most receiving yards by a tight end in the first 2 seasons

Mike Ditka had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 2 seasons, with 1,980 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
1,980
28
114
17.4
70.7
17
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,967
28
138
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
1,892
31
131
199
14.4
61.0
7
10
1
10.0
0.3
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,873
32
132
183
14.2
58.5
27
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
5Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
1,841
28
171
234
10.8
65.8
11
15
7
2.1
0.5
0
6Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
1,666
31
130
193
12.8
53.7
16
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
7Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
1,655
28
106
15.6
59.1
9
104
18
5.8
3.7
0
8Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
1,615
33
146
203
11.1
48.9
17
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
9Charle Young
C. Young
1,550
28
118
13.1
55.4
9
62
10
6.2
2.2
1
10Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,545
23
114
13.6
67.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
11Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
1,517
30
144
10.5
50.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,512
32
103
14.7
47.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
13Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
1,479
22
87
17.0
67.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
14Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
1,474
28
74
19.9
52.6
12
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
15Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
1,473
28
124
177
11.9
52.6
13
92
8
11.5
3.3
0
16Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,451
32
121
12.0
45.3
15
1
2
0.5
0.0
0
17Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
1,429
24
122
197
11.7
59.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
18Rich Caster
R. Caster
1,426
28
74
19.3
50.9
14
-3
3
-1.0
-0.1
0
19Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
1,404
31
98
148
14.3
45.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
20Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
1,382
27
96
169
14.4
51.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,370
32
93
14.7
42.8
11
102
14
7.3
3.2
2
22Walter White
W. White
1,367
28
70
19.5
48.8
10
5
5
1.0
0.2
0
23Charles Clay
C. Clay
1,364
30
127
186
10.7
45.5
9
15
7
2.1
0.5
1
24Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
1,362
26
99
13.8
52.4
9
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
25Antonio Gates
A. Gates
1,353
30
105
156
12.9
45.1
15
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,150

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

935

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

661

Odunze

Rome Odunze
Team Rankings

PPG

26.1

9th

OPP PPG

24.1

21st

RUSH YDS/G

152.2

2nd

PASS YDS/G

228.5

19th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/28
@
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Browns

3 - 11

3

Final

31

CHI Bears

10 - 4

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM