what tight end led the nfl in receptions in 1979

Raymond Chester made the most receptions by a tight end in 1979, with 58 receptions.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Raymond Chester
R. Chester
58
1979
14
712
12.3
50.9
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Dave Casper
D. Casper
57
1979
15
771
13.5
51.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
3Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
56
1979
16
711
12.7
44.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
4Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
55
1979
16
781
14.2
48.8
9
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
5Henry Childs
H. Childs
51
1979
16
846
16.6
52.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
6David Hill
D. Hill
47
1979
16
569
12.1
35.6
3
15
1
15.0
0.9
0
7Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
41
1979
16
760
18.5
47.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Dan Ross
D. Ross
41
1979
16
516
12.6
32.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
40
1979
16
579
14.5
36.2
7
7
2
3.5
0.4
0
10Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
40
1979
13
638
16.0
49.1
1
-7
1
-7.0
-0.5
0
11Russ Francis
R. Francis
39
1979
12
557
14.3
46.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
12Bob Klein
B. Klein
37
1979
15
424
11.5
28.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Reese McCall
R. McCall
37
1979
14
536
14.5
38.3
4
0
0
0.0
0
14Bennie Cunningham
B. Cunningham
36
1979
15
512
14.2
34.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Gary Shirk
G. Shirk
31
1979
16
471
15.2
29.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Bruce Hardy
B. Hardy
30
1979
16
386
12.9
24.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
17Billy Joe DuPree
B. Joe DuPree
29
1979
16
324
11.2
20.3
5
19
2
9.5
1.2
0
18Mike Barber
M. Barber
27
1979
15
377
14.0
25.1
3
4
2
2.0
0.3
0
19Jerome Barkum
J. Barkum
27
1979
13
401
14.9
30.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Bob Bruer
B. Bruer
26
1979
16
254
9.8
15.9
1
-4
5
-0.8
-0.3
0
21Don Warren
D. Warren
26
1979
16
303
11.7
18.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Terry Nelson
T. Nelson
25
1979
16
293
11.7
18.3
3
-16
2
-8.0
-1.0
0
23Brian Peets
B. Peets
25
1979
16
293
11.7
18.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
25
1979
7
255
10.2
36.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
25Ken MacAfee
K. MacAfee
24
1979
16
266
11.1
16.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
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