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Northern Illinois's best tight ends since 2004
Grayson Barnes leads with 760 receiving yards in 24 games at Northern Illinois; Daniel Crawford had 691.
Every tight end with 5 or more games at Northern Illinois since 2004, ranked by receiving yards; the lines are each player's receiving yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
14 tight ends with 5+ games at Northern Illinoisreceiving yards
| # | player | seasons | games | receiving yards | receptions | receiving touchdowns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grayson Barnes | 2023–2024 | 24 | 760 | 54 | 9 |
| 2 | Daniel Crawford | 2016–2020 | 23 | 691 | 65 | 3 |
| 3 | Shane Wimann | 2015–2017 | 27 | 635 | 65 | 17 |
| 4 | Mitchell Brinkman | 2016–2019 | 21 | 575 | 45 | 5 |
| 5 | Luke Eakes | 2011–2014 | 32 | 517 | 36 | 4 |
| 6 | Desroy Maxwell | 2012–2015 | 25 | 424 | 40 | 4 |
| 7 | Tristen Tewes | 2020–2024 | 23 | 356 | 34 | 4 |
| 8 | Chris Carter | 2023 | 7 | 178 | 12 | 2 |
| 9 | Miles Joiner | 2021–2022 | 8 | 144 | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | Liam Soraghan | 2021–2022 | 11 | 117 | 15 | 3 |
| 11 | Jake Appleget | 2024–2025 | 9 | 102 | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | Tim Semisch | 2011–2013 | 7 | 100 | 10 | 3 |
| 13 | Ty Harmston | 2018 | 6 | 97 | 11 | 1 |
| 14 | Drew Cassens | 2021–2023 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
Also at Northern Illinois: quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.