most receiving yards by a tight end from september 26 1920 to december 23 1996

Between September 26, 1920 and December 23, 1996, Ozzie Newsome had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 7,980 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	7,980	198	662	12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
2	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480	16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
3	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,741	109	541	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
4	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	6,307	176	498	12.7	35.8	28	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
5	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	108	461	12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
6	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	149	427	13.6	39.0	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
7	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,755	153	396	14.5	37.6	41	211	25	8.4	1.4	2
8	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	5,421	156	422	12.8	34.8	27	6	6	1.0	0.0	1
9	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	5,283	129	441	12.0	41.0	49	0	0		0.0	0
10	Russ Francis R. Francis	5,262	167	393	13.4	31.5	40	12	2	6.0	0.1	0
11	John Mackey J. Mackey	5,236	139	331	15.8	37.7	38	127	19	6.7	0.9	0
12	Dave Casper D. Casper	5,216	147	378	13.8	35.5	52	27	6	4.5	0.2	0
13	Charle Young C. Young	5,106	187	418	12.2	27.3	27	80	16	5.0	0.4	1
14	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	5,100	180	462	11.0	28.3	37	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	5,084	188	350	14.5	27.0	41	-3	5	-0.6	0.0	0
16	Raymond Chester R. Chester	5,013	172	364	13.8	29.1	48	9	5	1.8	0.1	0
17	Jerry Smith J. Smith	4,870	155	376	13.0	31.4	54	56	8	7.0	0.4	0
18	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	4,817	128	336	14.3	37.6	31	-6	4	-1.5	0.0	0
19	Brent Jones B. Jones	4,812	130	388	12.4	37.0	31	0	0		0.0	0
20	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	4,785	91	386	12.4	52.6	30	9	3	3.0	0.1	0
21	Rodney Holman R. Holman	4,771	212	365	13.1	22.5	36	0	0		0.0	0
22	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	4,733	126	351	13.5	37.6	39	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jay Novacek J. Novacek	4,624	134	420	11.0	34.5	30	12	2	6.0	0.1	1
24	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	4,600	128	298	15.4	35.9	35	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
25	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	4,358	155	305	14.3	28.1	28	187	26	7.2	1.2	1

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Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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