HONOLULU, HI - FEBRUARY 9: Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez #87 of the AFC slams the ball over the goalposts in the endzone after scoring against the NFC in the 2000 NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium on February 6, 2000 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The NFC defeated the AFC 51-31. (Photo by Martin Morrow/Getty Images)
There have been over 26,000 players in National Football League history. Of those 26,000 players, 1,326 have played tight end. That’s an average of 41 tight ends per franchise (using the current 32 team league). That is a lot of tight ends over the past 101 years that the NFL has been around.