Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Snap Counts | Advanced Receiving (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate | |||||
| 2013 | 22 | MIA | 15 | — | 10 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 60.0% | 5.3 | 3.2 | — | 3 | 279 | 28.0% | — | 0.0% | 14 | 3.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 23 | MIA | 14 | — | 36 | 24 | 284 | 2 | 66.7% | 11.8 | 7.9 | — | 13 | 507 | 53.6% | — | 0.0% | 28 | 6.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 24 | MIA | 13 | — | 25 | 18 | 127 | 1 | 72.0% | 7.1 | 5.1 | — | 7 | 457 | 54.6% | — | 0.0% | 24 | 6.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 25 | MIA | 14 | — | 35 | 26 | 256 | 4 | 74.3% | 9.8 | 7.3 | — | 14 | 701 | 86.9% | — | 0.0% | 57 | 14.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | CHI | 14 | — | 29 | 15 | 180 | 1 | 51.7% | 12.0 | 6.2 | — | 9 | 580 | 67.0% | — | 0.0% | 41 | 11.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 27 | CHI | 8 | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 50.0% | 4.5 | 2.3 | — | 0 | 195 | 36.5% | — | 0.0% | 64 | 28.8% | 9.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | — | 56.2 |
| Career | — | 78 | — | 139 | 91 | 888 | 9 | 65.5% | 9.8 | 6.4 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
17 career value over replacement — #3291 all-time of 4,695. 3.4/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #106 (Rd 4) · MIA · 2013 · +13.3 vs expected KV-H
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