fastest tight end to reach 8,000 yards

Shannon Sharpe had 9,961 yards on receptions in his career.

Interpreted as:
fastest tight end to reach 8,000 or more receiving yards
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
4Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
5Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
6Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
7Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
8Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,592
181
825
1,223
10.4
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
9Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,002
192
1,080
1,508
12.0
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
10George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,008
124
595
802
13.5
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

3,931

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RUSH

772

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REC

1,017

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Team Rankings

PPG

23.6

14th

OPP PPG

18.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

118.7

16th

PASS YDS/G

231.2

17th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
NE Patriots

3 - 0

10

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7

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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
10/12
@
29-27
Sun
10/12
@
27-30
Sun
10/12
@
25-19
Sun
10/12
@
10-20
Sun
10/12
@
18-27

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Thu
9/10
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8:35 PM
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9/27
@
4:25 PM