most receptions rookie tight end in nfl history

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

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