Factoid
Vernon Davis is the fastest tight end in the league, and he does a good job of using that speed to get downfield. Look at the stats below, which show the yards-per-catch averages for all the starting tight ends. Davis averages almost 3 more yards per catch than the vast majority of the other tight ends.
TIGHT ENDS: HIGHEST YARDS PER CATCH
(among tight ends with at least 20 catches):
No Yds Avg
56 914 16.3 Vernon Davis, SF
50 782 15.6 Antonio Gates, SD
35 531 15.2 Kevin Boss, NYG
40 599 15.0 Todd Heap, BAL
21 316 15.0 Fred Davis, WAS
36 518 14.4 Joel Dreessen, HOU
21 301 14.3 Jermichael Finley, GB
39 528 13.5 Anthony Fasano, MIA
42 546 13.0 Rob Gronkowski, NE
55 687 12.5 Dustin Keller, NYJ
45 563 12.5 Aaron Hernandez, NE
38 471 12.4 Owen Daniels, HOU
29 361 12.4 Jared Cook, TEN
42 511 12.2 Brent Celek, PHI
42 512 12.2 Heath Miller, PIT
58 700 12.1 Marcedes Lewis, JAC
47 556 11.8 Tony Moeaki, KC
31 356 11.5 Jimmy Graham, NO
60 685 11.4 Zach Miller, OAK
29 331 11.4 Delanie Walker, SF
47 530 11.3 Visanthe Shiancoe, MIN
21 238 11.3 Andrew Quarless, GB
68 763 11.2 Benjamin Watson, CLE
66 730 11.1 Kellen Winslow, TB
77 849 11.0 Chris Cooley, WAS
20 221 11.0 Randy McMichael, SD
20 216 10.8 Zach Miller, JAC
94 1002 10.7 Jason Witten, DAL
31 318 10.3 John Carlson, SEA
71 722 10.2 Brandon Pettigrew, DET
41 408 10.0 Jeremy Shockey, NO
41 404 9.9 Greg Olsen, CHI
41 391 9.5 Daniel Fells, STL
70 656 9.4 Tony Gonzalez, ATL
67 631 9.4 Jacob Tamme, IND
37 347 9.4 Dallas Clark, IND
52 471 9.1 Jermaine Gresham, CIN
36 318 8.8 Bo Scaife, TEN
45 378 8.4 Tony Scheffler, DET
32 264 8.3 Dante Rosario, CAR
33 260 7.9 Martellus Bennett, DAL
30 219 7.3 David Thomas, NO
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Posted by BILL REHOR | Aug. 07 at 01:24 PM
Reason #2 not to draft Hernandez: despite being the "downfield TE" in New England, his average is lower than Gronkowski's. (Reason #1: he and Ochocinco essentially play the same position in that offense.)