most receptions in a career by a tight end by 1972

Bob Tucker made the most receptions by a tight end in 1972, with 55 receptions.

Regular season

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	55	1972	NYG	14	764	13.9	54.6	4	6	3	2.0	0.4	1
2	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	44	1972	CIN	12	500	11.4	41.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
3	Ted Kwalick T. Kwalick	40	1972	SF	14	751	18.8	53.6	9	11	5	2.2	0.8	0
4	Tom Mitchell T. Mitchell	40	1972	BAL	14	494	12.4	35.3	4	7	0		0.5	0
5	Rich Caster R. Caster	39	1972	NYJ	14	833	21.4	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
6	Raymond Chester R. Chester	34	1972	OAK	13	576	16.9	44.3	8	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
7	Bob Windsor B. Windsor	33	1972	NE	14	383	11.6	27.4	1	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
8	Dave Parks D. Parks	32	1972	NO	12	542	16.9	45.2	6	-7	1	-7.0	-0.6	0
9	Milt Morin M. Morin	30	1972	CLE	14	540	18.0	38.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Bob Klein B. Klein	29	1972	LA	14	330	11.4	23.6	1	-7	1	-7.0	-0.5	0
11	John Beasley J. Beasley	28	1972	MIN	14	232	8.3	16.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	28	1972	ATL	14	470	16.8	33.6	4	19	2	9.5	1.4	0
13	Charlie Sanders C. Sanders	27	1972	DET	9	416	15.4	46.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
14	Jackie Smith J. Smith	26	1972	STL	14	407	15.7	29.1	2	31	5	6.2	2.2	0
15	Billy Masters B. Masters	25	1972	DEN	14	393	15.7	28.1	3	-15	3	-5.0	-1.1	0
16	John McMakin J. McMakin	21	1972	PIT	14	277	13.2	19.8	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
17	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	21	1972	DEN	14	320	15.2	22.9	1	72	5	14.4	5.1	0
18	Jerry Smith J. Smith	21	1972	WAS	14	353	16.8	25.2	7	9	1	9.0	0.6	0
19	Harold Carmichael H. Carmichael	20	1972	PHI	13	276	13.8	21.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Earl Thomas E. Thomas	20	1972	CHI	14	365	18.3	26.1	3	13	5	2.6	0.9	0
21	Pettis Norman P. Norman	19	1972	SD	13	262	13.8	20.2	0	9	1	9.0	0.7	0
22	Alvin Reed A. Reed	19	1972	HOU	14	251	13.2	17.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	17	1972	DAL	14	198	11.6	14.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	Marv Fleming M. Fleming	13	1972	MIA	14	156	12.0	11.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	13	1972	KC	14	172	13.2	12.3	5	0	0		0.0	0

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