what tight end led the nfl in receptions in 1987

Mark Bavaro made the most receptions by a tight end in 1987, with 55 catches.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	55	1987	NYG	12	867	15.8	72.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	53	1987	SD	12	519	9.8	43.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
3	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	47	1987	RAI	12	663	14.1	55.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
4	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	43	1987	NYJ	11	434	10.1	39.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Rob Awalt R. Awalt	42	1987	STL	12	526	12.5	43.8	6	-9	2	-4.5	-0.8	0
6	Doug Cosbie D. Cosbie	36	1987	DAL	12	421	11.7	35.1	3	-5	1	-5.0	-0.4	0
7	John Spagnola J. Spagnola	36	1987	PHI	12	350	9.7	29.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
8	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	35	1987	MIN	12	490	14.0	40.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
9	Calvin Magee C. Magee	34	1987	TB	11	424	12.5	38.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	34	1987	CLE	13	375	11.0	28.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Johnny Hector J. Hector	32	1987	NYJ	11	249	7.8	22.6	0	435	111	3.9	39.5	11
12	Clarence Kay C. Kay	31	1987	DEN	12	440	14.2	36.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Pat Beach P. Beach	28	1987	IND	12	239	8.5	19.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Bruce Hardy B. Hardy	28	1987	MIA	12	292	10.4	24.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
15	Rodney Holman R. Holman	28	1987	CIN	12	438	15.6	36.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
16	Pete Metzelaars P. Metzelaars	28	1987	BUF	12	290	10.4	24.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	John Frank J. Frank	26	1987	SF	12	296	11.4	24.7	3	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
18	Emery Moorehead E. Moorehead	24	1987	CHI	12	269	11.2	22.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Russ Francis R. Francis	22	1987	TOT	9	202	9.2	22.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jonathan Hayes J. Hayes	21	1987	KC	12	272	13.0	22.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
21	Damone Johnson D. Johnson	21	1987	RAM	12	198	9.4	16.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Hoby Brenner H. Brenner	20	1987	NO	12	280	14.0	23.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
23	Pete Holohan P. Holohan	20	1987	SD	12	239	12.0	19.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Jay Novacek J. Novacek	20	1987	STL	7	254	12.7	36.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ed West E. West	19	1987	GB	12	261	13.7	21.8	1	0	0		0.0	0

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