most kickoff return yards by a tight end all-time

Niles Paul has the most career kick-return yards by a tight end, with 799 yards.

NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Niles Paul
N. Paul
799
75
40
20.0
10.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
2John Henry Mills
J. Henry Mills
512
32
26
19.7
16.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Pervis Atkins
P. Atkins
444
23
20
22.2
19.3
0
15
47
3.1
2.0
0
4Delanie Walker
D. Walker
440
160
27
16.3
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
371
101
14
26.5
3.7
0
25
266
10.6
2.6
0
6Brian Kozlowski
B. Kozlowski
370
182
29
12.8
2.0
0
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
7Albert Bentley
A. Bentley
328
16
17
19.3
20.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
8John Mackey
J. Mackey
271
139
9
30.1
1.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Lewis Jolley
L. Jolley
267
7
11
24.3
38.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Gary Shirk
G. Shirk
210
101
14
15.0
2.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Jim Thaxton
J. Thaxton
193
54
8
24.1
3.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Pat Curran
P. Curran
191
121
15
12.7
1.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Jim Obradovich
J. Obradovich
167
129
14
11.9
1.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Darnell Dinkins
D. Dinkins
161
87
16
10.1
1.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Brian Kinchen
B. Kinchen
161
191
13
12.4
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Bruce Hardy
B. Hardy
156
151
12
13.0
1.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Mike Sellers
M. Sellers
140
36
8
17.5
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Kyle Brady
K. Brady
138
197
12
11.5
0.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Don Bass
D. Bass
138
19
7
19.7
7.3
0
3
8
2.7
0.4
0
20Derrick Ramsey
D. Ramsey
135
122
8
16.9
1.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Luke Willson
L. Willson
129
102
10
12.9
1.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Mike Tice
M. Tice
125
177
8
15.6
0.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Dante Rosario
D. Rosario
123
122
10
12.3
1.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Casey Fitzsimmons
C. Fitzsimmons
113
99
7
16.1
1.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Erron Kinney
E. Kinney
113
83
8
14.1
1.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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11
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12
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.643
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7
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.464
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10
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.286
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12
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10
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.714
9
4
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.679
8
6
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.571
6
8
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7
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.500
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7
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.500
5
9
0
.357
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10
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.286
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4
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11
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