most receiving yards by a tight end in his first 3 seasons

George Kittle had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 3 seasons, with 2,945 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1George Kittle
G. Kittle
2,945
45
216
306
13.6
65.4
12
32
6
5.3
0.7
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
2,774
42
173
16.0
66.0
25
0
0
0.0
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
2,663
43
187
263
14.2
61.9
38
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
4Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
2,648
46
215
328
12.3
57.6
25
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
5Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
2,620
39
202
13.0
67.2
21
0
0
0.0
0
6Antonio Gates
A. Gates
2,454
45
194
296
12.6
54.5
25
0
0
0.0
0
7Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
2,379
44
158
15.1
54.1
16
0
0
0.0
0
8Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
2,334
34
138
16.9
68.6
15
0
0
0.0
0
9Trey McBride
T. McBride
2,236
49
221
292
10.1
45.6
6
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
10Charle Young
C. Young
2,209
42
167
13.2
52.6
12
63
12
5.3
1.5
1
11Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
2,187
44
194
11.3
49.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
12Rich Caster
R. Caster
2,171
41
112
19.4
53.0
21
-3
3
-1.0
-0.1
0
13Dan Ross
D. Ross
2,150
48
168
12.8
44.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
14Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
2,126
40
154
13.8
53.2
13
7
4
1.8
0.2
1
15Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
2,105
45
156
236
13.5
46.8
20
0
0
0.0
0
16Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
2,104
42
186
252
11.3
50.1
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
17Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
2,095
39
183
294
11.4
53.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
18Jason Witten
J. Witten
2,084
47
188
265
11.1
44.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
19Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
2,049
44
149
259
13.8
46.6
6
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
20Walter White
W. White
2,041
41
118
17.3
49.8
15
2
7
0.3
0.0
0
21Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
2,031
34
176
279
11.5
59.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
22Zach Miller
Z. Miller
2,027
47
166
253
12.2
43.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
23Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
2,024
47
169
257
12.0
43.1
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
1,982
46
167
246
11.9
43.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
25Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,967
28
138
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

2,167

Purdy

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RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

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PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Last Game
SEA Seahawks

14 - 3

13

Final

3

SF 49ers

12 - 5

Sat 3 Jan 2026

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10/4
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10/4
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1/10
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1/11
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1/11
@
4:30 PM
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1/11
@
8:00 PM