most receiving yards by a tight end in his first 5 seasons

Jimmy Graham had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 5 seasons, with 4,752 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
4,752
78
386
595
12.3
60.9
51
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
2Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
4,513
64
344
13.1
70.5
35
0
0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
4,489
67
335
463
13.4
67.0
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
4,379
65
308
460
14.2
67.4
54
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
5Antonio Gates
A. Gates
4,362
77
340
533
12.8
56.6
43
0
0
0.0
0
6Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
4,313
77
336
502
12.8
56.0
34
8
4
2.0
0.1
0
7Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
4,177
62
244
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
8Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
4,125
70
284
14.5
58.9
32
0
0
0.0
0
9Trey McBride
T. McBride
4,073
75
420
555
9.7
54.3
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
10Jason Witten
J. Witten
3,983
79
348
497
11.4
50.4
21
0
0
0.0
0
11Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
3,958
79
334
376
11.9
50.1
30
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
12Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
3,900
64
307
429
12.7
60.9
22
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
13Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
3,866
73
304
12.7
53.0
31
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
14Jackie Smith
J. Smith
3,765
70
217
17.4
53.8
20
94
10
9.4
1.3
0
15Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
3,723
76
306
12.2
49.0
20
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
16Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
3,664
75
321
473
11.4
48.9
21
0
0
0.0
0
17Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
3,609
69
314
530
11.5
52.3
24
0
0
0.0
0
18Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
3,599
73
262
13.7
49.3
23
135
18
7.5
1.8
2
19Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
3,579
78
284
451
12.6
45.9
15
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
20T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
3,547
72
341
500
10.4
49.3
23
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
21John Mackey
J. Mackey
3,461
70
202
17.1
49.4
28
3
4
0.8
0.0
0
22Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
3,457
80
314
482
11.0
43.2
28
0
0
0.0
0
23Rich Caster
R. Caster
3,382
69
190
17.8
49.0
26
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
24Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
3,350
73
290
11.6
45.9
25
0
0
0.0
0
25Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
3,343
60
296
488
11.3
55.7
16
7
1
7.0
0.1
0

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4
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5
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