Keith McKeller has the most receiving yards per game by a rookie tight end, with 80.0 per game in 1987.

most receiving yards per game by rookie tight end in nfl history
1987 McKeller 1961 Ditka 1973 Young 2021 Pitts 2002 Shockey 2013 Reed 1988 Jackson 2023 LaPorta 1963 Mackey 2017 Engram 1968 Trumpy 1975 Francis 1987 Awalt 1998 Cleeland 2023 Kincaid 1987 Byrd 2022 Dulcich 1987 McEwen 1970 Tucker 1966 Lammons 2010 Hernandez 1965 Costa 1975 White 1970 Chester 1995 Dilger 2008 Carlson 2018 Dissly 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 80.0 76.9 61.0 60.4 59.6 55.4 54.3 52.3 51.9 48.1 45.6 45.4 43.8 42.8 42.1 41.7 41.1 41.0 40.8 40.4 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.7 39.7 39.2 39.0
NAME REC YDS/G SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
Keith McKeller Keith McKeller 80.0 1987
BUF BUF
1 9 80 8.9 0 0 0 0.0 0
Mike Ditka Mike Ditka 76.9 1961
CHI CHI
14 56 1,076 19.2 12 0 0 0.0 0
Charle Young Charle Young 61.0 1973
PHI PHI
14 55 854 15.5 6 24 4 6.0 1.7 1
Kyle Pitts Kyle Pitts 60.4 2021
ATL ATL
17 68 110 1,026 15.1 1 0 0 0.0 0
Jeremy Shockey Jeremy Shockey 59.6 2002
NYG NYG
15 74 127 894 12.1 2 0 0 0.0 0
Jordan Reed Jordan Reed 55.4 2013
WAS WAS
9 45 60 499 11.1 3 18 1 18.0 2.0 0
Keith Jackson Keith Jackson 54.3 1988
PHI PHI
16 81 869 10.7 6 0 0 0.0 0
Sam LaPorta Sam LaPorta 52.3 2023
DET DET
17 86 120 889 10.3 10 4 1 4.0 0.2 0
John Mackey John Mackey 51.9 1963
BAL BAL
14 35 726 20.7 7 3 1 3.0 0.2 0
Evan Engram Evan Engram 48.1 2017
NYG NYG
15 64 115 722 11.3 6 14 1 14.0 0.9 0
Bob Trumpy Bob Trumpy 45.6 1968
CIN CIN
14 37 639 17.3 3 -1 1 -1.0 -0.1 0
Russ Francis Russ Francis 45.4 1975
NE NE
14 35 636 18.2 4 0 0 0.0 0
Rob Awalt Rob Awalt 43.8 1987
STL STL
12 42 526 12.5 6 -9 2 -4.5 -0.8 0
Cameron Cleeland Cameron Cleeland 42.8 1998
NO NO
16 54 684 12.7 6 0 0 0.0 0
Dalton Kincaid Dalton Kincaid 42.1 2023
BUF BUF
16 73 91 673 9.2 2 0 0 0.0 0
Sylvester Byrd Sylvester Byrd 41.7 1987
ATL ATL
3 7 125 17.9 0 0 0 0.0 0
Greg Dulcich Greg Dulcich 41.1 2022
DEN DEN
10 33 55 411 12.5 2 0 0 0.0 0
Craig McEwen Craig McEwen 41.0 1987
WAS WAS
4 12 164 13.7 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bob Tucker Bob Tucker 40.8 1970
NYG NYG
14 40 571 14.3 5 0 0 0.0 0
Pete Lammons Pete Lammons 40.4 1966
NYJ NYJ
14 41 565 13.8 4 0 0 0.0 0
Aaron Hernandez Aaron Hernandez 40.2 2010
NE NE
14 45 64 563 12.5 6 47 3 15.7 3.4 0
Paul Costa Paul Costa 40.1 1965
BUF BUF
10 21 401 19.1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Walter White Walter White 39.9 1975
KC KC
14 23 559 24.3 3 -10 3 -3.3 -0.7 0
Raymond Chester Raymond Chester 39.7 1970
OAK OAK
14 42 556 13.2 7 0 0 0.0 0
Ken Dilger Ken Dilger 39.7 1995
IND IND
16 42 635 15.1 4 0 0 0.0 0
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