nfl rookie receiving yards leaders 2023 by te

Sam LaPorta had the most yards on receptions by a rookie tight end in 2023, with 889 yards.

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
2Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
673
2023
16
73
91
9.2
42.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
3Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
355
2023
17
31
40
11.5
20.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
4Luke Musgrave
L. Musgrave
352
2023
11
34
46
10.4
32.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Michael Mayer
M. Mayer
304
2023
14
27
40
11.3
21.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
6Will Mallory
W. Mallory
207
2023
12
18
26
11.5
17.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Elijah Higgins
E. Higgins
163
2023
11
14
19
11.6
14.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Drew Ogletree
D. Ogletree
147
2023
12
9
21
16.3
12.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Davis Allen
D. Allen
95
2023
15
10
11
9.5
6.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Josh Whyle
J. Whyle
94
2023
11
9
15
10.4
8.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Luke Schoonmaker
L. Schoonmaker
65
2023
17
8
15
8.1
3.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Darnell Washington
D. Washington
61
2023
17
7
10
8.7
3.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Payne Durham
P. Durham
58
2023
13
5
7
11.6
4.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Julian Hill
J. Hill
48
2023
15
6
9
8.0
3.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Brenton Strange
B. Strange
35
2023
14
5
9
7.0
2.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Nate Adkins
N. Adkins
22
2023
10
4
5
5.5
2.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Ben Sims
B. Sims
21
2023
17
4
6
5.3
1.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
18John FitzPatrick
J. FitzPatrick
12
2023
9
1
1
12.0
1.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Tucker Fisk
T. Fisk
9
2023
6
1
1
9.0
1.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Cole Fotheringham
C. Fotheringham
6
2023
2
1
1
6.0
3.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,233

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,143

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,262

St. Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown
Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

3rd

OPP PPG

24.8

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

119.9

15th

PASS YDS/G

264.8

4th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
Lions Lions
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

8 - 8

10

Final

23

MIN Vikings

8 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
13-42
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM