most receiving yards by a tight end in an afl season

Lionel Taylor has the most yards on receptions by an AFL tight end in a season, with 1,176 yards in 1961.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	922	1967	SD	14	57	16.2	65.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	835	1969	CIN	14	37	22.6	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
4	Alvin Reed A. Reed	747	1968	HOU	14	46	16.2	53.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
5	Paul Costa P. Costa	726	1967	BUF	14	39	18.6	51.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
6	Al Denson A. Denson	725	1966	DEN	14	36	20.1	51.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	718	1968	BOS	14	47	15.3	51.3	7	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
8	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	688	1962	SD	14	39	17.6	49.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
9	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	686	1964	KC	14	34	20.2	49.0	8	0	0		0.0	0
10	Alvin Reed A. Reed	664	1969	HOU	14	51	13.0	47.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	651	1967	BOS	14	39	16.7	46.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	646	1968	SD	14	33	19.6	46.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
13	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	639	1968	CIN	14	37	17.3	45.6	3	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
14	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	629	1967	OAK	14	32	19.7	44.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	Tony Romeo T. Romeo	608	1962	BOS	14	34	17.9	43.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Gene Prebola G. Prebola	599	1962	DEN	14	41	14.6	42.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	593	1964	SD	14	33	18.0	42.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Doug Asad D. Asad	592	1961	OAK	14	42	14.1	42.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Hewritt Dixon H. Dixon	585	1964	DEN	14	38	15.4	41.8	1	25	18	1.4	1.8	0
20	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	578	1962	HOU	14	33	17.5	41.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
21	Larry Seiple L. Seiple	577	1969	MIA	14	41	14.1	41.2	5	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
22	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	565	1966	NYJ	14	41	13.8	40.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Willard Dewveall W. Dewveall	552	1964	HOU	14	38	14.5	39.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	530	1963	HOU	14	33	16.1	37.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
25	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	521	1965	HOU	12	37	14.1	43.4	8	0	0		0.0	0

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