most receiving yards per game career tight end

Lionel Taylor has averaged the most career receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 84.0 per game.

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	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	84.0	14	100		1,176	11.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	70.3	28	138		1,967	14.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	67.6	196	1,096	1,530	13,248	12.1	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
4	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	67.4	62	244		4,177	17.1	31	0	0		0.0	0
5	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	67.0	31	192	264	2,076	10.8	14	15	7	2.1	0.5	0
6	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	64.9	143	621	961	9,286	15.0	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
7	George Kittle G. Kittle	64.5	128	611	824	8,252	13.5	56	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
8	Bernie Casey B. Casey	63.0	13	53		819	15.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	61.8	109	541		6,741	12.5	45	0	0		0.0	0
10	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	56.0	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
11	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	54.4	108	461		5,872	12.7	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
12	Trey McBride T. McBride	53.1	70	380	507	3,717	9.8	19	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
13	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	53.0	188	808	438	9,961	12.3	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
14	Al Denson A. Denson	51.8	14	36		725	20.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	51.5	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
16	Bob Schnelker B. Schnelker	50.8	12	38		610	16.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	50.7	46	208	284	2,332	11.2	22	4	1	4.0	0.1	0
18	Antonio Gates A. Gates	50.2	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	116	0	0		0.0	0
19	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	49.9	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
20	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	48.8	125	502	726	6,101	12.2	57	61	19	3.2	0.5	1
21	Darren Waller D. Waller	48.8	93	385	548	4,537	11.8	28	30	4	7.5	0.3	0
22	Jason Witten J. Witten	48.1	271	1,228	1,723	13,046	10.6	74	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jordan Reed J. Reed	48.0	75	355	493	3,602	10.1	28	18	1	18.0	0.2	0
24	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	47.1	183	828	1,229	8,614	10.4	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
25	Rich Caster R. Caster	46.3	77	202		3,567	17.7	26	67	10	6.7	0.9	0

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PASS

819

Nix

RUSH

161

Dobbins

REC

185

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Team Rankings

PPG

18.5

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OPP PPG

23.5

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RUSH YDS/G

81.3

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PASS YDS/G

204.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	.750
Broncos	2	2	.500
Chargers	0	4	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/11	DEN	@	LAC	4:05 PM
Thu 10/15	SEA	@	DEN	8:15 PM
Sun 10/25	DEN	@	ARI	4:05 PM
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM

Last Game

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2 - 2

Final

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4 - 0

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1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

1,203

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

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Robinson

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Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

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Olave

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Pass TD Leaders

11

Purdy

11

Cousins

9

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Rush TD Leaders

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Henry

6

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Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

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St. Brown

4

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QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

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Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

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PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

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Gibbs

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Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

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Smith-Njigba

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Lamb

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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Kittle

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Reichard

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
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
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000