te most average yards after catch in nfl history

Rich Caster has the most career yards per catch by a tight end, with 17.7 per reception.

Interpreted as:
te most average yards after catch with a minimum of 200 receptions in NFL history
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rich Caster
R. Caster
17.7
202
77
3,567
46.3
26
67
10
6.7
0.9
0
2Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
17.4
215
81
3,733
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
3Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
17.1
244
62
4,177
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
4Jackie Smith
J. Smith
16.5
480
210
7,918
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
5John Mackey
J. Mackey
15.8
331
139
5,236
37.7
38
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
6Milt Morin
M. Morin
15.5
271
129
4,208
32.6
16
41
5
8.2
0.3
0
7Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
15.4
298
128
4,600
35.9
35
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
8Henry Childs
H. Childs
15.3
223
103
3,401
33.0
28
12
4
3.0
0.1
1
9Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
15.0
621
143
961
9,286
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
10Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
14.8
209
101
3,089
30.6
18
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
11Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
14.8
209
121
3,088
25.5
36
118
6
19.7
1.0
1
12Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
14.7
200
103
2,947
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
13Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
14.5
396
153
5,755
37.6
41
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
14Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
14.5
350
188
5,084
27.0
41
-3
5
-0.6
0.0
0
15Hoby Brenner
H. Brenner
14.4
267
175
3,849
22.0
21
0
0
0.0
0
16Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
14.3
336
128
4,817
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
17Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
14.3
305
155
4,358
28.1
28
187
26
7.2
1.2
1
18Bennie Cunningham
B. Cunningham
14.3
202
118
2,879
24.4
20
0
0
0.0
0
19Alvin Reed
A. Reed
13.9
214
116
2,983
25.7
14
0
0
0.0
0
20Dave Casper
D. Casper
13.8
378
147
5,216
35.5
52
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
21Raymond Chester
R. Chester
13.8
364
172
5,013
29.1
48
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
22Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
13.7
221
108
165
3,024
28.0
33
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
23Emery Moorehead
E. Moorehead
13.7
200
97
2,730
28.1
14
7
8
0.9
0.1
0
24George Kittle
G. Kittle
13.6
546
116
744
7,448
64.2
47
71
12
5.9
0.6
0
25Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
13.6
427
158
5,812
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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27.6

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RUSH YDS/G

143.6

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PASS YDS/G

184.0

32nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
Dolphins Dolphins
2
6
0
.250
Jets Jets
1
7
0
.125
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11/9
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NYJ NYJ
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Thu
11/13
NYJ NYJ
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NE NE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
NYJ NYJ
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
ATL ATL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYJ Jets

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39

Final

38

CIN Bengals

3 - 5 - 0

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

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10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM