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NFL 2016: Game Changing Tight Ends
NFL tight ends have been performing at an historic level and this season should be no different.
NFL Tight End Rankings
Rank | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
Source: NFL Fantasy Football Rankings | ||
1 | Rob Gronkowski | Patriots |
2 | Jordan Reed | Washington |
3 | Greg Olsen | Panthers |
4 | Travis Kelce | Chiefs |
5 | Gary Barnidge | Browns |
6 | Delanie Walker | Titans |
7 | Coby Fleener | Saints |
8 | Tyler Eifert | Bengals |
9 | Antonio Gates | Chargers |
10 | Ladarius Green | Steelers |
Last year, tight ends recorded the most catches (2,518) and receiving yards (27,553) in a single season for the position. Tight ends also caught 211 touchdown passes, the third-most in a single season. The NFL 2016 season should be no different.
Single-Season Tight End Records
Season | Catches | Season | Yards | Season | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source: NFL | |||||
2015 | 2,518 | 2015 | 27,553 | 2013 | 236 |
2012 | 2,401 | 2013 | 27,284 | 2014 | 216 |
2013 | 2,384 | 2011 | 27,080 | 2015 | 211 |
2011 | 2,341 | 2012 | 26,197 | 2011 | 198 |
2014 | 2,322 | 2014 | 25,657 | 2012 | 197 |
"I've never seen this many tight ends this good at one particular time," says Pro Football Hall of Famer SHANNON SHARPE, one of eight tight ends enshrined in Canton. "We've never seen the position this dominant. This is the golden age of tight ends."
Last season, four tight ends -- New England's ROB GRONKOWSKI (1,176), Carolina's GREG OLSEN (1,104), Tennessee's DELANIE WALKER (1,088, left) and Cleveland's GARY BARNIDGE (1,043) -- surpassed the 1,000-yard mark, the most tight ends with 1,000+ yards in a single season in NFL history.
Tight Ends with 1,000+ Yards in Single Season
Season | Number TEs |
---|---|
Source: NFL | |
2015 | 4 |
2009 | 3 |
2007 | 3 |
1981 | 3 |
Cincinnati's TYLER EIFERT (13), Gronkowski (11) and Washington's JORDAN REED (11) caught at least 10 touchdowns each in 2015, tied for the second-most tight ends with 10+ TD catches in a single season in NFL history (2014, four).
Most Tight Ends With 10+ TDs in Single Season
Season | Number TEs | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Source: NFL | ||||
2014 | 4 | |||
2015 | 3 | |||
2013 | 3 | |||
2010 | 3 | |||
2009 | 3 | |||
1996 | 3 | |||
1967 | 3 |
Eifert's 13 touchdowns were tied for the third-most in a single season by a tight end, trailing only Gronkowski's 17 in 2011 and JIMMY GRAHAM's 16 in 2013.
Most TD Catches by Tight End in Single Season
Player | Team | Season | TD's |
---|---|---|---|
Source: NFL | |||
Rob Gronkowski | New England | 2011 | 17 |
Jimmy Graham | New Orleans | 2013 | 16 |
Tyler Eifert | Cincinnati | 2015 | 13 |
Vernon Davis | San Francisco | 2013 | 13 |
Vernon Davis | San Francisco | 2009 | 13 |
Antonio Gates | San Diego | 2004 | 13 |
Most TD Catches by Tight End in Single Season
JASON WITTEN (1,020) of the Dallas Cowboys became the second tight end in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions (TONY GONZALEZ, 1,325) and the youngest tight end to reach the milestone (33 years, 215 days old).
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