most receiving yards first 9 seasons tight ends

Travis Kelce had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 9 seasons, with 9,006 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
9,006
127
704
994
12.8
70.9
57
9
6
1.5
0.1
2
2George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,008
124
595
802
13.5
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
7,909
143
696
987
11.4
55.3
41
0
0
0.0
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,861
115
521
795
15.1
68.4
79
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
5Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
7,810
143
648
845
12.1
54.6
56
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
6Antonio Gates
A. Gates
7,783
132
593
892
13.1
59.0
76
0
0
0.0
0
7Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
7,436
137
611
949
12.2
54.3
71
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
8Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
6,884
128
545
37
12.6
53.8
43
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
9Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
6,841
134
635
948
10.8
51.1
41
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
10Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,741
109
541
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
11Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
6,698
137
541
12.4
48.9
42
135
18
7.5
1.0
2
12Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
6,292
142
542
877
11.6
44.3
49
0
0
0.0
0
13Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
6,189
130
515
745
12.0
47.6
57
61
21
2.9
0.5
1
14Jackie Smith
J. Smith
6,181
121
367
16.8
51.1
31
310
32
9.7
2.6
3
15Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
16Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
5,688
121
510
821
11.2
47.0
33
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
17Ben Coates
B. Coates
5,471
142
490
63
11.2
38.5
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
18Vernon Davis
V. Davis
5,446
133
423
688
12.9
40.9
55
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
19Evan Engram
E. Engram
5,383
124
546
810
9.9
43.4
26
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
20Hunter Henry
H. Henry
5,295
136
455
663
11.6
38.9
47
0
0
0.0
0
21Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
5,283
129
441
12.0
41.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
22Heath Miller
H. Miller
5,273
137
466
653
11.3
38.5
40
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
23Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,236
105
469
756
11.2
49.9
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,156
116
372
13.9
44.4
41
0
0
0.0
0
25Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
5,144
115
433
681
11.9
44.7
33
0
0
0.0
0

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4
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5
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7
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