most receiving yards in a first 2 season tight end

George Kittle had the most receiving yards by a tight end in a season in his first 2 seasons, with 1,377 yards in 2018.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	George Kittle G. Kittle	1,377	2018	SF	16	88	136	15.6	86.1	5	10	1	10.0	0.6	0
2	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,327	2011	NE	16	90	124	14.7	82.9	17	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
3	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,310	2011	NO	16	99	149	13.2	81.9	11	0	0		0.0	0
4	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,290	1980	SD	16	89		14.5	80.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
5	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	1,194	2024	LV	17	112	153	10.7	70.2	5	13	5	2.6	0.8	0
6	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100		11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,092	1961	LA	14	78		14.0	78.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	1,076	1961	CHI	14	56		19.2	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
9	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	1,026	2021	ATL	17	68	110	15.1	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Joe Senser J. Senser	1,004	1981	MIN	16	79		12.7	62.8	8	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
11	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	1,001	1986	NYG	16	66		15.2	62.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jason Witten J. Witten	980	2004	DAL	16	87	122	11.3	61.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
13	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	973	1964	DAL	14	65		15.0	69.5	5	46	10	4.6	3.3	0
14	Antonio Gates A. Gates	964	2004	SD	15	81	114	11.9	64.3	13	0	0		0.0	0
15	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	910	2011	NE	14	79	113	11.5	65.0	7	45	5	9.0	3.2	0
16	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	904	1962	CHI	14	58		15.6	64.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
17	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	895	1963	PHI	14	57		15.7	63.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	894	2002	NYG	15	74	127	12.1	59.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
19	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	889	2023	DET	17	86	120	10.3	52.3	10	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
20	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	875	2006	CLE	16	89	120	9.8	54.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	875	1962	LA	14	60		14.6	62.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
22	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	869	1988	PHI	16	81		10.7	54.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
23	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	862	2014	KC	16	67	87	12.9	53.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
24	Charle Young C. Young	854	1973	PHI	14	55		15.5	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
25	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	852	2019	BAL	15	64	98	13.3	56.8	10	0	0		0.0	0

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