5 NFL Stats to Know Through Week 6

Greg Olsen Is Averaging 101.67 Receiving Yards Per Game

With 610 receiving yards through six games, Greg Olsen is averaging 38.47 more receiving yards per game than any other tight end this season. His current line of 39 receptions for 610 yards and 2 touchdowns would equate to 104 receptions for 1,627 receiving yards and 5.33 touchdowns over a full 16-game season.

Since 1999, only once has a tight end caught more than 104 passes, and none have amassed more than 1,327 receiving yards in a single season.

There have only been 21 instances of a tight end eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark, and Olsen has done so in each of the past two seasons. If he keeps up this pace, he will become the only tight end to cross the 1,000-yard plateau three seasons in a row.

Olsen has increased his yardage total from the previous season for the past two years in a row, and he only needs to average 49.5 yards per game over the rest of the season to continue that trend.