single season record for receiving yards by tight end in 14 games or less

Jackie Smith has the most yards on receptions by a tight end in a season when playing 14 or fewer games, with 1,205 yards in 1967.

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	NAME	REC YDS	GP	SEASON	TM	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jackie Smith J. Smith	1,205	14	1967	STL	56		21.5	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
2	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	1,190	14	1965	PHI	66		18.0	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	14	1961	DEN	100		11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	1,092	14	1961	LA	78		14.0	78.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
5	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,084	14	2017	NE	69	105	15.7	77.4	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	1,076	14	1961	CHI	56		19.2	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
7	George Kittle G. Kittle	1,053	14	2019	SF	85	107	12.4	75.2	5	22	5	4.4	1.6	0
8	Frank Clarke F. Clarke	973	14	1964	DAL	65		15.0	69.5	5	46	10	4.6	3.3	0
9	Jordan Reed J. Reed	952	14	2015	WAS	87	114	10.9	68.0	11	0	0		0.0	0
10	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	922	14	1967	SD	57		16.2	65.9	10	0	0		0.0	0
11	George Kittle G. Kittle	910	14	2021	SF	71	94	12.8	65.0	6	20	3	6.7	1.4	0
12	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	910	14	2011	NE	79	113	11.5	65.0	7	45	5	9.0	3.2	0
13	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	904	14	1962	CHI	58		15.6	64.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
14	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	897	14	1964	CHI	75		12.0	64.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
15	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	895	14	1963	PHI	57		15.7	63.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	877	14	1967	NYG	51		17.2	62.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	875	14	1962	LA	60		14.6	62.5	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	867	12	1987	NYG	55		15.8	72.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	855	12	1964	PHI	51		16.8	71.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
20	Charle Young C. Young	854	14	1973	PHI	55		15.5	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
21	Jerry Smith J. Smith	849	14	1967	WAS	67		12.7	60.6	12	0	0		0.0	0
22	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	835	14	1969	CIN	37		22.6	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
23	Rich Caster R. Caster	833	14	1972	NYJ	39		21.4	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
24	John Mackey J. Mackey	829	14	1966	BAL	50		16.6	59.2	9	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
25	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	824	14	2017	PHI	74	110	11.1	58.9	8	0	0		0.0	0

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