Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Snap Counts | Defense | Advanced Receiving (2018+) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ADOT | YBC/R | YAC/R | BrkTkl | Drops | Drop% | 1D | TgtRate | |||||
| 2021 | 23–24 | WAS | 17 | — | 25 | 20 | 249 | 1 | 80.0% | 12.4 | 10.0 | — | 11 | 519 | 46.2% | — | 0.0% | 134 | 30.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 104.8 |
| 2022 | 24–25 | WAS | 16 | — | 22 | 14 | 108 | 1 | 63.6% | 7.7 | 4.9 | — | 4 | 510 | 45.2% | — | 0.0% | 65 | 15.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 90.7 |
| 2023 | 25–26 | WAS | 17 | — | 28 | 19 | 151 | 0 | 67.9% | 7.9 | 5.4 | — | 6 | 500 | 45.5% | — | 0.0% | 173 | 36.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 1 | 3 | 0.1 | 6 | 81.1 |
| 2024 | 26–27 | WAS | 17 | — | 13 | 8 | 84 | 0 | 61.5% | 10.5 | 6.5 | — | 3 | 516 | 43.9% | — | 0.0% | 225 | 48.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.8 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 80.3 |
| 2025 | 27–28 | WAS | 15 | — | 16 | 11 | 103 | 1 | 68.8% | 9.4 | 6.4 | — | 6 | 479 | 51.4% | — | 0.0% | 179 | 49.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 107.0 |
| 2026 | 28–29 | WAS | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 80.0% | 5.8 | 4.6 | — | 0 | 148 | 44.2% | — | 0.0% | 78 | 50.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 87 | — | 109 | 76 | 718 | 3 | 69.7% | 9.4 | 6.6 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | — | 30 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
8 career value over replacement — #3793 all-time of 4,695. 1.6/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #124 (Rd 4) · WAS · 2021 · +15.4 vs expected KV-H
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