most tight end receiving yards between 1965 to 1975

Between the 1965 and 1975 seasons, Jackie Smith had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 6,745 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
6,745
144
397
17.0
46.8
33
327
38
8.6
2.3
3
2Jerry Smith
J. Smith
4,789
133
368
13.0
36.0
52
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
3Milt Morin
M. Morin
4,208
129
271
15.5
32.6
16
41
5
8.2
0.3
0
4John Mackey
J. Mackey
4,104
111
274
15.0
37.0
29
125
17
7.4
1.1
0
5Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
4,102
105
287
14.3
39.1
25
-6
4
-1.5
-0.1
0
6Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
4,026
103
259
15.5
39.1
27
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
7Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
3,787
81
279
13.6
46.8
21
6
6
1.0
0.1
1
8Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
3,487
97
223
15.6
35.9
24
199
24
8.3
2.1
1
9Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
3,155
89
197
16.0
35.4
20
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
10Rich Caster
R. Caster
2,991
55
159
18.8
54.4
25
-3
3
-1.0
-0.1
0
11Alvin Reed
A. Reed
2,983
116
214
13.9
25.7
14
0
0
0.0
0
12Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
2,861
107
198
14.4
26.7
34
118
6
19.7
1.1
1
13Raymond Chester
R. Chester
2,673
82
197
13.6
32.6
27
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
14Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
2,640
53
150
17.6
49.8
22
14
2
7.0
0.3
0
15Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
2,555
89
164
15.6
28.7
23
175
19
9.2
2.0
0
16Billy Truax
B. Truax
2,458
104
199
12.4
23.6
17
0
0
0.0
0
17Tom Mitchell
T. Mitchell
2,402
105
175
13.7
22.9
19
14
3
4.7
0.1
0
18Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
2,364
95
185
12.8
24.9
14
3
0
0.0
0
19Bob Windsor
B. Windsor
2,307
117
185
12.5
19.7
14
57
9
6.3
0.5
0
20Charle Young
C. Young
2,209
42
167
13.2
52.6
12
63
12
5.3
1.5
1
21Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
2,141
102
179
12.0
21.0
13
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
22Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
2,132
56
146
14.6
38.1
17
177
19
9.3
3.2
0
23John Hilton
J. Hilton
1,977
92
138
14.3
21.5
15
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
24Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
1,939
71
104
18.6
27.3
22
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
25Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
1,843
28
106
17.4
65.8
16
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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