most yards per reception as a tight end in a single season

John Mosier has the most receiving yards per reception by a tight end in a season, with 53 in 1972.

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	NAME	YDS/REC	REC YDS	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	John Mosier J. Mosier	53	53	1	1972	BAL	14		53.0	3.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Ifeanyi Momah I. Momah	46	46	1	2017	ARI	9	2	46.0	5.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Hunter Bryant H. Bryant	44	44	1	2020	DET	5	3	44.0	8.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Chuck Bradley C. Bradley	42	42	1	1975	SD	4		42.0	10.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Jamie Kurisko J. Kurisko	41	41	1	1987	NYJ	3		41.0	13.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Bruce Coslet B. Coslet	39	39	1	1969	CIN	8		39.0	4.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Butch Wilson B. Wilson	38	38	1	1965	BAL	14		38.0	2.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Nick O'Leary N. O'Leary	37	37	1	2015	BUF	4	3	37.0	9.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ross Dwelley R. Dwelley	35	105	3	2022	SF	12	5	35.0	8.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Kory Sperry K. Sperry	32	32	1	2011	SD	16	5	32.0	2.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jimmie Kennedy J. Kennedy	32	32	1	1976	BAL	14		32.0	2.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Danny Noble D. Noble	31.5	63	2	2013	JAX	8	3	31.5	7.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	31.14	436	14	1966	OAK	14		31.1	31.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
14	Jake Fisher J. Fisher	31	31	1	2015	CIN	14	5	31.0	2.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Ron Battle R. Battle	31	62	2	1982	RAM	9		31.0	6.9	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
16	Billy Martin B. Martin	31	93	3	1964	CHI	14		31.0	6.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	James Jenkins J. Jenkins	30	30	1	1999	WAS	16	4	30.0	1.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Chip Glass C. Glass	30	60	2	1973	CLE	12		30.0	5.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Gordon Smith G. Smith	29.5	177	6	1963	MIN	14		29.5	12.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Tony Cline T. Cline	29	29	1	1997	BUF	10		29.0	2.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Greg McCrary G. McCrary	29	29	1	1978	TOT	13		29.0	2.2	1	18	2	9.0	1.4	0
22	Jeff Robinson J. Robinson	28	28	1	2005	STL	5	3	28.0	5.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Mike Waters M. Waters	28	140	5	1987	NO	5		28.0	28.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
24	K.D. Dunn	27.67	83	3	1986	TB	7		27.7	11.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Hayward Clay H. Clay	27	27	1	1998	DAL	3		27.0	9.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Broncos	3	2	0	.600
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