what te had the most receptions in 1997

Shannon Sharpe had the most catches by a tight end in 1997, with 72 catches.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
72
1997
16
1,107
15.4
69.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
2Ben Coates
B. Coates
66
1997
16
737
11.2
46.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Eric Green
E. Green
65
1997
16
601
9.2
37.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Frank Wycheck
F. Wycheck
63
1997
16
748
11.9
46.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
5Wesley Walls
W. Walls
58
1997
15
746
12.9
49.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Jamie Asher
J. Asher
49
1997
16
474
9.7
29.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
48
1997
16
787
16.4
49.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
8Eric Bjornson
E. Bjornson
47
1997
14
442
9.4
31.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Ryan Wetnight
R. Wetnight
46
1997
16
464
10.1
29.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Lonnie Johnson
L. Johnson
41
1997
16
340
8.3
21.3
2
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
11Freddie Jones
F. Jones
41
1997
13
505
12.3
38.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Troy Drayton
T. Drayton
39
1997
16
558
14.3
34.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Mark Chmura
M. Chmura
38
1997
15
417
11.0
27.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
14Ernie Conwell
E. Conwell
38
1997
16
404
10.6
25.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
35
1997
16
380
10.9
23.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Ted Popson
T. Popson
35
1997
13
320
9.1
24.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony McGee
T. McGee
34
1997
16
414
12.2
25.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
33
1997
16
368
11.2
23.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Andrew Glover
A. Glover
32
1997
13
378
11.8
29.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Carlester Crumpler
C. Crumpler
31
1997
15
361
11.6
24.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Brent Jones
B. Jones
29
1997
13
383
13.2
29.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
22David Sloan
D. Sloan
29
1997
14
264
9.1
18.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Fred Baxter
F. Baxter
27
1997
16
276
10.2
17.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
27
1997
14
380
14.1
27.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
25Jay Riemersma
J. Riemersma
26
1997
16
208
8.0
13.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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