Sam LaPorta has the most receptions by a rookie tight end, with 86 receptions in 2023.

most receptions by a rookie tight end in a season
2023 LaPorta 1988 Jackson 2002 Shockey 2023 Kincaid 2021 Pitts 2017 Engram 2021 Freiermuth 1961 Ditka 2008 Carlson 1973 Young 2013 Wright 1998 Cleeland 2010 Gresham 2008 Keller 2010 Moeaki 1980 Miller 2013 Reed 2012 Allen 2010 Hernandez 2007 Miller 1993 McGee 2017 Kittle 2022 Otton 2015 Tye 2010 Gronkowski 1995 Dilger 1987 Awalt 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 86 81 74 73 68 64 60 56 55 55 54 54 52 48 47 46 45 45 45 44 44 43 42 42 42 42 42
NAME REC SEASON TM GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
Sam LaPorta Sam LaPorta 86 2023
DET DET
17 120 889 10.3 52.3 10 4 1 4.0 0.2 0
Keith Jackson Keith Jackson 81 1988
PHI PHI
16 869 10.7 54.3 6 0 0 0.0 0
Jeremy Shockey Jeremy Shockey 74 2002
NYG NYG
15 127 894 12.1 59.6 2 0 0 0.0 0
Dalton Kincaid Dalton Kincaid 73 2023
BUF BUF
16 91 673 9.2 42.1 2 0 0 0.0 0
Kyle Pitts Kyle Pitts 68 2021
ATL ATL
17 110 1,026 15.1 60.4 1 0 0 0.0 0
Evan Engram Evan Engram 64 2017
NYG NYG
15 115 722 11.3 48.1 6 14 1 14.0 0.9 0
Pat Freiermuth Pat Freiermuth 60 2021
PIT PIT
16 79 497 8.3 31.1 7 0 0 0.0 0
Mike Ditka Mike Ditka 56 1961
CHI CHI
14 1,076 19.2 76.9 12 0 0 0.0 0
John Carlson John Carlson 55 2008
SEA SEA
16 80 627 11.4 39.2 5 0 0 0.0 0
Charle Young Charle Young 55 1973
PHI PHI
14 854 15.5 61.0 6 24 4 6.0 1.7 1
Timothy Wright Timothy Wright 54 2013
TB TB
16 75 571 10.6 35.7 5 2 1 2.0 0.1 0
Cameron Cleeland Cameron Cleeland 54 1998
NO NO
16 684 12.7 42.8 6 0 0 0.0 0
Jermaine Gresham Jermaine Gresham 52 2010
CIN CIN
15 83 471 9.1 31.4 4 0 0 0.0 0
Dustin Keller Dustin Keller 48 2008
NYJ NYJ
16 78 535 11.1 33.4 3 0 0 0.0 0
Tony Moeaki Tony Moeaki 47 2010
KC KC
15 73 556 11.8 37.1 3 0 0 0.0 0
Junior Miller Junior Miller 46 1980
ATL ATL
16 584 12.7 36.5 9 -2 2 -1.0 -0.1 0
Jordan Reed Jordan Reed 45 2013
WAS WAS
9 60 499 11.1 55.4 3 18 1 18.0 2.0 0
Dwayne Allen Dwayne Allen 45 2012
IND IND
16 66 521 11.6 32.6 3 5 3 1.7 0.3 0
Aaron Hernandez Aaron Hernandez 45 2010
NE NE
14 64 563 12.5 40.2 6 47 3 15.7 3.4 0
Zach Miller Zach Miller 44 2007
OAK OAK
16 68 444 10.1 27.8 3 0 0 0.0 0
Tony McGee Tony McGee 44 1993
CIN CIN
15 525 11.9 35.0 0 0 0 0.0 0
George Kittle George Kittle 43 2017
SF SF
15 63 515 12.0 34.3 2 0 0 0.0 0
Cade Otton Cade Otton 42 2022
TB TB
16 65 391 9.3 24.4 2 0 0 0.0 0
Will Tye Will Tye 42 2015
NYG NYG
13 62 464 11.0 35.7 3 0 0 0.0 0
Rob Gronkowski Rob Gronkowski 42 2010
NE NE
16 59 546 13.0 34.1 10 0 0 0.0 0
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