most receiving yards by a tight end in first six seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 6 seasons, with 5,555 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	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	5,555	80	380	580	14.6	69.4	65	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
2	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	5,357	89	434	669	12.3	60.2	53	3	1	3.0	0.0	0
3	George Kittle G. Kittle	5,254	82	395	549	13.3	64.1	31	69	11	6.3	0.8	0
4	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	5,236	80	410	579	12.8	65.5	32	2	3	0.7	0.0	0
5	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	5,176	71	399		13.0	72.9	37	0	0		0.0	0
6	Antonio Gates A. Gates	5,066	93	400	625	12.7	54.5	51	0	0		0.0	0
7	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,019	89	399		12.6	56.4	39	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
8	Jason Witten J. Witten	4,935	95	429	618	11.5	51.9	25	0	0		0.0	0
9	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	4,857	87	381	563	12.7	55.8	40	8	5	1.6	0.1	0
10	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	4,827	91	437	629	11.0	53.0	29	0	0		0.0	0
11	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	4,785	91	386		12.4	52.6	30	9	3	3.0	0.1	0
12	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	4,731	95	397	475	11.9	49.8	37	9	1	9.0	0.1	0
13	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	4,569	89	351		13.0	51.3	29	135	18	7.5	1.5	2
14	Jackie Smith J. Smith	4,554	84	266		17.1	54.2	22	257	22	11.7	3.1	3
15	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	4,503	84	316		14.3	53.6	34	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	4,228	83	371	623	11.4	50.9	27	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
17	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	4,177	62	244		17.1	67.4	31	0	0		0.0	0
18	John Mackey J. Mackey	4,105	84	247		16.6	48.9	33	106	14	7.6	1.3	0
19	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	4,073	76	362	586	11.3	53.6	21	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
20	T.J. Hockenson	4,002	82	382	562	10.5	48.8	23	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
21	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	3,963	88	329		12.0	45.0	31	0	0		0.0	0
22	Vernon Davis V. Davis	3,803	88	304	493	12.5	43.2	35	11	5	2.2	0.1	0
23	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	3,789	87	343	527	11.0	43.6	30	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	3,787	81	279		13.6	46.8	21	6	6	1.0	0.1	1
25	Alge Crumpler A. Crumpler	3,768	94	274	474	13.8	40.1	30	0	0		0.0	0

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