single game record for rookie receiving yards by tight end last

Jackie Smith had 212 receiving yards in his rookie season against the Steelers on October 13, 1963.

NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
3Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
4Oronde Gadsden
O. Gadsden
164
10/19/2025
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
7
9
23.4
1
0
0
0
5Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
163
10/24/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIA MIA
7
8
23.3
0
0
0
0
6Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
161
11/19/1995
JAX JAX
@
TB TB
10
16.1
1
0
0
0
7Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
150
10/25/1970
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
6
25.0
2
0
0
0
8John Mackey
J. Mackey
144
12/8/1963
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
5
28.8
2
0
0
0
9Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
142
12/31/1988
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
7
20.3
0
0
0
0
10Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
140
11/29/2024
LV LV
@
KC KC
10
14
14.0
1
2
1
2.0
0
11Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
140
12/3/2023
DET DET
@
NO NO
9
9
15.6
1
0
0
0
12Jordan Reed
J. Reed
134
10/20/2013
WAS WAS
vs
CHI CHI
9
9
14.9
1
0
0
0
13Mike Dyal
M. Dyal
134
12/3/1989
RAI RAI
vs
DEN DEN
4
33.5
1
0
0
0
14Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
133
12/15/1968
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
10
13.3
0
0
0
0
15T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
131
9/8/2019
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
6
9
21.8
1
0
0
0
16Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
130
9/23/1961
CHI CHI
@
LA LA
5
26.0
1
0
0
0
17Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
126
11/17/2024
LV LV
@
MIA MIA
13
16
9.7
1
-3
1
-3.0
0
18Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
125
10/15/1995
IND IND
vs
SF SF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
19Russ Francis
R. Francis
125
11/23/1975
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
20Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
124
11/8/1987
STL STL
vs
TB TB
9
13.8
1
0
0
0
21Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
124
11/5/1978
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
4
31.0
0
0
0
0
22Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
123
12/11/1966
NYJ NYJ
@
SD SD
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
23Gordon Smith
G. Smith
123
11/26/1961
MIN MIN
@
SF SF
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
120
10/8/1961
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5
24.0
1
0
0
0
25Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
119
10/10/2021
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
9
10
13.2
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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22.0

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RUSH YDS/G

110.4

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PASS YDS/G

223.0

18th

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Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
49ers 49ers
6
3
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
JAX JAX
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Sun
11/30
ARI ARI
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
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ARI Cardinals

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
0
.778
Bills Bills
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2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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3
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.625
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5
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3
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4
0
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2
0
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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
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Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
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Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM