most receiving touchdown by a rookie tight end ever

Mike Ditka has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a rookie tight end, with 12 touchdowns in 1961.

NAME REC TD SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
76.9
0
0
0.0
0
2 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
10
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
889
10.3
52.3
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
3 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
10
2010
NE NE
16
42
59
546
13.0
34.1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Junior Miller
J. Miller
9
1980
ATL ATL
16
46
584
12.7
36.5
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
5 Hunter Henry
H. Henry
8
2016
SD SD
15
36
53
478
13.3
31.9
0
0
0.0
0
6 Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
7
2021
PIT PIT
16
60
79
497
8.3
31.1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
7
2013
DET DET
16
18
30
207
11.5
12.9
0
0
0.0
0
8 Eric Green
E. Green
7
1990
PIT PIT
13
34
387
11.4
29.8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Joe Senser
J. Senser
7
1980
MIN MIN
16
42
447
10.6
27.9
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
10 Raymond Chester
R. Chester
7
1970
OAK OAK
14
42
556
13.2
39.7
0
0
0.0
0
11 John Mackey
J. Mackey
7
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
20.7
51.9
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
12 Evan Engram
E. Engram
6
2017
NYG NYG
15
64
115
722
11.3
48.1
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
13 O.J. Howard
O.J. Howard
6
2017
TB TB
14
26
39
432
16.6
30.9
0
0
0.0
0
14 Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
6
2010
NE NE
14
45
64
563
12.5
40.2
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
15 Heath Miller
H. Miller
6
2005
PIT PIT
16
39
52
459
11.8
28.7
0
0
0.0
0
16 Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
6
2004
WAS WAS
16
37
63
314
8.5
19.6
0
0
0.0
0
17 Cameron Cleeland
C. Cleeland
6
1998
NO NO
16
54
684
12.7
42.8
0
0
0.0
0
18 Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
6
1988
PHI PHI
16
81
869
10.7
54.3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
6
1987
STL STL
12
42
526
12.5
43.8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.8
0
20 Charle Young
C. Young
6
1973
PHI PHI
14
55
854
15.5
61.0
24
4
6.0
1.7
1
21 Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
6
1962
DLT DLT
14
29
469
16.2
33.5
0
0
0.0
0
22 Foster Moreau
F. Moreau
5
2019
OAK OAK
13
21
25
174
8.3
13.4
0
0
0.0
0
23 Timothy Wright
T. Wright
5
2013
TB TB
16
54
75
571
10.6
35.7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
24 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
5
2010
NO NO
15
31
44
356
11.5
23.7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
25 John Carlson
J. Carlson
5
2008
SEA SEA
16
55
80
627
11.4
39.2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
8
2
0
.800
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3
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.700
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4
6
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.400
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Thu
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Sun
12/22
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12/16
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MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Sun
12/8
CHI CHI
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SF SF
4:25 PM
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Sun 17 Nov 2024

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4
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NFC North W L T PCT
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1
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.900
Vikings Vikings
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2
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.800
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5
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.545
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6
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.400
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4
0
.600
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5
0
.500
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Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
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4
6
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
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7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
4
0
.636
Colts Colts
5
6
0
.455
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
9
1
0
.900
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
11/20
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
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Sun
11/17
HOU HOU
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DAL DAL
34-10
Sat
11/16
CIN CIN
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Sat
11/16
KC KC
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BUF BUF
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Sat
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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12/8
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@
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1:00 PM
Thu
12/5
GB GB
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Mon
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CLE CLE
@
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8:15 PM
Sun
12/1
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BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
12/1
PHI PHI
@
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4:25 PM