most receiving yards by tight end from 1920 to 1980

From 1920 through 1980, Jackie Smith had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 7,918 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	7,918	210	480	16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
2	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	158	427	13.6	36.8	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
3	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	5,421	156	422	12.8	34.8	27	6	6	1.0	0.0	1
4	John Mackey J. Mackey	5,236	139	331	15.8	37.7	38	127	19	6.7	0.9	0
5	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,095	128	346	14.7	39.8	36	211	25	8.4	1.6	2
6	Raymond Chester R. Chester	4,920	156	351	14.0	31.5	47	9	5	1.8	0.1	0
7	Jerry Smith J. Smith	4,870	155	376	13.0	31.4	54	56	8	7.0	0.4	0
8	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	4,817	128	336	14.3	37.6	31	-6	4	-1.5	0.0	0
9	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	4,600	128	298	15.4	35.9	35	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
10	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	4,358	155	305	14.3	28.1	28	187	26	7.2	1.2	1
11	Milt Morin M. Morin	4,208	129	271	15.5	32.6	16	41	5	8.2	0.3	0
12	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	4,177	62	244	17.1	67.4	31	0	0		0.0	0
13	Dave Casper D. Casper	3,791	102	285	13.3	37.2	36	18	4	4.5	0.2	0
14	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	3,733	81	215	17.4	46.1	31	14	2	7.0	0.2	0
15	Rich Caster R. Caster	3,382	69	190	17.8	49.0	26	70	9	7.8	1.0	0
16	Charle Young C. Young	3,300	117	262	12.6	28.2	17	75	15	5.0	0.6	1
17	Henry Childs H. Childs	3,224	93	207	15.6	34.7	27	12	3	4.0	0.1	1
18	Billy Joe DuPree B. Joe DuPree	3,168	118	229	13.8	26.8	36	160	24	6.7	1.4	0
19	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	3,155	89	197	16.0	35.4	20	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
20	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	3,101	118	198	15.7	26.3	34	15	4	3.8	0.1	0
21	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	3,089	101	209	14.8	30.6	18	36	28	1.3	0.4	0
22	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	3,088	121	209	14.8	25.5	36	118	6	19.7	1.0	1
23	Russ Francis R. Francis	2,996	79	196	15.3	37.9	28	12	2	6.0	0.2	0
24	Alvin Reed A. Reed	2,983	116	214	13.9	25.7	14	0	0		0.0	0
25	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	2,947	103	200	14.7	28.6	16	0	0		0.0	0

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