Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2006 | 23 | NE | 5 | — | 11 | 11 | 159 | 1 | 100.0% | 14.5 | 14.5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 24 | NE | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% | 9.0 | 9.0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25 | NE | 6 | — | 9 | 9 | 93 | 0 | 100.0% | 10.3 | 10.3 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | NO | 12 | — | 49 | 35 | 356 | 1 | 71.4% | 10.2 | 7.3 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 27 | NO | 12 | — | 46 | 30 | 219 | 2 | 65.2% | 7.3 | 4.8 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 28 | NO | 5 | — | 9 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 55.6% | 3.2 | 1.8 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 29 | NO | 7 | — | 17 | 11 | 86 | 4 | 64.7% | 7.8 | 5.1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 48 | — | 142 | 102 | 938 | 8 | 71.8% | 9.2 | 6.6 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
15 career value over replacement — #3389 all-time of 4,695. 2.5/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #86 (Rd 3) · NWE · 2006 · +6.5 vs expected KV-H
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