most receiving yards by tight end 1962 to 1971

From 1962 through 1971, Jackie Smith had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 6,181 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jackie Smith J. Smith	6,181	121	367	16.8	51.1	31	310	32	9.7	2.6	3
2	John Mackey J. Mackey	5,126	126	320	16.0	40.7	38	127	19	6.7	1.0	0
3	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	4,538	130	354	12.8	34.9	30	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
4	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	4,177	62	244	17.1	67.4	31	0	0		0.0	0
5	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	3,733	81	215	17.4	46.1	31	14	2	7.0	0.2	0
6	Jerry Smith J. Smith	3,276	78	253	12.9	42.0	39	42	6	7.0	0.5	0
7	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	3,155	89	197	16.0	35.4	20	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
8	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	3,101	118	198	15.7	26.3	34	15	4	3.8	0.1	0
9	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	2,907	102	195	14.9	28.5	31	118	6	19.7	1.2	1
10	Milt Morin M. Morin	2,902	73	187	15.5	39.8	11	41	5	8.2	0.6	0
11	Alvin Reed A. Reed	2,567	69	180	14.3	37.2	11	0	0		0.0	0
12	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	2,485	53	143	17.4	46.9	17	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
13	Billy Truax B. Truax	2,409	106	195	12.4	22.7	17	0	0		0.0	0
14	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	2,373	87	154	15.4	27.3	19	0	0		0.0	0
15	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	2,345	83	184	12.7	28.3	14	3	0		0.0	0
16	Ron Kramer R. Kramer	2,321	79	162	14.3	29.4	12	-4	1	-4.0	-0.1	0
17	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	2,235	55	153	14.6	40.6	15	-5	3	-1.7	-0.1	0
18	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	2,153	89	157	13.7	24.2	11	0	0		0.0	0
19	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	2,134	76	147	14.5	28.1	12	-9	4	-2.3	-0.1	0
20	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	1,939	71	104	18.6	27.3	22	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
21	John Hilton J. Hilton	1,844	87	133	13.9	21.2	14	15	1	15.0	0.2	0
22	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	1,820	81	94	19.4	22.5	18	124	24	5.2	1.5	2
23	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	1,774	42	115	15.4	42.2	10	176	22	8.0	4.2	1
24	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	1,754	70	112	15.7	25.1	17	0	0		0.0	0
25	Tony Romeo T. Romeo	1,724	75	110	15.7	23.0	10	0	0		0.0	0

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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