Browns' Harold Fannin passed John Mackey on historic NFL rookie TE leaderboard

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The last catch of Harold Fannin Jr.'s rookie season with the Cleveland Browns was a touchdown.

He also aggravated his groin injury on the play, so he won't play in Week 18, but he'll have that 28-yard TD from Shedeur Sanders to look back on as he heads into the offseason looking to get better for year two.

It was already a special debut season for Fannin, and that final catch pushed him past a legend.

Fannin passed two players on that grab to move into ninth all-time in receiving yards by a rookie tight end.

The Browns' phenom from Bowling Green State University finishes with 731 yards.

That's ahead of the legendary John Mackey, who had 726 in 1963, and Evan Engram, who had 722 in 2017.

The top-10 looks like this:

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Just ahead of Fannin, current Colts rookie Tyler Warren is approaching 800 yards of his own.

It's quite a list, mostly made up of players he remained key contributors at TE for years after their strong debut.

Fannin was just the fifth tight end drafted in this class, a third-rounder after a record-setting final year at BGSU.

It already looks like the Browns got quite the steal.

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