most receiving yards per game tight end career 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rich Caster had the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 49.0 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rich Caster
R. Caster
49.0
69
190
3,382
17.8
26
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
2Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
42.8
32
93
1,370
14.7
11
102
14
7.3
3.2
2
3Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
39.9
113
307
4,505
14.7
30
211
25
8.4
1.9
2
4Walter White
W. White
38.0
63
163
2,396
14.7
16
2
7
0.3
0.0
0
5Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
37.5
140
407
5,248
12.9
26
6
6
1.0
0.0
1
6Russ Francis
R. Francis
36.4
64
155
2,332
15.0
20
12
2
6.0
0.2
0
7Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
36.4
7
25
255
10.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
8Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
36.3
100
254
3,628
14.3
27
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
9Dave Parks
D. Parks
36.1
44
96
1,588
16.5
14
-9
3
-3.0
-0.2
0
10Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
35.2
19
44
668
15.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
11Dave Casper
D. Casper
34.8
86
229
2,995
13.1
32
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
12Henry Childs
H. Childs
34.5
80
173
2,761
16.0
21
12
3
4.0
0.2
1
13Raymond Chester
R. Chester
32.5
140
323
4,554
14.1
43
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
14Dan Ross
D. Ross
32.3
16
41
516
12.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
15David Hill
D. Hill
31.9
60
151
1,916
12.7
14
37
8
4.6
0.6
0
16Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
31.3
100
224
3,126
14.0
23
0
0
0.0
0
17Milt Morin
M. Morin
29.7
84
161
2,498
15.5
8
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
18Charle Young
C. Young
29.5
101
233
2,975
12.8
15
75
15
5.0
0.7
1
19Gary Ballman
G. Ballman
29.4
36
72
1,060
14.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Jerome Barkum
J. Barkum
28.9
43
81
1,242
15.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
28.5
141
283
4,019
14.2
24
110
21
5.2
0.8
1
22Billy Joe DuPree
B. Joe DuPree
28.0
102
200
2,856
14.3
29
141
20
7.1
1.4
0
23Don Bass
D. Bass
27.9
16
27
447
16.6
4
-4
1
-4.0
-0.3
0
24Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
27.5
64
101
1,760
17.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
25Bennie Cunningham
B. Cunningham
27.3
45
77
1,229
16.0
9
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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