which tight end has the most yards per catch in a season min 35 catches

Bob Trumpy has averaged the most yards per reception by a tight end in a season when he has 35+ receptions, with 22.6 per reception in 1969.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Yards Per Reception, Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	AVG	REC	SEASON	TM	GP	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	22.6	37	1969	CIN	14	835	59.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jackie Smith J. Smith	21.5	56	1967	STL	14	1,205	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
3	Rich Caster R. Caster	21.4	39	1972	NYJ	14	833	59.5	10	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
4	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.7	35	1963	BAL	14	726	51.9	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
5	John Mackey J. Mackey	20.4	40	1965	BAL	14	814	58.1	7	7	1	7.0	0.5	0
6	Al Denson A. Denson	20.1	36	1966	DEN	14	725	51.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Rich Caster R. Caster	19.6	38	1974	NYJ	13	745	57.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	19.2	56	1961	CHI	14	1,076	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
9	Ted Kwalick T. Kwalick	18.8	40	1972	SF	14	751	53.6	9	11	5	2.2	0.8	0
10	Paul Costa P. Costa	18.6	39	1967	BUF	14	726	51.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Jackie Smith J. Smith	18.6	37	1970	STL	14	687	49.1	4	43	5	8.6	3.1	0
12	Keith Krepfle K. Krepfle	18.5	41	1979	PHI	16	760	47.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
13	Monty Stickles M. Stickles	18.5	43	1961	SF	14	794	56.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
14	Milt Morin M. Morin	18.4	43	1968	CLE	14	792	56.6	5	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
15	Russ Francis R. Francis	18.2	35	1975	NE	14	636	45.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
16	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	18.0	66	1965	PHI	14	1,190	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
17	Jackie Smith J. Smith	18.0	45	1966	STL	14	810	57.9	3	8	1	8.0	0.6	0
18	Dave Kocourek D. Kocourek	17.6	39	1962	SD	14	688	49.1	4	0	0		0.0	0
19	Don Hasselbeck D. Hasselbeck	17.6	46	1981	NE	14	808	57.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jean Fugett J. Fugett	17.5	36	1977	WAS	14	631	45.1	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jimmie Giles J. Giles	17.5	45	1981	TB	16	786	49.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Rich Caster R. Caster	17.4	47	1975	NYJ	14	820	58.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	17.3	37	1968	CIN	14	639	45.6	3	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
24	Aaron Thomas A. Thomas	17.2	51	1967	NYG	14	877	62.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Walter White W. White	17.2	47	1976	KC	14	808	57.7	7	15	2	7.5	1.1	0

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