most receptions by a rookie tight end in a season

Sam LaPorta has the most catches by a rookie tight end, with 86 receptions in 2023.

NAME REC SEASON TM GP TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
86
2023
DET DET
17
120
889
10.3
52.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
2 Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
81
1988
PHI PHI
16
869
10.7
54.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
3 Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
74
2002
NYG NYG
15
127
894
12.1
59.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
4 Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
73
2023
BUF BUF
16
91
673
9.2
42.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
5 Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
70
2024
LV LV
10
89
706
10.1
70.6
3
9
2
4.5
0.9
0
6 Kyle Pitts
K. Pitts
68
2021
ATL ATL
17
110
1,026
15.1
60.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Evan Engram
E. Engram
64
2017
NYG NYG
15
115
722
11.3
48.1
6
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
8 Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
60
2021
PIT PIT
16
79
497
8.3
31.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
9 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
56
1961
CHI CHI
14
1,076
19.2
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
10 John Carlson
J. Carlson
55
2008
SEA SEA
16
80
627
11.4
39.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
11 Charle Young
C. Young
55
1973
PHI PHI
14
854
15.5
61.0
6
24
4
6.0
1.7
1
12 Timothy Wright
T. Wright
54
2013
TB TB
16
75
571
10.6
35.7
5
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
13 Cameron Cleeland
C. Cleeland
54
1998
NO NO
16
684
12.7
42.8
6
0
0
0.0
0
14 Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
52
2010
CIN CIN
15
83
471
9.1
31.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
15 Dustin Keller
D. Keller
48
2008
NYJ NYJ
16
78
535
11.1
33.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
16 Tony Moeaki
T. Moeaki
47
2010
KC KC
15
73
556
11.8
37.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
17 Junior Miller
J. Miller
46
1980
ATL ATL
16
584
12.7
36.5
9
-2
2
-1.0
-0.1
0
18 Jordan Reed
J. Reed
45
2013
WAS WAS
9
60
499
11.1
55.4
3
18
1
18.0
2.0
0
19 Dwayne Allen
D. Allen
45
2012
IND IND
16
66
521
11.6
32.6
3
5
3
1.7
0.3
0
20 Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
45
2010
NE NE
14
64
563
12.5
40.2
6
47
3
15.7
3.4
0
21 Zach Miller
Z. Miller
44
2007
OAK OAK
16
68
444
10.1
27.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
22 Tony McGee
T. McGee
44
1993
CIN CIN
15
525
11.9
35.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 George Kittle
G. Kittle
43
2017
SF SF
15
63
515
12.0
34.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
24 Cade Otton
C. Otton
42
2022
TB TB
16
65
391
9.3
24.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
25 Will Tye
W. Tye
42
2015
NYG NYG
13
62
464
11.0
35.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

33.6

1st

OPP PPG

17.7

5th

RUSH YDS/G

152.2

3rd

PASS YDS/G

258.1

6th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
8
2
0
.800
Packers Packers
7
3
0
.700
Bears Bears
4
6
0
.400
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
11/24
DET DET
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Thu
11/28
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
12:30 PM
Thu
12/5
GB GB
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

9-1-0

52

Final

6

JAX Jaguars

2-9-0

Sun 17 Nov 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

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
8
2
0
.800
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
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
2
0
.800
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

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
11/17
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
34-10
Sat
11/16
CIN CIN
@
LAC LAC
27-34
Sat
11/16
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
21-30
Sat
11/16
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
6-38
Sat
11/16
SEA SEA
@
SF SF
20-17

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
11/21
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/24
TB TB
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
DET DET
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM