1979 NFL Tight End Leaders
Every 1979 board tight ends are read on, one page, top ten in each.
Henry Childs led all tight ends in receiving yards in 1979, with 846. Henry Childs also led in receiving yards per game (52.9) and yards from scrimmage (846).
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The rate boards count qualified players only: 1.875 receptions per team game.
Receiving Yards
YDS- 1 Henry Childs 846
- 2 Ozzie Newsome 781
- 3 Dave Casper 771
- 4 Keith Krepfle 760
- 5 Raymond Chester 712
- 6 Paul Coffman 711
- 7 Riley Odoms 638
- 8 Jimmie Giles 579
- 9 David Hill 569
- 10 Russ Francis 557
Receptions
REC- 1 Raymond Chester 58
- 2 Dave Casper 57
- 3 Paul Coffman 56
- 4 Ozzie Newsome 55
- 5 Henry Childs 51
- 6 David Hill 47
- 7 Keith Krepfle 41
- 7 Dan Ross 41
- 9 Jimmie Giles 40
- 9 Riley Odoms 40
- 1 Ozzie Newsome 9
- 2 Raymond Chester 8
- 3 Jimmie Giles 7
- 4 Henry Childs 5
- 4 Billy DuPree 5
- 4 Bob Klein 5
- 4 Russ Francis 5
- 8 Paul Coffman 4
- 8 Ken MacAfee 4
- 8 Bennie Cunningham 4
- 1 Keith Krepfle 18.54
- 2 Henry Childs 16.59
- 3 Riley Odoms 15.95
- 4 Gary Shirk 15.19
- 5 Reese McCall 14.49
- 6 Jimmie Giles 14.48
- 7 Russ Francis 14.28
- 8 Bennie Cunningham 14.22
- 9 Ozzie Newsome 14.20
- 10 Dave Casper 13.53
- 1 Henry Childs 52.9
- 2 Dave Casper 51.4
- 3 Raymond Chester 50.9
- 4 Riley Odoms 49.1
- 5 Ozzie Newsome 48.8
- 6 Keith Krepfle 47.5
- 7 Russ Francis 46.4
- 8 Paul Coffman 44.4
- 9 Reese McCall 38.3
- 10 Jimmie Giles 36.2
Yards from Scrimmage
YScm- 1 Henry Childs 846
- 2 Ozzie Newsome 787
- 3 Dave Casper 771
- 4 Keith Krepfle 760
- 5 Raymond Chester 712
- 6 Paul Coffman 711
- 7 Riley Odoms 631
- 8 Jimmie Giles 586
- 9 David Hill 584
- 10 Russ Francis 557