most yards in a season by lions te

Sam LaPorta has the most receiving yards by a Lions tight end in a season, with 889 yards in his rookie season in 2023.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a season by lions te
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
2Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
777
2011
16
83
126
9.4
48.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
726
2024
16
60
83
12.1
45.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
4T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
723
2020
16
67
101
10.8
45.2
6
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
5Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
722
2010
16
71
111
10.2
45.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
711
2016
13
61
85
11.7
54.7
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
1
7Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
656
1969
14
42
15.6
46.9
3
-8
1
-8.0
-0.6
0
8David Hill
D. Hill
633
1978
16
53
11.9
39.6
4
12
3
4.0
0.8
0
9Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
605
1964
14
45
13.4
43.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
10David Sloan
D. Sloan
591
1999
16
47
76
12.6
36.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
11T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
583
2021
12
61
84
9.6
48.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
574
2017
16
53
86
10.8
35.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
13David Hill
D. Hill
569
1979
16
47
12.1
35.6
3
15
1
15.0
0.9
0
14Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
567
2012
14
59
102
9.6
40.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
566
1961
14
45
12.6
40.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
545
1976
13
35
15.6
41.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
17Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
544
1970
14
40
13.6
38.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
537
2015
14
47
70
11.4
38.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
533
1968
14
40
13.3
38.1
1
3
2
1.5
0.2
0
20Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
532
1974
14
42
12.7
38.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
516
2005
16
46
78
11.2
32.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
22Tony Scheffler
T. Scheffler
504
2012
15
42
85
12.0
33.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
502
1971
13
31
16.2
38.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
489
2025
9
40
49
12.2
54.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
25Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
486
1975
13
37
13.1
37.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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11
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14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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8
9
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8
9
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8
9
0
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11
0
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3
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12
5
0
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12
5
0
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14
0
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