most receiving yards per game by rookie tight end in nfl history

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
71.1
2024
LV LV
15
101
137
1,067
10.6
4
14
4
3.5
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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133.5

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237.2

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Bills Bills
12
3
0
.800
Dolphins Dolphins
7
8
0
.467
Jets Jets
4
11
0
.267
Patriots Patriots
3
12
0
.200
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12/29
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3
0
.800
Dolphins Dolphins
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8
0
.467
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
5
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.667
Ravens Ravens
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5
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.667
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6
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.933
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12
3
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5
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.667
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13
2
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.867
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2
0
.867
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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6
0
.571
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7
0
.533
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Rams Rams
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6
0
.600
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7
0
.533

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12/21
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12/21
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14-19
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12/21
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21-24
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1:00 PM
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1/5
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