what tight end led the nfl in receiving yards in 1981

Kellen Winslow had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in 1981, with 1,075 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,075
1981
16
88
12.2
67.2
10
0
0
0.0
0
2Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
3Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
1,002
1981
16
69
14.5
62.6
6
20
2
10.0
1.3
0
4Dan Ross
D. Ross
910
1981
16
71
12.8
56.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Don Hasselbeck
D. Hasselbeck
808
1981
14
46
17.6
57.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
6Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
786
1981
16
45
17.5
49.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
687
1981
16
55
12.5
42.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Derrick Ramsey
D. Ramsey
674
1981
16
52
13.0
42.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
9Bennie Cunningham
B. Cunningham
574
1981
15
41
14.0
38.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Dave Casper
D. Casper
572
1981
16
33
17.3
35.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
11Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
516
1981
15
38
13.6
34.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Jerome Barkum
J. Barkum
495
1981
16
39
12.7
30.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
13David Hill
D. Hill
462
1981
15
33
14.0
30.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
14Gary Shirk
G. Shirk
445
1981
16
42
10.6
27.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Charle Young
C. Young
400
1981
16
37
10.8
25.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
16Junior Miller
J. Miller
398
1981
16
32
12.4
24.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
365
1981
16
33
11.1
22.8
2
17
2
8.5
1.1
0
18Al Dixon
A. Dixon
356
1981
16
29
12.3
22.3
2
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
19Don Warren
D. Warren
335
1981
16
29
11.6
20.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Joe Rose
J. Rose
316
1981
16
23
13.7
19.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Reese McCall
R. McCall
314
1981
16
21
15.0
19.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
22Eric Sievers
E. Sievers
276
1981
16
22
12.5
17.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Larry Hardy
L. Hardy
275
1981
16
23
12.0
17.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
24John Sawyer
J. Sawyer
272
1981
16
21
13.0
17.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Ron Egloff
R. Egloff
231
1981
16
17
13.6
14.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
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