nfl rookie recieving yards leaders 2021 by a te

Kyle Pitts Sr. had the most receiving yards by a rookie tight end in 2021, with 1,026 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
1,026
2021
17
68
110
15.1
60.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
2Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
497
2021
16
60
79
8.3
31.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
3John Bates
J. Bates
249
2021
17
20
25
12.5
14.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
4Tommy Tremble
T. Tremble
180
2021
16
20
35
9.0
11.3
1
11
3
3.7
0.7
1
5Brevin Jordan
B. Jordan
178
2021
9
20
28
8.9
19.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
6Brock Wright
B. Wright
117
2021
10
12
17
9.8
11.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
7Kylen Granson
K. Granson
106
2021
17
11
15
9.6
6.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Luke Farrell
L. Farrell
56
2021
15
7
11
8.0
3.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Jody Fortson
J. Fortson
47
2021
6
5
5
9.4
7.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Tre' McKitty
T. McKitty
45
2021
11
6
8
7.5
4.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Parker Hesse
P. Hesse
43
2021
8
5
6
8.6
5.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Kenny Yeboah
K. Yeboah
36
2021
9
2
3
18.0
4.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Noah Gray
N. Gray
36
2021
16
7
10
5.1
2.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Shane Zylstra
S. Zylstra
34
2021
4
3
7
11.3
8.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Tommy Hudson
T. Hudson
31
2021
5
3
6
10.3
6.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Tyree Jackson
T. Jackson
22
2021
9
3
7
7.3
2.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Jack Stoll
J. Stoll
22
2021
16
4
5
5.5
1.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Mitchell Wilcox
M. Wilcox
16
2021
15
3
5
5.3
1.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Ethan Wolf
E. Wolf
8
2021
2
2
2
4.0
4.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Hunter Long
H. Long
8
2021
7
1
3
8.0
1.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
NO Saints

6 - 11

17

Final

19

ATL Falcons

8 - 9

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM