what tight end led the nfl in receiving yards in 1985

Todd Christensen had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in 1985, with 987 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
987
1985
16
82
12.0
61.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
879
1985
16
76
11.6
54.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
3Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
795
1985
16
68
11.7
49.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Doug Cosbie
D. Cosbie
793
1985
16
64
12.4
49.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
5John Spagnola
J. Spagnola
772
1985
16
64
12.1
48.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
6Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
711
1985
16
62
11.5
44.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
673
1985
16
43
15.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
666
1985
16
49
13.6
41.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Hoby Brenner
H. Brenner
652
1985
16
42
15.5
40.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
511
1985
16
37
13.8
31.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Jerry Bell
J. Bell
496
1985
9
43
11.5
55.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Emery Moorehead
E. Moorehead
481
1985
15
35
13.7
32.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Rodney Holman
R. Holman
479
1985
16
38
12.6
29.9
7
0
0
0.0
0
14Russ Francis
R. Francis
478
1985
16
44
10.9
29.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Pete Holohan
P. Holohan
458
1985
15
42
10.9
30.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Arthur Cox
A. Cox
454
1985
16
33
13.8
28.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Jamie Williams
J. Williams
444
1985
16
39
11.4
27.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Eric Sievers
E. Sievers
438
1985
16
41
10.7
27.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Clint Didier
C. Didier
433
1985
16
41
10.6
27.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Bruce Hardy
B. Hardy
409
1985
16
39
10.5
25.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Tim Wrightman
T. Wrightman
407
1985
16
24
17.0
25.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
22Pat Beach
P. Beach
376
1985
16
36
10.4
23.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
23Eason Ramson
E. Ramson
369
1985
16
37
10.0
23.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Doug Marsh
D. Marsh
355
1985
16
37
9.6
22.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
25David Lewis
D. Lewis
354
1985
15
28
12.6
23.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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