what tight end led the nfl in receiving yards in 1963

Pete Retzlaff had the most receiving yards by a tight end in 1963, with 895 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
895
1963
14
57
15.7
63.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
794
1963
14
59
13.5
56.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
3John Mackey
J. Mackey
726
1963
14
35
20.7
51.9
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
4Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
537
1963
12
32
16.8
44.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
5Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
530
1963
14
33
16.1
37.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Jerry Reichow
J. Reichow
479
1963
14
35
13.7
34.2
3
-12
1
-12.0
-0.9
0
7Ernie Warlick
E. Warlick
479
1963
14
24
20.0
34.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
8Gene Prebola
G. Prebola
471
1963
14
30
15.7
33.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
9Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
469
1963
14
22
21.3
33.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Johnny Brewer
J. Brewer
454
1963
14
29
15.7
32.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Jackie Smith
J. Smith
445
1963
14
28
15.9
31.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Tony Romeo
T. Romeo
418
1963
14
32
13.1
29.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
412
1963
14
32
12.9
29.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Lee Folkins
L. Folkins
407
1963
13
31
13.1
31.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Pat Richter
P. Richter
383
1963
14
27
14.2
27.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
373
1963
14
34
11.0
26.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe Walton
J. Walton
371
1963
12
26
14.3
30.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
18Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
359
1963
14
23
15.6
25.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Ken Herock
K. Herock
269
1963
14
16
16.8
19.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Dee Mackey
D. Mackey
263
1963
14
23
11.4
18.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
262
1963
14
11
23.8
18.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
233
1963
14
17
13.7
16.6
1
-3
1
-3.0
-0.2
0
23Gary Knafelc
G. Knafelc
221
1963
10
18
12.3
22.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Gordon Smith
G. Smith
177
1963
14
6
29.5
12.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
25Pervis Atkins
P. Atkins
174
1963
14
14
12.4
12.4
1
11
5
2.2
0.8
0
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