tight end with most receiving yards per game first 5 years since 1970

Kellen Winslow averaged the most receiving yards per game by a tight end in his first 5 seasons, with 70.5 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
70.5
64
344
4,513
13.1
35
0
0
0.0
0
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
67.4
65
308
460
4,379
14.2
54
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
67.0
67
335
463
4,489
13.4
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
4Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
64.6
29
176
239
1,874
10.6
12
15
7
2.1
0.5
0
5Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
60.9
64
307
429
3,900
12.7
22
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
6Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
60.9
78
386
595
4,752
12.3
51
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
7Antonio Gates
A. Gates
56.6
77
340
533
4,362
12.8
43
0
0
0.0
0
8Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
56.0
77
336
502
4,313
12.8
34
8
4
2.0
0.1
0
9Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
55.7
60
296
488
3,343
11.3
16
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
10Jordan Reed
J. Reed
54.1
52
275
363
2,813
10.2
22
18
1
18.0
0.3
0
11Darren Waller
D. Waller
53.7
59
268
378
3,166
11.8
16
26
3
8.7
0.4
0
12Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
53.0
73
304
3,866
12.7
31
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
13Trey McBride
T. McBride
52.7
66
347
461
3,475
10.0
17
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
14Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
52.3
69
314
530
3,609
11.5
24
0
0
0.0
0
15Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
51.5
38
175
260
1,956
11.2
18
97
9
10.8
2.6
0
16Jason Witten
J. Witten
50.4
79
348
497
3,983
11.4
21
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
50.1
79
334
376
3,958
11.9
30
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
18Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
50.1
42
186
252
2,104
11.3
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
19Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
49.7
67
233
3,329
14.3
23
0
0
0.0
0
20Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
49.3
73
262
3,599
13.7
23
135
18
7.5
1.8
2
21Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
49.3
67
245
3,303
13.5
20
11
5
2.2
0.2
1
22T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
49.3
72
341
500
3,547
10.4
23
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Rich Caster
R. Caster
49.0
69
190
3,382
17.8
26
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
24Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
49.0
76
306
3,723
12.2
20
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
25Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
48.9
75
321
473
3,664
11.4
21
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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