most receiving yards by tight end from 1920 to 1985

From 1920 through 1985, 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	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	6,281	121	502	12.5	51.9	39	135	18	7.5	1.1	2
3	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	158	427	13.6	36.8	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
4	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,755	153	396	14.5	37.6	41	211	25	8.4	1.4	2
5	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	5,494	81	424	13.0	67.8	37	0	0		0.0	0
6	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	5,421	156	422	12.8	34.8	27	6	6	1.0	0.0	1
7	John Mackey J. Mackey	5,236	139	331	15.8	37.7	38	127	19	6.7	0.9	0
8	Dave Casper D. Casper	5,216	147	378	13.8	35.5	52	27	6	4.5	0.2	0
9	Charle Young C. Young	5,106	187	418	12.2	27.3	27	80	16	5.0	0.4	1
10	Raymond Chester R. Chester	5,013	172	364	13.8	29.1	48	9	5	1.8	0.1	0
11	Jerry Smith J. Smith	4,870	155	376	13.0	31.4	54	56	8	7.0	0.4	0
12	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	4,817	128	336	14.3	37.6	31	-6	4	-1.5	0.0	0
13	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	4,600	128	298	15.4	35.9	35	-1	1	-1.0	0.0	0
14	Russ Francis R. Francis	4,394	130	319	13.8	33.8	39	12	2	6.0	0.1	0
15	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	4,358	155	305	14.3	28.1	28	187	26	7.2	1.2	1
16	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	4,269	128	278	15.4	33.4	33	-3	5	-0.6	0.0	0
17	Paul Coffman P. Coffman	4,223	119	322	13.1	35.5	39	3	1	3.0	0.0	0
18	Milt Morin M. Morin	4,208	129	271	15.5	32.6	16	41	5	8.2	0.3	0
19	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	4,177	62	244	17.1	67.4	31	0	0		0.0	0
20	David Hill D. Hill	3,905	148	333	11.7	26.4	27	37	8	4.6	0.3	0
21	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	3,866	73	304	12.7	53.0	31	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
22	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	3,733	81	215	17.4	46.1	31	14	2	7.0	0.2	0
23	Rich Caster R. Caster	3,567	77	202	17.7	46.3	26	67	10	6.7	0.9	0
24	Billy Joe DuPree B. Joe DuPree	3,565	159	267	13.4	22.4	41	178	26	6.8	1.1	1
25	Henry Childs H. Childs	3,401	103	223	15.3	33.0	28	12	4	3.0	0.1	1

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