Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Snap Counts | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2012 | 23–24 | MIN | 7 | — | 9 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 77.8% | 9.3 | 7.2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 24–25 | MIN | 11 | — | 10 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 50.0% | 12.2 | 6.1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 294 | 38.9% | — | 0.0% | 141 | 40.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 25–26 | MIN | 16 | — | 26 | 19 | 208 | 1 | 73.1% | 10.9 | 8.0 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 551 | 53.3% | — | 0.0% | 191 | 43.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 26–27 | MIN | 15 | — | 19 | 11 | 124 | 1 | 57.9% | 11.3 | 6.5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 470 | 48.5% | — | 0.0% | 238 | 58.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 27–28 | MIN | 15 | — | 14 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 64.3% | 6.3 | 4.1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 258 | 26.5% | — | 0.0% | 172 | 42.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 28–29 | NYG | 16 | — | 32 | 24 | 235 | 2 | 75.0% | 9.8 | 7.3 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 538 | 49.8% | — | 0.0% | 224 | 49.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 29–30 | NYG | 14 | — | 34 | 25 | 272 | 1 | 73.5% | 10.9 | 8.0 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 557 | 63.4% | — | 0.0% | 109 | 26.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 30–31 | NYG | 10 | — | 28 | 18 | 167 | 1 | 64.3% | 9.3 | 6.0 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 323 | 49.1% | — | 0.0% | 70 | 26.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 172 | 118 | 1,189 | 7 | 68.6% | 10.1 | 6.9 | — | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
19 career value over replacement — #3207 all-time of 4,695. 2.4/season above a replacement-level TE.
Pick #128 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2012 · +17.4 vs expected KV-H
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