nfl receiving yards leaders for tight ends from 2000 nfc

Since 2000, Jason Witten has the most yards on receptions by a tight end in the NFC, with 12,977 yards.

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NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jason Witten
J. Witten
12,977
255
1,215
1,706
10.7
50.9
72
0
0
0.0
0
2Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
3Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,614
184
828
1,231
10.4
46.8
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
4Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
5George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,433
131
629
848
13.4
64.4
57
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,361
189
563
901
13.1
38.9
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
7Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
6,143
136
547
883
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
8Brent Celek
B. Celek
4,998
175
398
616
12.6
28.6
31
0
0
0.0
0
9Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
4,934
114
435
594
11.3
43.3
37
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
10Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
4,773
165
482
710
9.9
28.9
50
0
0
0.0
0
11T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
4,735
104
464
665
10.2
45.5
29
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
12Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
4,711
117
429
669
11.0
40.3
33
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
13Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
4,223
146
413
602
10.2
28.9
28
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
14Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
4,212
108
316
544
13.3
39.0
35
0
0
0.0
0
15Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
4,187
80
409
604
10.2
52.3
35
0
0
0.0
0
16Trey McBride
T. McBride
4,019
74
413
547
9.7
54.3
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
17Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
3,819
126
372
560
10.3
30.3
23
0
0
0.0
0
18Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
3,776
86
306
483
12.3
43.9
19
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
19Jordan Reed
J. Reed
3,602
75
355
493
10.1
48.0
28
18
1
18.0
0.2
0
20Jared Cook
J. Cook
3,372
87
252
436
13.4
38.8
25
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
21Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
3,026
107
298
413
10.2
28.3
22
8
7
1.1
0.1
0
22Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
2,965
93
301
486
9.9
31.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
23Cameron Brate
C. Brate
2,857
126
273
422
10.5
22.7
33
0
0
0.0
0
24Evan Engram
E. Engram
2,828
65
262
429
10.8
43.5
16
80
14
5.7
1.2
1
25Jermichael Finley
J. Finley
2,785
70
223
323
12.5
39.8
20
0
0
0.0
0

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