most receiving yards by tight end in first 2 seasons

Mike Ditka had the most receiving yards 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
1,767
26
161
221
11.0
68.0
10
15
7
2.1
0.6
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.

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