most receiving touchdowns by a rookie tight end in nfl history

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 Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
5
2024
LV LV
17
112
153
1,194
10.7
70.2
13
5
2.6
0.8
0
23 Foster Moreau
F. Moreau
5
2019
OAK OAK
13
21
25
174
8.3
13.4
0
0
0.0
0
24 Timothy Wright
T. Wright
5
2013
TB TB
16
54
75
571
10.6
35.7
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
25 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
5
2010
NO NO
15
31
44
356
11.5
23.7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
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