most receiving yards by a tight end from september 26 1920 to january 7 2002

Between September 26, 1920 and January 7, 2002, Shannon Sharpe had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 8,505 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	8,505	160	685	256	12.4	53.2	50	9	3	3.0	0.1	0
2	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	7,980	198	662		12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
3	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480		16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
4	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,741	109	541		12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
5	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	6,307	176	498		12.7	35.8	28	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
6	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	108	461		12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
7	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	149	427		13.6	39.0	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
8	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,755	153	396		14.5	37.6	41	211	25	8.4	1.4	2
9	Ben Coates B. Coates	5,555	158	499	81	11.1	35.2	50	-4	3	-1.3	0.0	0
10	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	5,421	156	422		12.8	34.8	27	6	6	1.0	0.0	1
11	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	5,283	129	441		12.0	41.0	49	0	0		0.0	0
12	Russ Francis R. Francis	5,262	167	393		13.4	31.5	40	12	2	6.0	0.1	0
13	John Mackey J. Mackey	5,236	139	331		15.8	37.7	38	127	19	6.7	0.9	0
14	Dave Casper D. Casper	5,216	147	378		13.8	35.5	52	27	6	4.5	0.2	0
15	Brent Jones B. Jones	5,195	143	417		12.5	36.3	33	0	0		0.0	0
16	Charle Young C. Young	5,106	187	418		12.2	27.3	27	80	16	5.0	0.4	1
17	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	5,100	180	462		11.0	28.3	37	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	5,084	188	350		14.5	27.0	41	-3	5	-0.6	0.0	0
19	Raymond Chester R. Chester	5,013	172	364		13.8	29.1	48	9	5	1.8	0.1	0
20	Jerry Smith J. Smith	4,870	155	376		13.0	31.4	54	56	8	7.0	0.4	0
21	Wesley Walls W. Walls	4,828	167	411	230	11.7	28.9	49	0	0		0.0	0
22	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	4,817	128	336		14.3	37.6	31	-6	4	-1.5	0.0	0
23	Rodney Holman R. Holman	4,771	212	365		13.1	22.5	36	0	0		0.0	0
24	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	4,733	126	351		13.5	37.6	39	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jay Novacek J. Novacek	4,624	134	420		11.0	34.5	30	12	2	6.0	0.1	1

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