most receiving yards in a game by a rookie tight end all-time

Jackie Smith has the most yards on receptions by a rookie tight end in a game, with 212 yards against the Steelers on October 13, 1963.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards in a regular-season game by a rookie tight end all-time
NAME REC YDS DATE TM OPP REC TRG AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
2 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
3 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
4 Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
163
10/24/2021
ATL ATL
@
MIA MIA
7
8
23.3
0
0
0
0
5 Pete Mitchell
P. Mitchell
161
11/19/1995
JAX JAX
@
TB TB
10
16.1
1
0
0
0
6 Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
150
10/25/1970
NYG NYG
vs
STL STL
6
25.0
2
0
0
0
7 John Mackey
J. Mackey
144
12/8/1963
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
5
28.8
2
0
0
0
8 Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
140
11/29/2024
LV LV
@
KC KC
10
14
14.0
1
2
1
2.0
0
9 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
140
12/3/2023
DET DET
@
NO NO
9
9
15.6
1
0
0
0
10 Jordan Reed
J. Reed
134
10/20/2013
WAS WAS
vs
CHI CHI
9
9
14.9
1
0
0
0
11 Mike Dyal
M. Dyal
134
12/3/1989
RAI RAI
vs
DEN DEN
4
33.5
1
0
0
0
12 Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
133
12/15/1968
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
10
13.3
0
0
0
0
13 T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
131
9/8/2019
DET DET
@
ARI ARI
6
9
21.8
1
0
0
0
14 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
130
9/23/1961
CHI CHI
@
LA LA
5
26.0
1
0
0
0
15 Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
126
11/17/2024
LV LV
@
MIA MIA
13
16
9.7
1
-3
1
-3.0
0
16 Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
125
10/15/1995
IND IND
vs
SF SF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
17 Russ Francis
R. Francis
125
11/23/1975
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
7
17.9
1
0
0
0
18 Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
124
11/8/1987
STL STL
vs
TB TB
9
13.8
1
0
0
0
19 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
124
11/5/1978
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
4
31.0
0
0
0
0
20 Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
123
12/11/1966
NYJ NYJ
@
SD SD
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
21 Gordon Smith
G. Smith
123
11/26/1961
MIN MIN
@
SF SF
3
41.0
1
0
0
0
22 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
120
10/8/1961
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
5
24.0
1
0
0
0
23 Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
119
10/10/2021
ATL ATL
vs
NYJ NYJ
9
10
13.2
1
0
0
0
24 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
117
12/14/2003
SD SD
vs
GB GB
5
11
23.4
0
0
0
0
25 Ferrell Edmunds
F. Edmunds
117
11/27/1988
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
2
58.5
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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