most yards by a lions rookie tight end

Sam LaPorta has the most yards on receptions by a rookie Lions tight end, with 889 yards in 2023.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a lions rookie tight end
NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
889
2023
17
86
120
10.3
52.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
2Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
533
1968
14
40
13.3
38.1
1
3
2
1.5
0.2
0
3T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
367
2019
12
32
59
11.5
30.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
4Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
346
2009
11
30
54
11.5
31.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
5David Hill
D. Hill
249
1976
14
19
13.1
17.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
248
2014
13
25
47
9.9
19.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
7David Lewis
D. Lewis
236
1984
16
16
14.8
14.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
207
2013
16
18
30
11.5
12.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
9David Sloan
D. Sloan
184
1995
16
17
10.8
11.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Casey Fitzsimmons
C. Fitzsimmons
160
2003
16
23
40
7.0
10.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Pat Carter
P. Carter
145
1988
15
13
11.2
9.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Brock Wright
B. Wright
117
2021
10
12
17
9.8
11.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
13James Mitchell
J. Mitchell
113
2022
14
11
11
10.3
8.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Ty Hallock
T. Hallock
88
1993
16
8
11.0
5.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
15John Owens
J. Owens
49
2002
15
5
15
9.8
3.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Michael Roberts
M. Roberts
46
2017
15
4
7
11.5
3.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Hunter Bryant
H. Bryant
44
2020
5
1
3
44.0
8.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Ulysses Norris
U. Norris
43
1979
16
4
10.8
2.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Shane Zylstra
S. Zylstra
34
2021
4
3
7
11.3
8.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Pete Chryplewicz
P. Chryplewicz
27
1997
10
3
9.0
2.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Cole Wick
C. Wick
18
2016
6
2
3
9.0
3.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Mark Wheeler
M. Wheeler
17
1987
3
2
8.5
5.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Marty Thompson
M. Thompson
15
1993
6
1
15.0
2.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Derek Price
D. Price
14
1996
13
1
14.0
1.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Isaac Nauta
I. Nauta
13
2019
6
2
3
6.5
2.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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