most receiving yards per game tight end career 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Shannon Sharpe had the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 53.8 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
53.8
128
545
37
6,884
12.6
43
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
2Brent Jones
B. Jones
41.1
112
367
4,603
12.5
27
0
0
0.0
0
3Freddie Jones
F. Jones
39.5
45
154
91
1,777
11.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
4Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
39.1
47
168
108
1,838
10.9
15
0
0
0.0
0
5Ben Coates
B. Coates
38.5
142
490
63
5,471
11.2
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
6Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
38.0
99
297
3,766
12.7
40
0
0
0.0
0
7Larry Centers
L. Centers
37.7
16
66
603
9.1
3
152
25
6.1
9.5
0
8Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
37.6
95
339
3,576
10.5
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
9Cameron Cleeland
C. Cleeland
37.4
27
80
47
1,009
12.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
10Johnny Mitchell
J. Mitchell
36.9
57
159
2,103
13.2
16
0
0
0.0
0
11Eric Green
E. Green
36.6
120
362
10
4,390
12.1
36
0
0
0.0
0
12Frank Wycheck
F. Wycheck
36.5
89
311
108
3,252
10.5
15
4
3
1.3
0.0
1
13Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
35.6
64
157
59
2,277
14.5
25
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
14Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
34.9
64
189
2,233
11.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
15Wesley Walls
W. Walls
30.5
129
333
108
3,938
11.8
41
0
0
0.0
0
16Tony McGee
T. McGee
30.1
111
259
49
3,338
12.9
18
0
0
0.0
0
17Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
29.9
79
224
91
2,365
10.6
12
0
0
0.0
0
18Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
29.9
77
182
51
2,300
12.6
14
0
0
0.0
0
19Jamie Asher
J. Asher
29.6
48
133
1,421
10.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Jackie Harris
J. Harris
28.7
138
339
34
3,963
11.7
18
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
21Ethan Horton
E. Horton
26.1
80
177
2,087
11.8
14
0
0
0.0
0
22Mark Chmura
M. Chmura
25.3
89
188
9
2,253
12.0
17
0
0
0.0
0
23Craig McEwen
C. McEwen
24.9
16
37
399
10.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Troy Drayton
T. Drayton
24.3
106
235
50
2,575
11.0
22
11
2
5.5
0.1
0
25Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
23.8
59
118
1,404
11.9
16
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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