most receptions by a tight end in first 2 seasons

Sam LaPorta made the most receptions by a tight end in his first 2 seasons, with 146 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
146
33
203
1,615
11.1
48.9
17
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
2Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
144
30
1,517
10.5
50.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
3Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
138
28
1,967
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
132
32
183
1,873
14.2
58.5
27
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
5Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
131
21
180
1,419
10.8
67.6
5
13
5
2.6
0.6
0
6George Kittle
G. Kittle
131
31
199
1,892
14.4
61.0
7
10
1
10.0
0.3
0
7Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
130
31
193
1,666
12.8
53.7
16
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
8Charles Clay
C. Clay
127
30
186
1,364
10.7
45.5
9
15
7
2.1
0.5
1
9Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
124
28
177
1,473
11.9
52.6
13
92
8
11.5
3.3
0
10Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
123
32
177
1,229
10.0
38.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
11Jason Witten
J. Witten
122
31
176
1,327
10.9
42.8
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
122
24
197
1,429
11.7
59.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Joe Senser
J. Senser
121
32
1,451
12.0
45.3
15
1
2
0.5
0.0
0
14Charle Young
C. Young
118
28
1,550
13.1
55.4
9
62
10
6.2
2.2
1
15Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
117
29
166
1,121
9.6
38.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
114
23
1,545
13.6
67.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
17Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
114
28
1,980
17.4
70.7
17
0
0
0.0
0
18Trey McBride
T. McBride
110
33
145
1,090
9.9
33.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Evan Engram
E. Engram
109
26
179
1,299
11.9
50.0
9
50
4
12.5
1.9
0
20Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
108
29
175
1,067
9.9
36.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
21Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
108
32
166
1,088
10.1
34.0
13
0
0
0.0
0
22John Carlson
J. Carlson
106
32
163
1,201
11.3
37.5
12
0
0
0.0
0
23Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
106
28
1,655
15.6
59.1
9
104
18
5.8
3.7
0
24Antonio Gates
A. Gates
105
30
156
1,353
12.9
45.1
15
0
0
0.0
0
25Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
103
32
1,512
14.7
47.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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