most receiving yards by tight end from 1920 to 1970

From 1920 through 1970, Jackie Smith had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 5,802 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	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	5,802	112	346	16.8	51.8	27	300	31	9.7	2.7	3
2	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,254	130	380	13.8	40.4	41	0	0		0.0	0
3	John Mackey J. Mackey	4,983	112	309	16.1	44.5	38	109	16	6.8	1.0	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	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	3,101	118	198	15.7	26.3	34	15	4	3.8	0.1	0
7	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	3,089	101	209	14.8	30.6	18	36	28	1.3	0.4	0
8	Jerry Smith J. Smith	3,049	70	237	12.9	43.6	38	37	5	7.4	0.5	0
9	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	2,990	84	189	15.8	35.6	20	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
10	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	2,947	103	200	14.7	28.6	16	0	0		0.0	0
11	Ron Kramer R. Kramer	2,880	93	197	14.6	31.0	16	9	6	1.5	0.1	0
12	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	2,753	88	185	14.9	31.3	31	120	5	24.0	1.4	1
13	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	2,373	87	154	15.4	27.3	19	0	0		0.0	0
14	Milt Morin M. Morin	2,321	59	147	15.8	39.3	9	40	4	10.0	0.7	0
15	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	2,196	69	176	12.5	31.8	13	0	0		0.0	0
16	Billy Truax B. Truax	2,177	94	180	12.1	23.2	16	0	0		0.0	0
17	Alvin Reed A. Reed	2,159	55	155	13.9	39.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jim Gibbons J. Gibbons	2,159	104	180	12.0	20.8	15	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,967	28	138	14.3	70.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
20	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	1,954	39	103	19.0	50.1	14	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
21	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	1,939	71	104	18.6	27.3	22	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
22	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	1,926	84	126	15.3	22.9	19	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	1,878	90	97	19.4	20.9	18	124	24	5.2	1.4	2
24	John Hilton J. Hilton	1,844	80	133	13.9	23.1	14	15	1	15.0	0.2	0
25	Tony Romeo T. Romeo	1,813	89	117	15.5	20.4	10	0	0		0.0	0

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