most reciving yards by an tight end in one season before 2000

Before 2000, Kellen Winslow had the most receiving yards by a tight end in a season, with 1,290 yards in 1980.

Interpreted as:
most reciving receiving yards by an tight end in one season before 2000
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,290
1980
16
89
14.5
80.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
2Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
1,247
1983
16
92
13.6
77.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
3Jackie Smith
J. Smith
1,205
1967
14
56
21.5
86.1
9
86
9
9.6
6.1
0
4Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
1,190
1965
14
66
18.0
85.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
5Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
1,176
1961
14
100
11.8
84.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Ben Coates
B. Coates
1,174
1994
16
96
12.2
73.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,172
1983
16
88
13.3
73.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
1,153
1986
16
95
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,107
1997
16
72
15.4
69.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,092
1961
14
78
14.0
78.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
11Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
1,076
1961
14
56
19.2
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
12Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,075
1981
16
88
12.2
67.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,062
1996
15
80
13.3
70.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
14Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
1,010
1994
15
87
11.6
67.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
1,007
1984
16
80
12.6
62.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
16Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
17Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,002
1981
16
69
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
18Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,001
1986
16
66
15.2
62.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,001
1984
16
89
11.2
62.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
995
1993
16
81
12.3
62.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
21Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
987
1985
16
82
12.0
61.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
22Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
973
1964
14
65
15.0
69.5
5
46
10
4.6
3.3
0
23Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
970
1983
16
89
10.9
60.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
24Eric Green
E. Green
942
1993
16
63
15.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
25Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
922
1967
14
57
16.2
65.9
10
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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