most receiving yards by a rookie tight end in nfl history

Mike Ditka has the most receiving yards by a rookie tight end, with 1,076 yards in 1961.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	1,076	1961	CHI	14	56		19.2	76.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
2	Kyle Pitts K. Pitts	1,026	2021	ATL	17	68	110	15.1	60.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
3	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	894	2002	NYG	15	74	127	12.1	59.6	2	0	0		0.0	0
4	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	889	2023	DET	17	86	120	10.3	52.3	10	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
5	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	869	1988	PHI	16	81		10.7	54.3	6	0	0		0.0	0
6	Charle Young C. Young	854	1973	PHI	14	55		15.5	61.0	6	24	4	6.0	1.7	1
7	John Mackey J. Mackey	726	1963	BAL	14	35		20.7	51.9	7	3	1	3.0	0.2	0
8	Evan Engram E. Engram	722	2017	NYG	15	64	115	11.3	48.1	6	14	1	14.0	0.9	0
9	Cameron Cleeland C. Cleeland	684	1998	NO	16	54		12.7	42.8	6	0	0		0.0	0
10	Dalton Kincaid D. Kincaid	673	2023	BUF	16	73	91	9.2	42.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Bob Trumpy B. Trumpy	639	1968	CIN	14	37		17.3	45.6	3	-1	1	-1.0	-0.1	0
12	Russ Francis R. Francis	636	1975	NE	14	35		18.2	45.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
13	Ken Dilger K. Dilger	635	1995	IND	16	42		15.1	39.7	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	John Carlson J. Carlson	627	2008	SEA	16	55	80	11.4	39.2	5	0	0		0.0	0
15	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	589	1978	CLE	16	38		15.5	36.8	2	96	13	7.4	6.0	2
16	Junior Miller J. Miller	584	1980	ATL	16	46		12.7	36.5	9	-2	2	-1.0	-0.1	0
17	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	580	2024	LV	9	57	73	10.2	64.4	2	12	1	12.0	1.3	0
18	Ferrell Edmunds F. Edmunds	575	1988	MIA	16	33		17.4	35.9	3	-8	1	-8.0	-0.5	0
19	Timothy Wright T. Wright	571	2013	TB	16	54	75	10.6	35.7	5	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
20	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	571	1970	NYG	14	40		14.3	40.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	Pete Lammons P. Lammons	565	1966	NYJ	14	41		13.8	40.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
22	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	563	2010	NE	14	45	64	12.5	40.2	6	47	3	15.7	3.4	0
23	Noah Fant N. Fant	562	2019	DEN	16	40	66	14.1	35.1	3	-12	3	-4.0	-0.8	0
24	Walter White W. White	559	1975	KC	14	23		24.3	39.9	3	-10	3	-3.3	-0.7	0
25	Tony Moeaki T. Moeaki	556	2010	KC	15	47	73	11.8	37.1	3	0	0		0.0	0

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