most tight end receiving yards first six games by a rookie

Jackie Smith had 212 receiving yards in his rookie season against the Steelers on October 13, 1963.

NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
3Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
4Oronde Gadsden
O. Gadsden
164
10/19/2025
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
7
9
23.4
1
0
0
0
5Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
163
10/24/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIA MIA
7
8
23.3
0
0
0
0
6Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
161
11/19/1995
JAX JAX
@
TB TB
10
16.1
1
0
0
0
7Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
150
10/25/1970
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
6
25.0
2
0
0
0
8John Mackey
J. Mackey
144
12/8/1963
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
5
28.8
2
0
0
0
9Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
142
12/31/1988
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
7
20.3
0
0
0
0
10Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
140
12/3/2023
DET DET
@
NO NO
9
9
15.6
1
0
0
0
11Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
140
11/29/2024
LV LV
@
KC KC
10
14
14.0
1
2
1
2.0
0
12Mike Dyal
M. Dyal
134
12/3/1989
RAI RAI
vs
DEN DEN
4
33.5
1
0
0
0
13Jordan Reed
J. Reed
134
10/20/2013
WAS WAS
vs
CHI CHI
9
9
14.9
1
0
0
0
14Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
133
12/15/1968
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
10
13.3
0
0
0
0
15T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
131
9/8/2019
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
6
9
21.8
1
0
0
0
16Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
130
9/23/1961
CHI CHI
@
LA LA
5
26.0
1
0
0
0
17Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
126
11/17/2024
LV LV
@
MIA MIA
13
16
9.7
1
-3
1
-3.0
0
18Russ Francis
R. Francis
125
11/23/1975
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
19Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
125
10/15/1995
IND IND
vs
SF SF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
20Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
124
11/5/1978
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
4
31.0
0
0
0
0
21Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
124
11/8/1987
STL STL
vs
TB TB
9
13.8
1
0
0
0
22Gordon Smith
G. Smith
123
11/26/1961
MIN MIN
@
SF SF
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
23Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
123
12/11/1966
NYJ NYJ
@
SD SD
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
120
10/8/1961
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5
24.0
1
0
0
0
25Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
119
10/10/2021
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
9
10
13.2
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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22.0

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RUSH YDS/G

110.4

20th

PASS YDS/G

223.0

19th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
ARI ARI
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

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Final

23

ARI Cardinals

2 - 5 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
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3
0
.571
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5
0
.375
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1
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3
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4
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1
1
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2
0
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2
0
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4
0
.500
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2
0
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
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Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM