most touchdown receptions by tight ends in first 2 seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 2 seasons, with 27 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
27
32
132
183
1,873
14.2
58.5
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
2Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
17
33
146
203
1,615
11.1
48.9
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
3Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
17
28
114
1,980
17.4
70.7
0
0
0.0
0
4Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
16
31
130
193
1,666
12.8
53.7
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
5Antonio Gates
A. Gates
15
30
105
156
1,353
12.9
45.1
0
0
0.0
0
6Joe Senser
J. Senser
15
32
121
1,451
12.0
45.3
1
2
0.5
0.0
0
7Rich Caster
R. Caster
14
28
74
1,426
19.3
50.9
-3
3
-1.0
-0.1
0
8Raymond Chester
R. Chester
14
28
70
998
14.3
35.6
5
3
1.7
0.2
0
9Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
13
31
98
148
1,404
14.3
45.3
0
0
0.0
0
10Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
13
28
124
177
1,473
11.9
52.6
92
8
11.5
3.3
0
11Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
13
32
108
166
1,088
10.1
34.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Eric Green
E. Green
13
24
75
969
12.9
40.4
0
0
0.0
0
13Hunter Henry
H. Henry
12
29
81
115
1,057
13.0
36.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
12
31
79
133
742
9.4
23.9
0
0
0.0
0
15John Carlson
J. Carlson
12
32
106
163
1,201
11.3
37.5
0
0
0.0
0
16Junior Miller
J. Miller
12
32
78
982
12.6
30.7
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
17Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
12
28
74
1,474
19.9
52.6
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
18Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
12
28
63
842
13.4
30.1
0
0
0.0
0
19Juwan Johnson
J. Johnson
11
30
55
87
667
12.1
22.2
0
0
0.0
0
20O.J. Howard
O.J. Howard
11
24
60
87
997
16.6
41.5
0
0
0.0
0
21Timothy Wright
T. Wright
11
32
80
108
830
10.4
25.9
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
22Heath Miller
H. Miller
11
32
73
107
852
11.7
26.6
0
0
0.0
0
23Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
11
32
82
1,173
14.3
36.7
0
0
0.0
0
24Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
11
23
114
1,545
13.6
67.2
0
0
0.0
0
25Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
11
32
93
1,370
14.7
42.8
102
14
7.3
3.2
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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