most receiving yards by a tight end from 1960 to 1966

From 1960 through 1966, Mike Ditka had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 4,503 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	4,503	84	316	14.3	53.6	34	0	0		0.0	0
2	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	4,177	62	244	17.1	67.4	31	0	0		0.0	0
3	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	2,962	88	199	14.9	33.7	18	36	28	1.3	0.4	0
4	Ron Kramer R. Kramer	2,840	82	193	14.7	34.6	16	9	6	1.5	0.1	0
5	John Mackey J. Mackey	2,775	56	147	18.9	49.6	25	3	4	0.8	0.1	0
6	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	2,655	82	178	14.9	32.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jackie Smith J. Smith	2,560	56	161	15.9	45.7	11	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
8	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	2,407	55	135	17.8	43.8	18	0	0		0.0	0
9	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	2,323	70	150	15.5	33.2	18	0	0		0.0	0
10	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	2,251	70	143	15.7	32.2	28	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jim Gibbons J. Gibbons	2,014	76	168	12.0	26.5	15	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,967	28	138	14.3	70.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
13	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	1,926	84	126	15.3	22.9	19	0	0		0.0	0
14	Tony Romeo T. Romeo	1,809	84	116	15.6	21.5	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	1,655	28	106	15.6	59.1	9	104	18	5.8	3.7	0
16	Ernie Warlick E. Warlick	1,551	56	90	17.2	27.7	4	0	0		0.0	0
17	Gene Prebola G. Prebola	1,474	42	104	14.2	35.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Marlin McKeever M. McKeever	1,401	37	108	13.0	37.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
19	Joe Walton J. Walton	1,321	37	95	13.9	35.7	17	0	0		0.0	0
20	Gordon Smith G. Smith	1,277	54	57	22.4	23.6	13	2	1	2.0	0.0	0
21	Johnny Brewer J. Brewer	1,256	56	89	14.1	22.4	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Taz Anderson T. Anderson	1,236	54	79	15.6	22.9	8	39	15	2.6	0.7	1
23	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	14	100	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Dee Mackey D. Mackey	1,127	52	78	14.4	21.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Lee Folkins L. Folkins	1,001	35	75	13.3	28.6	10	0	0		0.0	0

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Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM
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401.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

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154.3

151.5

149.5

148.8

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Pass Yards Rankings

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285.7

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Sack Leaders

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Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Packers	4	2	0	.667
Lions	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	2	0	.600
Falcons	2	4	0	.333
Saints	2	4	0	.333
Buccaneers	1	5	0	.167
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Jets	2	4	0	.333
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
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Browns	4	2	0	.667
Steelers	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	2	0	.667
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Colts	2	4	0	.333
Texans	2	4	0	.333
Titans	1	5	0	.167
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Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Raiders	3	3	0	.500
Chargers	0	6	0	.000