most receptions by a tight end before 1978

Before 1978, Jackie Smith made the most catches by a tight end, with 480 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
480
198
7,918
16.5
40.0
40
327
38
8.6
1.7
3
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
427
158
5,812
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
3Jerry Smith
J. Smith
376
155
4,870
13.0
31.4
54
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
4Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
336
108
4,485
13.3
41.5
24
6
6
1.0
0.1
1
5Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
336
128
4,817
14.3
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
6John Mackey
J. Mackey
331
139
5,236
15.8
37.7
38
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
7Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
298
128
4,600
15.4
35.9
35
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
8Milt Morin
M. Morin
271
129
4,208
15.5
32.6
16
41
5
8.2
0.3
0
9Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
257
123
3,874
15.1
31.5
24
187
26
7.2
1.5
1
10Raymond Chester
R. Chester
252
110
3,696
14.7
33.6
33
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
11Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
244
62
4,177
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
12Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
215
81
3,733
17.4
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
13Alvin Reed
A. Reed
214
116
2,983
13.9
25.7
14
0
0
0.0
0
14Tom Mitchell
T. Mitchell
214
132
2,868
13.4
21.7
20
14
3
4.7
0.1
0
15Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
213
84
3,038
14.3
36.2
23
213
22
9.7
2.5
2
16Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
209
121
3,088
14.8
25.5
36
118
6
19.7
1.0
1
17Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
209
101
3,089
14.8
30.6
18
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
18Charle Young
C. Young
202
70
2,618
13.0
37.4
13
69
13
5.3
1.0
1
19Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
200
103
2,947
14.7
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
20Billy Truax
B. Truax
199
114
2,458
12.4
21.6
17
0
0
0.0
0
21Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
198
118
3,101
15.7
26.3
34
15
4
3.8
0.1
0
22Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
197
89
3,155
16.0
35.4
20
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
197
93
2,880
14.6
31.0
16
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
24Rich Caster
R. Caster
190
69
3,382
17.8
49.0
26
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
25Bob Windsor
B. Windsor
185
117
2,307
12.5
19.7
14
57
9
6.3
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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