most receiving yards in first 9 seasons by a tight end

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

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
2Jason Witten
J. Witten
7,909
143
696
987
11.4
55.3
41
0
0
0.0
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,861
115
521
795
15.1
68.4
79
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
4Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
7,810
143
648
845
12.1
54.6
56
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
5Antonio Gates
A. Gates
7,783
132
593
892
13.1
59.0
76
0
0
0.0
0
6George Kittle
G. Kittle
7,776
121
575
778
13.5
64.3
50
68
13
5.2
0.6
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
13Jackie Smith
J. Smith
6,181
121
367
16.8
51.1
31
310
32
9.7
2.6
3
14Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
15Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
5,871
117
474
689
12.4
50.2
56
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
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
19Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
5,283
129
441
12.0
41.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
20Heath Miller
H. Miller
5,273
137
466
653
11.3
38.5
40
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
21Evan Engram
E. Engram
5,269
120
536
795
9.8
43.9
26
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
22Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,236
105
469
756
11.2
49.9
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
23Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,156
116
372
13.9
44.4
41
0
0
0.0
0
24Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
5,144
115
433
681
11.9
44.7
33
0
0
0.0
0
25Hunter Henry
H. Henry
5,137
132
440
645
11.7
38.9
45
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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2
0
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4
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0
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6
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