Kyle Juszczyk

The only modern fullback with 3,000+ career receiving yards — and he triples the active field.

In a league where the FB position barely exists — only 59 player-weeks were logged at FB in all of 2025 — Juszczyk has built a receiving resume that triples the next-closest fullback since 2017 (2,108 yards vs. C.J. Ham's 681). Including his Baltimore years, his career all-games total reaches 326 receptions, 3,106 yards, and 21 receiving TDs — numbers that look like a slot receiver's resume, not a lead blocker's.

Why it matters. The fullback position has been declared dead for a decade, yet Juszczyk has accumulated receiving yards at a rate that laps the entire surviving FB population — the gap to the #2 FB since 2017 is wider than the gap between #2 and #10.

Led all FBs in receiving yards 10 of the last 11 seasons — including a tie in the 11th.

From 2015 through 2025, Juszczyk has led all NFL fullbacks in receiving yards every season — winning outright 10 times and tying Alec Ingold at exactly 119 yards in 2023. Over that stretch, his 2,877 career regular-season receiving yards as a fullback are more than three times Marcel Reece's all-time #2 mark of 938. The position has been eroding around him; he just keeps leading it.

Why it matters. Eleven consecutive seasons at the top of a dying position class is not just longevity — it's documented statistical dominance year after year, even as the FB role shrinks in every other scheme in the league.

He hit a career low in 2023 — then came back to lead the position again at age 34.

After a decade of leading the FB position, 2023 looked like the end: just 119 receiving yards, a career low, matching Alec Ingold in a two-way tie for the FB receiving crown. He played 11 games and rarely saw targets. Then he quietly rebuilt — 200 yards in 2024, 213 in 2025 — enough to reclaim the outright lead among all FBs both seasons. At 34, playing in his 13th year, he remains the most targeted fullback in the NFL.

Why it matters. Most aging fullbacks who hit a floor like 2023 never resurface as the position leader — the NFL simply stops targeting them. Juszczyk reversed that trajectory and is still the top receiving fullback in the league at 34.

81% of his career receiving TDs came from inside the red zone — a goal-line weapon disguised as a fullback.

Juszczyk catches passes all over the field, but inside the red zone he's a different player: 17 of his 20 career regular-season receiving touchdowns came from targets inside the opponent's 20-yard line — 81% concentration. His red zone catch rate is 75.7% (53-of-70), and every time he's targeted inside the 20, there's a 1-in-4 chance it ends in a touchdown. For a player who looks like a blocking specialist, that's the hidden stat that explains nine straight Pro Bowls.

Why it matters. Most people think of Juszczyk as a pass-catching fullback who occasionally scores. The data shows his TDs are heavily clustered in the red zone, meaning his primary offensive value is as a precision scoring weapon, not a volume receiver.

9 consecutive Pro Bowls — the most by any fullback in NFL history.

Juszczyk has been named to the Pro Bowl every year from 2016 through 2024 — nine straight selections, the most career Pro Bowl appearances ever by a fullback. Mike Alstott, the previous benchmark, earned six (1997–2002). Daryl Johnston, the gold-standard 1990s fullback, had two.

The streak is built on durability (fewer than 10 games missed in 12 years), consistent Shanahan system value, and the structural reality that the NFL allocates one FB slot per conference — and Juszczyk has been the only obvious pick every year.

Why it matters. Nine consecutive Pro Bowls at a position the NFL has spent 15 years phasing out is the strongest single argument for Juszczyk's Hall of Fame case — it's the most sustained elite recognition ever awarded to a fullback.

26 career TDs as a fullback — double the #2 player, triple the #3.

Since 2013, Juszczyk has scored 26 touchdowns as a fullback — 20 receiving, 6 rushing. No other fullback in that span has more than 13. He has double the TDs of the #2 fullback and triple the #3. Context: he averages fewer than five touches per game. In a role built around blocking, Juszczyk has quietly become the most prolific scoring fullback in over a decade — and it's not close.

Why it matters. The FB position isn't supposed to produce TDs at this rate or volume. Juszczyk's 2x margin over the next-closest fullback in the same era quantifies just how completely Shanahan has redefined what the position can do.