most receiving yards first 8 seasons tight ends

Travis Kelce had the most receiving yards by a tight end in his first 8 seasons, with 7,881 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	7,881	111	612	860	12.9	71.0	48	6	4	1.5	0.1	1
2	George Kittle G. Kittle	7,380	113	538	733	13.7	65.3	45	71	12	5.9	0.6	0
3	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	7,179	102	474	723	15.1	70.4	76	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	7,005	119	529	804	13.2	58.9	69	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jason Witten J. Witten	6,967	127	617	870	11.3	54.9	36	0	0		0.0	0
6	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	6,905	127	570	729	12.1	54.4	54	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
7	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	6,800	121	556	860	12.2	56.2	69	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
8	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	6,660	123	522		12.8	54.1	43	9	3	3.0	0.1	0
9	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	6,281	121	502		12.5	51.9	39	135	18	7.5	1.1	2
10	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,222	97	488		12.8	64.1	42	0	0		0.0	0
11	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	6,078	117	561	836	10.8	51.9	36	0	0		0.0	0
12	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	5,952	121	484	702	12.3	49.2	56	61	19	3.2	0.5	1
13	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	108	461		12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
14	Jackie Smith J. Smith	5,802	112	346		16.8	51.8	27	300	31	9.7	2.7	3
15	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	5,280	108	469	762	11.3	48.9	30	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
16	Vernon Davis V. Davis	5,201	119	397	638	13.1	43.7	53	11	5	2.2	0.1	0
17	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	5,188	126	465	753	11.2	41.2	42	0	0		0.0	0
18	Ben Coates B. Coates	5,101	126	458		11.1	40.5	48	-4	3	-1.3	0.0	0
19	John Mackey J. Mackey	4,983	112	309		16.1	44.5	38	109	16	6.8	1.0	0
20	Evan Engram E. Engram	4,922	108	496	734	9.9	45.6	25	93	16	5.8	0.9	1
21	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	4,888	104	355		13.8	47.0	38	0	0		0.0	0
22	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	4,848	93	438	709	11.1	52.1	23	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
23	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	4,778	113	401		11.9	42.3	39	0	0		0.0	0
24	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	4,703	108	428	666	11.0	43.5	33	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
25	Heath Miller H. Miller	4,680	123	408	575	11.5	38.0	39	6	1	6.0	0.0	0

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Mon 9/14	DEN	@	KC	8:15 PM
Sun 9/20	IND	@	KC	8:20 PM
Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176