most receiving yards per game by rookie tight end in nfl history

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

NAMEREC YDS/GSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Keith McKeller
K. McKeller
80.0
1987
BUF BUF
1
9
80
8.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
76.9
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
70.2
2024
LV LV
17
112
153
1,194
10.7
5
13
5
2.6
0.8
0
4Charle Young
C. Young
61.0
1973
PHI PHI
14
55
854
15.5
6
24
4
6.0
1.7
1
5Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
60.4
2021
ATL ATL
17
68
110
1,026
15.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
6Tyler Warren
T. Warren
60.2
2025
IND IND
11
55
74
662
12.0
3
6
4
1.5
0.5
1
7Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
59.6
2002
NYG NYG
15
74
127
894
12.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Oronde Gadsden
O. Gadsden
56.3
2025
LAC LAC
9
37
49
507
13.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Jordan Reed
J. Reed
55.4
2013
WAS WAS
9
45
60
499
11.1
3
18
1
18.0
2.0
0
10Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
54.3
1988
PHI PHI
16
81
869
10.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
11Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
52.3
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
889
10.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
12John Mackey
J. Mackey
51.9
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
20.7
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
13Evan Engram
E. Engram
48.1
2017
NYG NYG
15
64
115
722
11.3
6
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
14Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
45.6
1968
CIN CIN
14
37
639
17.3
3
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
15Russ Francis
R. Francis
45.4
1975
NE NE
14
35
636
18.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
43.8
1987
STL STL
12
42
526
12.5
6
-9
2
-4.5
-0.8
0
17Cameron Cleeland
C. Cleeland
42.8
1998
NO NO
16
54
684
12.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
42.1
2023
BUF BUF
16
73
91
673
9.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Harold Fannin Jr.
H. Fannin Jr.
42.0
2025
CLE CLE
11
48
69
462
9.6
2
10
4
2.5
0.9
0
20Sylvester Byrd
S. Byrd
41.7
1987
ATL ATL
3
7
125
17.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Greg Dulcich
G. Dulcich
41.1
2022
DEN DEN
10
33
55
411
12.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Craig McEwen
C. McEwen
41.0
1987
WAS WAS
4
12
164
13.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
40.8
1970
NYG NYG
14
40
571
14.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
40.4
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
41
565
13.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
25Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
40.2
2010
NE NE
14
45
64
563
12.5
6
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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