what tight end led the nfl in receptions in 1978

Dave Casper made the most receptions by a tight end in 1978, with 62 catches.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Dave Casper D. Casper	62	1978	OAK	16	852	13.7	53.3	9	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
2	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	54	1978	DEN	16	829	15.4	51.8	6	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
3	Henry Childs H. Childs	53	1978	NO	16	869	16.4	54.3	4	-4	2	-2.0	-0.3	0
4	David Hill D. Hill	53	1978	DET	16	633	11.9	39.6	4	12	3	4.0	0.8	0
5	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	47	1978	MIN	16	540	11.5	33.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Walter White W. White	42	1978	KC	16	340	8.1	21.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Russ Francis R. Francis	39	1978	NE	15	543	13.9	36.2	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	38	1978	CLE	16	589	15.5	36.8	2	96	13	7.4	6.0	2
9	Randy Grossman R. Grossman	37	1978	PIT	16	448	12.1	28.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Billy Joe DuPree B. Joe DuPree	34	1978	DAL	16	509	15.0	31.8	9	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
11	Reuben Gant R. Gant	34	1978	BUF	16	408	12.0	25.5	5	14	1	14.0	0.9	0
12	Bob Klein B. Klein	34	1978	SD	16	413	12.1	25.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mike Barber M. Barber	32	1978	HOU	16	513	16.0	32.1	3	14	2	7.0	0.9	0
14	Jim Mitchell J. Mitchell	32	1978	ATL	16	366	11.4	22.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
15	Andre Tillman A. Tillman	31	1978	MIA	16	398	12.8	24.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jerome Barkum J. Barkum	28	1978	NYJ	16	391	14.0	24.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
17	Don Bass D. Bass	27	1978	CIN	16	447	16.6	27.9	4	-4	1	-4.0	-0.3	0
18	Keith Krepfle K. Krepfle	26	1978	PHI	10	374	14.4	37.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
19	Jean Fugett J. Fugett	25	1978	WAS	14	367	14.7	26.2	7	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	23	1978	TB	16	324	14.1	20.3	2	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
21	Rich McGeorge R. McGeorge	23	1978	GB	16	247	10.7	15.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Terry Nelson T. Nelson	23	1978	LA	13	344	15.0	26.5	0	67	6	11.2	5.2	1
23	Eason Ramson E. Ramson	23	1978	STL	15	238	10.3	15.9	1	8	2	4.0	0.5	0
24	Ken MacAfee K. MacAfee	22	1978	SF	13	205	9.3	15.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Paul Seal P. Seal	21	1978	SF	14	370	17.6	26.4	2	0	0		0.0	0

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