what tight end led the nfl in receptions in 1988

Keith Jackson had the most catches by a tight end in 1988, with 81 catches in his rookie season.

NAMERECSEASONTMGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
81
1988
16
869
10.7
54.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
2Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
70
1988
15
805
11.5
53.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Pete Holohan
P. Holohan
59
1988
16
640
10.8
40.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
4Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
57
1988
16
756
13.3
47.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
5Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
53
1988
16
672
12.7
42.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Damone Johnson
D. Johnson
42
1988
16
350
8.3
21.9
6
0
0
0.0
0
7Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
39
1988
16
454
11.6
28.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
8Ron Hall
R. Hall
39
1988
15
555
14.2
37.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Rodney Holman
R. Holman
39
1988
16
527
13.5
32.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
38
1988
16
569
15.0
35.6
4
10
1
10.0
0.6
0
11Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
35
1988
16
343
9.8
21.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Clarence Kay
C. Kay
34
1988
14
352
10.4
25.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Ferrell Edmunds
F. Edmunds
33
1988
16
575
17.4
35.9
3
-8
1
-8.0
-0.5
0
14Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
33
1988
16
438
13.3
27.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Ed West
E. West
30
1988
16
276
9.2
17.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
29
1988
14
340
11.7
24.3
0
7
2
3.5
0.5
0
17Mike Tice
M. Tice
29
1988
16
244
8.4
15.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Mark Boyer
M. Boyer
27
1988
16
256
9.5
16.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Pat Beach
P. Beach
26
1988
16
235
9.0
14.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
20John Tice
J. Tice
26
1988
15
297
11.4
19.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Craig McEwen
C. McEwen
23
1988
14
323
14.0
23.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jonathan Hayes
J. Hayes
22
1988
16
233
10.6
14.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Orson Mobley
O. Mobley
21
1988
16
218
10.4
13.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Thornton Chandler
T. Chandler
18
1988
16
186
10.3
11.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Arthur Cox
A. Cox
18
1988
16
144
8.0
9.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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