what tight end had the most receiving yads in 1996

Shannon Sharpe had the most receiving yards by a tight end in 1996, with 1,062 yards.

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	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,062	1996	DEN	15	80	13.3	70.8	10	0	0		0.0	0
2	Wesley Walls W. Walls	713	1996	CAR	16	61	11.7	44.6	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Ben Coates B. Coates	682	1996	NE	16	62	11.0	42.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
4	Brian Kinchen B. Kinchen	581	1996	BAL	16	55	10.6	36.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Pete Mitchell P. Mitchell	575	1996	JAX	16	52	11.1	35.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
6	Frank Wycheck F. Wycheck	511	1996	HOU	16	53	9.6	31.9	6	3	2	1.5	0.2	0
7	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	505	1996	GB	16	40	12.6	31.6	10	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ken Dilger K. Dilger	503	1996	IND	16	42	12.0	31.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
9	Jamie Asher J. Asher	481	1996	WAS	16	42	11.5	30.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
10	Lonnie Johnson L. Johnson	457	1996	BUF	16	46	9.9	28.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tony McGee T. McGee	446	1996	CIN	16	38	11.7	27.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Brent Jones B. Jones	428	1996	SF	11	33	13.0	38.9	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Eric Bjornson E. Bjornson	388	1996	DAL	14	48	8.1	27.7	3	0	0		0.0	0
14	Rickey Dudley R. Dudley	386	1996	OAK	16	34	11.4	24.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
15	Mark Chmura M. Chmura	370	1996	GB	13	28	13.2	28.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jackie Harris J. Harris	349	1996	TB	13	30	11.6	26.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jason Dunn J. Dunn	332	1996	PHI	16	15	22.1	20.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Troy Drayton T. Drayton	331	1996	TOT	13	28	11.8	25.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Pat Carter P. Carter	329	1996	ARI	16	26	12.7	20.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Ted Popson T. Popson	301	1996	SF	15	26	11.6	20.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
21	Alfred Pupunu A. Pupunu	271	1996	SD	9	24	11.3	30.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Carlester Crumpler C. Crumpler	258	1996	SEA	16	26	9.9	16.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Dave Moore D. Moore	237	1996	TB	16	27	8.8	14.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ryan Wetnight R. Wetnight	223	1996	CHI	11	21	10.6	20.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Christian Fauria C. Fauria	214	1996	SEA	10	18	11.9	21.4	1	0	0		0.0	0

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