what tight end led the nfl in yards in 1987

Mark Bavaro had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in 1987, with 867 yards.

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What tight end led the NFL in receiving yards in 1987?

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mark Bavaro M. Bavaro	867	1987	NYG	12	55	15.8	72.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
2	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	663	1987	RAI	12	47	14.1	55.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
3	Rob Awalt R. Awalt	526	1987	STL	12	42	12.5	43.8	6	-9	2	-4.5	-0.8	0
4	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	519	1987	SD	12	53	9.8	43.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	490	1987	MIN	12	35	14.0	40.8	2	0	0		0.0	0
6	Clarence Kay C. Kay	440	1987	DEN	12	31	14.2	36.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Rodney Holman R. Holman	438	1987	CIN	12	28	15.6	36.5	2	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mickey Shuler M. Shuler	434	1987	NYJ	11	43	10.1	39.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Calvin Magee C. Magee	424	1987	TB	11	34	12.5	38.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Doug Cosbie D. Cosbie	421	1987	DAL	12	36	11.7	35.1	3	-5	1	-5.0	-0.4	0
11	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	375	1987	CLE	13	34	11.0	28.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	John Spagnola J. Spagnola	350	1987	PHI	12	36	9.7	29.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
13	John Frank J. Frank	296	1987	SF	12	26	11.4	24.7	3	2	1	2.0	0.2	0
14	Bruce Hardy B. Hardy	292	1987	MIA	12	28	10.4	24.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
15	Pete Metzelaars P. Metzelaars	290	1987	BUF	12	28	10.4	24.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Hoby Brenner H. Brenner	280	1987	NO	12	20	14.0	23.3	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jonathan Hayes J. Hayes	272	1987	KC	12	21	13.0	22.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
18	Emery Moorehead E. Moorehead	269	1987	CHI	12	24	11.2	22.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Ed West E. West	261	1987	GB	12	19	13.7	21.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jay Novacek J. Novacek	254	1987	STL	7	20	12.7	36.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
21	Johnny Hector J. Hector	249	1987	NYJ	11	32	7.8	22.6	0	435	111	3.9	39.5	11
22	Pat Beach P. Beach	239	1987	IND	12	28	8.5	19.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Pete Holohan P. Holohan	239	1987	SD	12	20	12.0	19.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Orson Mobley O. Mobley	228	1987	DEN	10	16	14.3	22.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Eric Kattus E. Kattus	217	1987	CIN	11	18	12.1	19.7	2	0	0		0.0	0

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