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.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
889
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
10.3
52.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
2 Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
673
2023
BUF BUF
16
73
91
9.2
42.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
3 Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
355
2023
GB GB
17
31
40
11.5
20.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
4 Luke Musgrave
L. Musgrave
352
2023
GB GB
11
34
46
10.4
32.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
5 Michael Mayer
M. Mayer
304
2023
LV LV
14
27
40
11.3
21.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
6 Will Mallory
W. Mallory
207
2023
IND IND
12
18
26
11.5
17.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
7 Elijah Higgins
E. Higgins
163
2023
ARI ARI
11
14
19
11.6
14.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
8 Drew Ogletree
D. Ogletree
147
2023
IND IND
12
9
21
16.3
12.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
9 Davis Allen
D. Allen
95
2023
LAR LAR
15
10
11
9.5
6.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
10 Josh Whyle
J. Whyle
94
2023
TEN TEN
11
9
15
10.4
8.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11 Luke Schoonmaker
L. Schoonmaker
65
2023
DAL DAL
17
8
15
8.1
3.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Darnell Washington
D. Washington
61
2023
PIT PIT
17
7
10
8.7
3.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Payne Durham
P. Durham
58
2023
TB TB
13
5
7
11.6
4.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14 Julian Hill
J. Hill
48
2023
MIA MIA
15
6
9
8.0
3.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Brenton Strange
B. Strange
35
2023
JAX JAX
14
5
9
7.0
2.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
16 Nate Adkins
N. Adkins
22
2023
DEN DEN
10
4
5
5.5
2.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Ben Sims
B. Sims
21
2023
GB GB
17
4
6
5.3
1.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
18 John FitzPatrick
J. FitzPatrick
12
2023
ATL ATL
9
1
1
12.0
1.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Tucker Fisk
T. Fisk
9
2023
ATL ATL
6
1
1
9.0
1.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
20 Cole Fotheringham
C. Fotheringham
6
2023
LV LV
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.

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Team Rankings

PPG

34.3

1st

OPP PPG

22.0

15th

RUSH YDS/G

139.0

6th

PASS YDS/G

232.3

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
Bears Bears
2
2
0
.500
Vikings Vikings
2
2
0
.500
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

3 - 1 - 0

34

Final

10

CLE Browns

1 - 3 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM