most receiving yards in first four seasons by a tight end

Jimmy Graham had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in his first 4 seasons, with 3,863 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	3,863	62	301	471	12.8	62.3	41	3	1	3.0	0.0	0
2	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	3,671	56	248		14.8	65.6	30	0	0		0.0	0
3	George Kittle G. Kittle	3,579	53	264	369	13.6	67.5	14	49	8	6.1	0.9	0
4	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	3,524	48	204		17.3	73.4	25	0	0		0.0	0
5	Trey McBride T. McBride	3,475	66	347	461	10.0	52.7	17	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
6	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	3,466	62	263	389	13.2	55.9	29	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
7	Antonio Gates A. Gates	3,378	61	265	416	12.7	55.4	34	0	0		0.0	0
8	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	3,341	48	256		13.1	69.6	27	0	0		0.0	0
9	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	3,255	50	226	329	14.4	65.1	42	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
10	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	3,051	60	211		14.5	50.9	20	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	3,041	63	261	258	11.7	48.3	24	0	0		0.0	0
12	Rich Caster R. Caster	2,991	55	159		18.8	54.4	25	-3	3	-1.0	-0.1	0
13	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	2,986	54	248	415	12.0	55.3	17	0	0		0.0	0
14	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	2,967	63	243		12.2	47.1	16	9	3	3.0	0.1	0
15	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	2,966	64	213		13.9	46.3	20	135	18	7.5	2.1	2
16	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	2,879	57	222		13.0	50.5	25	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
17	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	2,862	49	224	307	12.8	58.4	14	-5	1	-5.0	-0.1	0
18	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	2,840	61	247	363	11.5	46.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jason Witten J. Witten	2,838	63	252	356	11.3	45.0	14	0	0		0.0	0
20	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	2,807	54	204		13.8	52.0	18	11	5	2.2	0.2	1
21	John Mackey J. Mackey	2,775	56	147		18.9	49.6	25	3	4	0.8	0.1	0
22	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	2,756	60	242		11.4	45.9	20	0	0		0.0	0
23	Zach Miller Z. Miller	2,712	62	226	345	12.0	43.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
24	Dan Ross D. Ross	2,658	57	215		12.4	46.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
25	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	2,651	61	196	333	13.5	43.5	10	-4	1	-4.0	-0.1	0

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Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
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NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
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Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
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Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
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Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000