tight ends with most receiving yards per game from 2011 to 2017

Between the 2011 and 2017 seasons, Rob Gronkowski averaged the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 77.1 per game.

NAME REC YDS/G GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
77.1
86
432
664
6,633
15.4
66
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
60.9
64
307
429
3,900
12.7
22
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
3 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
60.8
106
525
816
6,444
12.3
64
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
4 Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
58.0
24
130
196
1,393
10.7
12
50
6
8.3
2.1
0
5 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
55.5
48
256
361
2,664
10.4
23
0
0
0.0
0
6 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
54.1
103
445
718
5,575
12.5
33
0
0
0.0
0
7 Jordan Reed
J. Reed
54.1
52
275
363
2,813
10.2
22
18
1
18.0
0.3
0
8 Jason Witten
J. Witten
48.9
112
535
753
5,481
10.2
32
0
0
0.0
0
9 Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
48.9
75
321
473
3,664
11.4
21
0
0
0.0
0
10 Evan Engram
E. Engram
48.1
15
64
115
722
11.3
6
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
11 Dustin Keller
D. Keller
47.2
24
93
151
1,132
12.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
12 Jermichael Finley
J. Finley
45.6
38
141
213
1,734
12.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
13 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
44.6
101
398
609
4,503
11.3
45
0
0
0.0
0
14 Delanie Walker
D. Walker
43.9
107
396
612
4,698
11.9
32
50
8
6.3
0.5
1
15 Heath Miller
H. Miller
43.9
76
306
426
3,336
10.9
16
8
2
4.0
0.1
0
16 Charles Clay
C. Clay
42.3
71
284
424
3,002
10.6
18
15
7
2.1
0.2
1
17 Fred Davis
F. Davis
41.1
29
90
138
1,191
13.2
4
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
18 Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
40.7
66
234
386
2,689
11.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
19 Jared Cook
J. Cook
40.1
103
319
550
4,133
13.0
18
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
20 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
40.1
29
107
170
1,163
10.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
21 Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
39.5
98
365
535
3,871
10.6
26
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
22 Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
39.4
39
127
188
1,537
12.1
20
0
0
0.0
0
23 Dennis Pitta
D. Pitta
38.1
55
223
325
2,097
9.4
13
0
0
0.0
0
24 Vernon Davis
V. Davis
37.6
108
311
476
4,061
13.1
31
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
25 Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
37.0
56
186
288
2,070
11.1
11
1
1
1.0
0.0
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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