Which NFL tight ends scored touchdowns on 2024’s record-setting National Tight Ends Day?

Happy National Tight Ends Day to all who celebrate!

Among those who reveled in the football holiday were NFL tight ends themselves, who scored 16 touchdowns and totaled 177 receptions — the most catches by tight ends on any day in league history. That’s also more TDs than have ever been scored on the occasion since San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle created the day of recognition for his position and peers in 2018.

Let’s begin with the tight ends who caught two touchdowns for the respective teams in Week 8. The showcase game for the position was the Atlanta Falcons’ 31–26 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which featured four touchdowns from tight ends.

Here are all of the tight ends who found the end zone in Week 8’s Sunday action, prior to the “Monday Night Football” matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants

Thank you to the TightEnd Gods 🙏🏽🫡

— Kyle Pitts👑 (@kylepitts__) October 27, 2024

Kyle Pitts, Falcons: 2 TDs, 4 catches, 91 yards

Cade Otton, Buccaneers: 2 TDs, 9 catches, 81 yards

Pitts’ second score of the day came with some uncertainty. At the goal line, it appeared that Bucs defensive back Antoine Winfield Jr. may have knocked the ball away. But after replay review, Pitts was ruled to have crossed the goal line before the ball came loose.

David Njoku, Browns: 1 TD,5 catches, 61 yards

Dalton Kincaid, Bills: 1 TD, 4 receptions, 31 yards

Travis Kelce, Chiefs: 1 TD, 10 catches, 90 yards

Perhaps it’s appropriate that one of the NFL’s best-known tight ends had his best game of the 2024 season on the day celebrating his position. Travis Kelce caught 10 passes for 90 yards in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 27–20 win over the Las Vegas Raiders. His touchdown also moved him into fifth place on the NFL’s all-time TD list for tight ends.

Two games featured teams with two different tight ends catching touchdowns. First was the Detroit Lions in their 52–14 win over the Tennessee Titans.

Sam LaPorta, Lions: 1 TD, 6 receptions, 48…

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Publish date : 2024-10-28 00:58:28

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