most receiving yards in a first 3 season tight end

George Kittle had the most receiving yards by a tight end in a season in his first 3 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	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	1,247	1983	RAI	16	92		13.6	77.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
6	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	1,194	2024	LV	17	112	153	10.7	70.2	5	13	5	2.6	0.8	0
7	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100		11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Trey McBride T. McBride	1,146	2024	ARI	16	111	147	10.3	71.6	2	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
9	Darren Waller D. Waller	1,145	2019	OAK	16	90	117	12.7	71.6	3	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
10	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,106	2007	CLE	16	82	148	13.5	69.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Antonio Gates A. Gates	1,101	2005	SD	15	89	140	12.4	73.4	10	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,092	1961	LA	14	78		14.0	78.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	1,076	1961	CHI	14	56		19.2	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
14	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,075	1981	SD	16	88		12.2	67.2	10	0	0		0.0	0
15	George Kittle G. Kittle	1,053	2019	SF	14	85	107	12.4	75.2	5	22	5	4.4	1.6	0
16	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	1,026	2021	ATL	17	68	110	15.1	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Joe Senser J. Senser	1,004	1981	MIN	16	79		12.7	62.8	8	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
18	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	1,001	1986	NYG	16	66		15.2	62.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
19	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	995	1993	DEN	16	81		12.3	62.2	9	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	982	2012	NO	15	85	135	11.6	65.5	9	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jason Witten J. Witten	980	2004	DAL	16	87	122	11.3	61.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	973	1964	DAL	14	65		15.0	69.5	5	46	10	4.6	3.3	0
23	Brent Celek B. Celek	971	2009	PHI	16	76	112	12.8	60.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
24	Antonio Gates A. Gates	964	2004	SD	15	81	114	11.9	64.3	13	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jordan Reed J. Reed	952	2015	WAS	14	87	114	10.9	68.0	11	0	0		0.0	0

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