16 | 2013 | PHI | 36 | 56 | 469 | 29.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.
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