who led nfl in receiving td for te in 1987

Mark Bavaro had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in 1987, with 8 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
8
1987
12
55
867
15.8
72.3
0
0
0.0
0
2Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
6
1987
12
42
526
12.5
43.8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.8
0
3John Tice
J. Tice
6
1987
12
16
181
11.3
15.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Doug Cosbie
D. Cosbie
3
1987
12
36
421
11.7
35.1
-5
1
-5.0
-0.4
0
5John Frank
J. Frank
3
1987
12
26
296
11.4
24.7
2
1
2.0
0.2
0
6Ron Heller
R. Heller
3
1987
13
12
165
13.8
12.7
0
0
0.0
0
7Calvin Magee
C. Magee
3
1987
11
34
424
12.5
38.5
0
0
0.0
0
8Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
3
1987
7
20
254
12.7
36.3
0
0
0.0
0
9Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
3
1987
11
43
434
10.1
39.5
0
0
0.0
0
10Derek Tennell
D. Tennell
3
1987
11
9
102
11.3
9.3
0
0
0.0
0
11Jamie Williams
J. Williams
3
1987
12
13
158
12.2
13.2
0
0
0.0
0
12Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
3
1987
12
53
519
9.8
43.3
0
0
0.0
0
13Greg Baty
G. Baty
2
1987
TOT
9
18
175
9.7
19.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Cap Boso
C. Boso
2
1987
12
17
188
11.1
15.7
0
0
0.0
0
15Hoby Brenner
H. Brenner
2
1987
12
20
280
14.0
23.3
0
0
0.0
0
16Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
2
1987
12
47
663
14.1
55.3
0
0
0.0
0
17Bruce Hardy
B. Hardy
2
1987
12
28
292
10.4
24.3
0
0
0.0
0
18Jonathan Hayes
J. Hayes
2
1987
12
21
272
13.0
22.7
0
0
0.0
0
19Carl Hilton
C. Hilton
2
1987
11
2
16
8.0
1.5
0
0
0.0
0
20Rodney Holman
R. Holman
2
1987
12
28
438
15.6
36.5
0
0
0.0
0
21Damone Johnson
D. Johnson
2
1987
12
21
198
9.4
16.5
0
0
0.0
0
22Dan Johnson
D. Johnson
2
1987
7
4
35
8.8
5.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
2
1987
12
35
490
14.0
40.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Eric Kattus
E. Kattus
2
1987
11
18
217
12.1
19.7
0
0
0.0
0
25James McDonald
J. McDonald
2
1987
5
4
31
7.8
6.2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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