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Kyle Rudolph, 2011-19
Fan Vote: 5,053 of 5,491 total votes at TE (93 percent)
Stats from the Decade: 128 games (120 starts); 425 catches for 4,154 yards and 47 touchdowns; averaged 9.8 yards per reception
Thoughts from the Panel
"Kyle, from a touchdown-catching standpoint, statistically is the greatest tight end in the history of Minnesota Vikings football. … Kyle, for my money, not only did he win the New Orleans game, back-left of the end zone, with a tricky-difficult catch, but he morphed his game in 2019 to do things a lot of fans and media members felt he couldn't do. That was being a legitimately very good blocker in the running game, and his pass protection got better, too. So, it's Kyle Rudolph by a mile." – Paul Allen
"From his very first days in games, you could see how unique he was a red-zone receiver, just with his long arms, so tall and just reaching over people to grab the ball. He has had, as far as red-zone touchdowns, there's only been two other tight ends over the whole decade who have had more, and that's Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski. You look at Graham, 153 targets in the red zone; Rudolph, 98 targets in the red zone." – Kevin Seifert