The history of rookie tight ends
This follows our just-the-facts look at the history of rookie wide receivers. First, it’s a list of all rookie tight ends who finished in the top 20 for total fantasy points.
Year FFrank Rookie TE - team (stats) ================================================ 2006 14 Owen Daniels - hou (34/352/5) 2006 20 Tony Scheffler - den (18/286/4) 2005 11 Heath Miller - pit (39/459/6) 2005 20 Alex Smith - tam (41/367/2) 2004 14 Chris Cooley - was (37/314/6) 2003 18 Antonio Gates - sdg (24/389/2) 2002 3 Jeremy Shockey - nyg (74/894/2) 2002 9 Randy McMichael - mia (39/485/4) 2002 17 Doug Jolley - oak (32/409/2) 2001 15 Eric Johnson - sfo (40/362/3) 2001 18 Alge Crumpler - atl (25/330/3) 1998 2 Cameron Cleeland - nor (54/684/6) 1998 14 Stephen Alexander - was (37/383/4) 1998 16 Mikhael Ricks - sdg (30/450/2) 1997 11 Freddie Jones - sdg (41/505/2) 1997 19 Tony Gonzalez - kan (33/368/2) 1996 12 Rickey Dudley - oak (34/386/4) 1996 16 Jason Dunn - phi (15/332/2) 1995 7 Ken Dilger - ind (42/635/4) 1995 13 Pete Mitchell - jax (41/527/2) 1995 19 Mark Bruener - pit (26/238/3) 1993 13 Troy Drayton - ram (27/319/4) 1993 15 Tony McGee - cin (44/525/0) 1991 10 Jim Price - ram (35/410/2) 1990 6 Eric Green - pit (34/387/7) 1989 7 Mike Dyal - rai (27/499/2) 1988 1 Keith Jackson - phi (81/869/6) 1988 7 Ferrell Edmunds - mia (33/575/3) 1987 2 Rob Awalt - stl (42/526/6) 1987 20 Ron Heller - sfo (12/165/3) 1986 16 Greg Baty - nwe (37/331/2) 1986 20 Orson Mobley - den (22/332/1) 1985 13 Mark Bavaro - nyg (37/511/4) 1983 17 Harry Holt - cle (29/420/3) 1983 19 Tony Hunter - buf (36/402/3) 1983 20 Chris Dressel - hou (32/316/4) 1980 3 Junior Miller - atl (46/584/9) 1980 8 Joe Senser - min (42/447/7) 1980 18 Mark Brammer - buf (26/283/4) 1980 19 Doug Marsh - stl (22/269/4) 1980 20 Victor Hicks - ram (23/318/3) 1979 18 Dan Ross - cin (41/516/1) 1978 5 Ozzie Newsome - cle (38/589/2) 1978 11 Don Bass - cin (27/447/4)
Here is the summary, showing the number of fantasy Top 10 and Top 20 finishes by rookie tight ends for each season since 1978:
Year top10 top20 ==================== 2006 0 2 2005 0 2 2004 0 1 2003 0 1 2002 2 3 2001 0 2 2000 0 0 1999 0 0 1998 1 3 1997 0 2 1996 0 2 1995 1 3 1994 0 0 1993 0 2 1992 0 0 1991 1 1 1990 1 1 1989 1 1 1988 2 2 1987 1 2 1986 0 2 1985 0 1 1984 0 0 1983 0 3 1982 0 0 1981 0 0 1980 2 5 1979 0 1 1978 1 2
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