Northwestern’s best tight ends since 2004
Thomas Gordon has the most receiving yards of the 13 tight ends who played at Northwestern since 2004, 529 in 27 games. Marshall Lang is 2nd with 491. Luke Dehnicke is 4th, with 251; 66 more passes Hunter Welcing for 3rd.
Northwestern’s tight ends this season
- Luke Dehnicke4 games, 62.8 a game251 at Northwestern, the 4th-most since 2004. 66 more puts him past Hunter Welcing for 3rd.251receiving yards
- Alex Honig7 games, 32.7 a game229 at Northwestern, the 6th-most since 2004. 5 more puts him past John Raine for 5th.229receiving yards
Compare with in · side by side
| Place | Player | receiving yards | receptions | receiving touchdowns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Gordon2021 – 2024 · 27 games | 529 | 54 | 2 |
| 2 | Marshall Lang2021 – 2024 · 31 games | 491 | 48 | 4 |
| 3 | Hunter Welcing2024 – 2025 · 13 games | 316 | 29 | 2 |
| 4 | Luke Dehnicke2026 · still playing | 251 | 14 | 0 |
| +251 this season · passes Hunter Welcing for 3rd in 2 games at his pace | ||||
| 5 | John Raine2020 · 6 games | 233 | 24 | 2 |
| 6 | Alex Honig2026 · still playing | 229 | 15 | 3 |
| +229 this season · passes John Raine for 5th in 1 game at his pace | ||||
| 7 | Charlie Mangieri2019 – 2023 · 22 games | 195 | 28 | 3 |
| 8 | Lawson Albright2023 – 2025 · 13 games | 90 | 11 | 1 |
| 9 | Trey Pugh2018 – 2021 · 7 games | 72 | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | Cody Link2017 · 1 game | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Alex Lines2025 · 2 games | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Robby Preckel2025 – 2026 · still playing | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| +4 this season | ||||
receiving yards by decade
2020s
- Thomas Gordon2021 – 2024 · 27 games529
- Marshall Lang2021 – 2024 · 31 games491
- Hunter Welcing2024 – 2025 · 13 games316
- › Luke Dehnicke2026 · 4 games251
- John Raine2020 · 6 games233
2017–19
- Trey Pugh2018 – 2019 · 4 games38
- Cody Link2017 · 1 game29
- Charlie Mangieri2019 · 5 games21
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Method
- Every tight end who played at Northwestern since 2004, ranked by receiving yards over his games there. Bowl and playoff games count.
- The numbers here start in 2004, so a tight end who played at Northwestern before then isn't here.
- A decade counts his receiving yards at Northwestern in its seasons.