most yards by tight ends in first 6 seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving yards by a tight end in his first 6 seasons, with 5,555 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by tight ends in first 6 seasons
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
5,555
80
380
580
14.6
69.4
65
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
5,357
89
434
669
12.3
60.2
53
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
5,254
82
395
549
13.3
64.1
31
69
11
6.3
0.8
0
4Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
5,236
80
410
579
12.8
65.5
32
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
5Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,176
71
399
13.0
72.9
37
0
0
0.0
0
6Antonio Gates
A. Gates
5,066
93
400
625
12.7
54.5
51
0
0
0.0
0
7Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,019
89
399
12.6
56.4
39
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
8Jason Witten
J. Witten
4,935
95
429
618
11.5
51.9
25
0
0
0.0
0
9Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
4,857
87
381
563
12.7
55.8
40
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
10Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
4,827
91
437
629
11.0
53.0
29
0
0
0.0
0
11Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
4,785
91
386
12.4
52.6
30
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
12Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
4,731
95
397
475
11.9
49.8
37
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
13Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
4,569
89
351
13.0
51.3
29
135
18
7.5
1.5
2
14Jackie Smith
J. Smith
4,554
84
266
17.1
54.2
22
257
22
11.7
3.1
3
15Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
4,503
84
316
14.3
53.6
34
0
0
0.0
0
16Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
4,228
83
371
623
11.4
50.9
27
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
17Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
4,177
62
244
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
18John Mackey
J. Mackey
4,105
84
247
16.6
48.9
33
106
14
7.6
1.3
0
19Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
4,073
76
362
586
11.3
53.6
21
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
20T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
4,002
82
382
562
10.5
48.8
23
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
21Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
3,963
88
329
12.0
45.0
31
0
0
0.0
0
22Vernon Davis
V. Davis
3,803
88
304
493
12.5
43.2
35
11
5
2.2
0.1
0
23Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
3,789
87
343
527
11.0
43.6
30
0
0
0.0
0
24Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
3,787
81
279
13.6
46.8
21
6
6
1.0
0.1
1
25Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
3,768
94
274
474
13.8
40.1
30
0
0
0.0
0
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