most yards per game rookie tight ends single season

Keith McKeller has averaged the most receiving yards per game by a rookie tight end, with 80.0 per game in 1987.

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most receiving yards per game rookie tight ends single season

	NAME	REC YDS/G	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Keith McKeller K. McKeller	80.0	1987	BUF	1	9		80	8.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	76.9	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	19.2	12	0	0		0.0	0
3	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	70.2	2024	LV	17	112	153	1,194	10.7	5	13	5	2.6	0.8	0
4	Charle Young C. Young	61.0	1973	PHI	14	55		854	15.5	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
5	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	60.4	2021	ATL	17	68	110	1,026	15.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	59.6	2002	NYG	15	74	127	894	12.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jordan Reed J. Reed	55.4	2013	WAS	9	45	60	499	11.1	3	18	1	18.0	2.0	0
8	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	54.3	1988	PHI	16	81		869	10.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	52.3	2023	DET	17	86	120	889	10.3	10	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
10	John Mackey J. Mackey	51.9	1963	BAL	14	35		726	20.7	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
11	Evan Engram E. Engram	48.1	2017	NYG	15	64	115	722	11.3	6	14	1	14.0	0.9	0
12	Tyler Warren T. Warren	48.1	2025	IND	17	76	112	817	10.8	4	8	6	1.3	0.5	1
13	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	45.7	2025	CLE	16	72	107	731	10.2	6	13	7	1.9	0.8	1
14	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	45.6	1968	CIN	14	37		639	17.3	3	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
15	Russ Francis R. Francis	45.4	1975	NE	14	35		636	18.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Colston Loveland C. Loveland	44.6	2025	CHI	16	58	82	713	12.3	6	-2	1	-2.0	-0.1	0
17	Oronde Gadsden O. Gadsden	44.3	2025	LAC	15	49	69	664	13.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
18	Rob Awalt R. Awalt	43.8	1987	STL	12	42		526	12.5	6	-9	2	-4.5	-0.8	0
19	Cameron Cleeland C. Cleeland	42.8	1998	NO	16	54		684	12.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Dalton Kincaid D. Kincaid	42.1	2023	BUF	16	73	91	673	9.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Sylvester Byrd S. Byrd	41.7	1987	ATL	3	7		125	17.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Greg Dulcich G. Dulcich	41.1	2022	DEN	10	33	55	411	12.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Craig McEwen C. McEwen	41.0	1987	WAS	4	12		164	13.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	40.8	1970	NYG	14	40		571	14.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
25	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	40.4	1966	NYJ	14	41		565	13.8	4	0	0		0.0	0

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