what are the most rushing touchdowns in a season by a tight end

Johnny Hector has scored the most rushing touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 11 touchdowns in 1987.

NAMERUSH TDSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Johnny Hector
J. Hector
11
1987
NYJ NYJ
11
435
111
3.9
39.5
249
32
7.8
22.6
0
2Taysom Hill
T. Hill
7
2022
NO NO
16
575
96
6.0
35.9
77
9
13
8.6
4.8
2
3Taysom Hill
T. Hill
6
2024
NO NO
8
278
39
7.1
34.8
187
23
31
8.1
23.4
0
4Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
4
1992
SD SD
9
499
106
4.7
55.4
86
12
7.2
9.6
0
5Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
4
1990
SD SD
12
589
124
4.8
49.1
40
8
5.0
3.3
0
6Barry Redden
B. Redden
3
1988
SD SD
8
30
19
1.6
3.8
11
1
11.0
1.4
0
7Jackie Smith
J. Smith
3
1968
STL STL
14
163
12
13.6
11.6
789
49
16.1
56.4
2
8Trey Burton
T. Burton
2
2020
IND IND
13
3
2
1.5
0.2
250
28
47
8.9
19.2
3
9Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
2
1978
CLE CLE
16
96
13
7.4
6.0
589
38
15.5
36.8
2
10Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
2
1976
DEN DEN
14
36
3
12.0
2.6
477
30
15.9
34.1
3
11Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
2
1964
SD SD
14
124
24
5.2
8.9
177
10
17.7
12.6
0
12Taysom Hill
T. Hill
1
2025
NO NO
5
32
15
2.1
6.4
18
3
3
6.0
3.6
0
13AJ Barner
AJ Barner
1
2025
SEA SEA
8
7
4
1.8
0.9
236
21
26
11.2
29.5
4
14Tyler Warren
T. Warren
1
2025
IND IND
9
6
4
1.5
0.7
518
42
57
12.3
57.6
3
15Trey McBride
T. McBride
1
2024
ARI ARI
16
2
1
2.0
0.1
1,146
111
147
10.3
71.6
2
16Durham Smythe
D. Smythe
1
2022
MIA MIA
16
1
2
0.5
0.1
129
15
20
8.6
8.1
1
17Noah Gray
N. Gray
1
2022
KC KC
17
1
1
1.0
0.1
299
28
34
10.7
17.6
1
18Daniel Bellinger
D. Bellinger
1
2022
NYG NYG
12
2
1
2.0
0.2
268
30
35
8.9
22.3
2
19Peyton Hendershot
P. Hendershot
1
2022
DAL DAL
17
2
1
2.0
0.1
103
11
16
9.4
6.1
2
20Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1
2021
KC KC
16
3
2
1.5
0.2
1,125
92
134
12.2
70.3
9
21Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
1
2021
PIT PIT
8
1
1
1.0
0.1
84
12
18
7.0
10.5
1
22Tommy Tremble
T. Tremble
1
2021
CAR CAR
16
11
3
3.7
0.7
180
20
35
9.0
11.3
1
23Evan Engram
E. Engram
1
2020
NYG NYG
16
26
6
4.3
1.6
654
63
109
10.4
40.9
1
24Gerald Everett
G. Everett
1
2020
LAR LAR
16
2
1
2.0
0.1
417
41
62
10.2
26.1
1
25Jonnu Smith
J. Smith
1
2020
TEN TEN
15
4
2
2.0
0.3
448
41
65
10.9
29.9
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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