what tight end led the nfl in yards in 1979

Henry Childs had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in 1979, with 846 yards.

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What tight end led the NFL in receiving yards in 1979?

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Henry Childs H. Childs	846	1979	NO	16	51	16.6	52.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
2	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	781	1979	CLE	16	55	14.2	48.8	9	6	1	6.0	0.4	0
3	Dave Casper D. Casper	771	1979	OAK	15	57	13.5	51.4	3	0	0		0.0	0
4	Keith Krepfle K. Krepfle	760	1979	PHI	16	41	18.5	47.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Raymond Chester R. Chester	712	1979	OAK	14	58	12.3	50.9	8	0	0		0.0	0
6	Paul Coffman P. Coffman	711	1979	GB	16	56	12.7	44.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
7	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	638	1979	DEN	13	40	16.0	49.1	1	-7	1	-7.0	-0.5	0
8	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	579	1979	TB	16	40	14.5	36.2	7	7	2	3.5	0.4	0
9	David Hill D. Hill	569	1979	DET	16	47	12.1	35.6	3	15	1	15.0	0.9	0
10	Russ Francis R. Francis	557	1979	NE	12	39	14.3	46.4	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Reese McCall R. McCall	536	1979	BAL	14	37	14.5	38.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Dan Ross D. Ross	516	1979	CIN	16	41	12.6	32.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
13	Bennie Cunningham B. Cunningham	512	1979	PIT	15	36	14.2	34.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Gary Shirk G. Shirk	471	1979	NYG	16	31	15.2	29.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
15	Bob Klein B. Klein	424	1979	SD	15	37	11.5	28.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Jerome Barkum J. Barkum	401	1979	NYJ	13	27	14.9	30.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
17	Bruce Hardy B. Hardy	386	1979	MIA	16	30	12.9	24.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mike Barber M. Barber	377	1979	HOU	15	27	14.0	25.1	3	4	2	2.0	0.3	0
19	Billy Joe DuPree B. Joe DuPree	324	1979	DAL	16	29	11.2	20.3	5	19	2	9.5	1.2	0
20	Don Warren D. Warren	303	1979	WAS	16	26	11.7	18.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Terry Nelson T. Nelson	293	1979	LA	16	25	11.7	18.3	3	-16	2	-8.0	-1.0	0
22	Brian Peets B. Peets	293	1979	SEA	16	25	11.7	18.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Ken MacAfee K. MacAfee	266	1979	SF	16	24	11.1	16.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	255	1979	SD	7	25	10.2	36.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Bob Bruer B. Bruer	254	1979	SF	16	26	9.8	15.9	1	-4	5	-0.8	-0.3	0

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