nfl te average yards after catch leaders 2021

Kyle Pitts Sr. averaged the most yards per catch by a tight end in 2021, with 15.1 per catch in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
NFL te average yards after catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game leaders 2021
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
15.1
2021
17
68
110
1,026
60.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
2Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
14.8
2021
15
56
76
830
55.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
14.6
2021
12
55
89
802
66.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
4David Njoku
D. Njoku
13.2
2021
16
36
53
475
29.7
4
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
5George Kittle
G. Kittle
12.8
2021
14
71
94
910
65.0
6
20
3
6.7
1.4
0
6Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
12.7
2021
17
107
153
1,361
80.1
9
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.2
2021
16
92
134
1,125
70.3
9
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
8Darren Waller
D. Waller
12.1
2021
11
55
93
665
60.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Hunter Henry
H. Henry
12.1
2021
17
50
75
603
35.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
10Dawson Knox
D. Knox
12.0
2021
15
49
71
587
39.1
9
4
0
0.3
0
11Jared Cook
J. Cook
11.8
2021
16
48
83
564
35.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Dan Arnold
D. Arnold
11.7
2021
TOT
11
35
52
408
37.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Mike Gesicki
M. Gesicki
10.7
2021
17
73
112
780
45.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Durham Smythe
D. Smythe
10.5
2021
17
34
41
357
21.0
0
3
2
1.5
0.2
0
15Dalton Schultz
D. Schultz
10.4
2021
17
78
104
808
47.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
10.3
2021
TOT
17
74
112
763
44.9
5
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
17Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
10.2
2021
17
60
93
612
36.0
0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
18C.J. Uzomah
C.J. Uzomah
10.1
2021
16
49
63
493
30.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Albert Okwuegbunam Jr.
A. Okwuegbunam Jr.
10.0
2021
14
33
40
330
23.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Gerald Everett
G. Everett
10.0
2021
15
48
63
478
31.9
4
20
3
6.7
1.3
0
21Noah Fant
N. Fant
9.9
2021
16
68
90
670
41.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Tyler Conklin
T. Conklin
9.7
2021
17
61
87
593
34.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
23T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
9.6
2021
12
61
84
583
48.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
9.2
2021
15
61
85
560
37.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
25Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
9.1
2021
16
38
61
345
21.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception 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
10/11
@
9-23
Sat
10/11
@
20-12
Sat
10/11
@
29-27
Sat
10/11
@
27-30
Sat
10/11
@
25-19

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/25
@
3:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
6:30 PM