what tight end led the nfl in receiving yards in 1966

John Mackey had the most receiving yards by a tight end in 1966, with 829 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	John Mackey J. Mackey	829	1966	BAL	14	50	16.6	59.2	9	-6	1	-6.0	-0.4	0
2	Jackie Smith J. Smith	810	1966	STL	14	45	18.0	57.9	3	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
3	Al Denson A. Denson	725	1966	DEN	14	36	20.1	51.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jerry Smith J. Smith	686	1966	WAS	14	54	12.7	49.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
5	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	683	1966	NYG	14	43	15.9	48.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
6	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	653	1966	PHI	14	40	16.3	46.6	6	0	0		0.0	0
7	John Hilton J. Hilton	603	1966	PIT	14	46	13.1	43.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	565	1966	NYJ	14	41	13.8	40.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
9	Preston Carpenter P. Carpenter	518	1966	TOT	13	30	17.3	39.8	4	-10	1	-10.0	-0.8	0
10	Jim Whalen J. Whalen	502	1966	BOS	14	29	17.3	35.9	4	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jacque MacKinnon J. MacKinnon	477	1966	SD	14	26	18.3	34.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
12	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	436	1966	OAK	14	14	31.1	31.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ron Kramer R. Kramer	432	1966	DET	14	37	11.7	30.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Paul Costa P. Costa	400	1966	BUF	14	27	14.8	28.6	3	1	0		0.1	0
15	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	378	1966	CHI	14	32	11.8	27.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
16	Marv Fleming M. Fleming	361	1966	GB	14	31	11.6	25.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Bob McLeod B. McLeod	339	1966	HOU	14	23	14.7	24.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
18	Milt Morin M. Morin	333	1966	CLE	11	23	14.5	30.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
19	Billy Martin B. Martin	330	1966	ATL	14	29	11.4	23.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	320	1966	MIA	14	27	11.9	22.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	315	1966	SF	14	27	11.7	22.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Billy Truax B. Truax	314	1966	LA	14	29	10.8	22.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Fred Arbanas F. Arbanas	305	1966	KC	14	22	13.9	21.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Tom Mitchell T. Mitchell	301	1966	OAK	14	23	13.1	21.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Charley Ferguson C. Ferguson	293	1966	BUF	14	16	18.3	20.9	1	0	0		0.0	0

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