most receiving yards per game by a rookie tight end in a season

Keith McKeller has averaged the most receiving yards per game by a rookie tight end, with 80.0 per game in 1987.

NAME REC YDS/G SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Keith McKeller
K. McKeller
80.0
1987
BUF BUF
1
9
80
8.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
2 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
76.9
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
12
0
0
0.0
0
3 Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
70.6
2024
LV LV
10
70
89
706
10.1
3
9
2
4.5
0.9
0
4 Charle Young
C. Young
61.0
1973
PHI PHI
14
55
854
15.5
6
24
4
6.0
1.7
1
5 Kyle Pitts
K. Pitts
60.4
2021
ATL ATL
17
68
110
1,026
15.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
6 Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
59.6
2002
NYG NYG
15
74
127
894
12.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
7 Jordan Reed
J. Reed
55.4
2013
WAS WAS
9
45
60
499
11.1
3
18
1
18.0
2.0
0
8 Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
54.3
1988
PHI PHI
16
81
869
10.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
9 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
52.3
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
889
10.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
10 John Mackey
J. Mackey
51.9
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
20.7
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
11 Evan Engram
E. Engram
48.1
2017
NYG NYG
15
64
115
722
11.3
6
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
12 Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
45.6
1968
CIN CIN
14
37
639
17.3
3
-1
1
-1.0
-0.1
0
13 Russ Francis
R. Francis
45.4
1975
NE NE
14
35
636
18.2
4
0
0
0.0
0
14 Rob Awalt
R. Awalt
43.8
1987
STL STL
12
42
526
12.5
6
-9
2
-4.5
-0.8
0
15 Cameron Cleeland
C. Cleeland
42.8
1998
NO NO
16
54
684
12.7
6
0
0
0.0
0
16 Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
42.1
2023
BUF BUF
16
73
91
673
9.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
17 Sylvester Byrd
S. Byrd
41.7
1987
ATL ATL
3
7
125
17.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Greg Dulcich
G. Dulcich
41.1
2022
DEN DEN
10
33
55
411
12.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
19 Craig McEwen
C. McEwen
41.0
1987
WAS WAS
4
12
164
13.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
20 Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
40.8
1970
NYG NYG
14
40
571
14.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
21 Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
40.4
1966
NYJ NYJ
14
41
565
13.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
22 Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
40.2
2010
NE NE
14
45
64
563
12.5
6
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
23 Paul Costa
P. Costa
40.1
1965
BUF BUF
10
21
401
19.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Walter White
W. White
39.9
1975
KC KC
14
23
559
24.3
3
-10
3
-3.3
-0.7
0
25 Raymond Chester
R. Chester
39.7
1970
OAK OAK
14
42
556
13.2
7
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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119.2

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231.6

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
4
6
0
.400
Patriots Patriots
3
8
0
.273
Jets Jets
3
8
0
.273
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Sun
1/5
BUF BUF
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1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
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BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
NE NE
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BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Sun
12/8
BUF BUF
@
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4:25 PM
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
4
0
.636
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
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2
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.800
NFC South W L T PCT
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5
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.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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6
0
.400
NFC West W L T PCT
Cardinals Cardinals
6
4
0
.600
Rams Rams
5
5
0
.500
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
4
6
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
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
@
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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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/8
ATL ATL
@
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1:00 PM
Thu
12/5
GB GB
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DET DET
8:15 PM
Mon
12/2
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
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12/1
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8:20 PM
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12/1
PHI PHI
@
BAL BAL
4:25 PM