Player
Evan Engram
TE
Single-season TE catch totals are scarce because most defenses leak yards to TEs on short routes; clearing 110 puts a player in a tiny club of high-volume, high-efficiency seams. Engram's 2023 was JAX's TE record and is still top-3 league-wide in the play-by-play era.
2023 JAX: 114 catches / 963 yds — the JAX franchise TE record and a top-3 TE catch season in the modern era.
MilestoneEngram 2023 JAX
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Receptions | 114 |
| Receiving yards | 963 |
| Receiving TDs | 4 |
| Targets | 143 |
| Catch % | 79.7% |
TE single-season receptions leaderboard (REG, post-1999)
| Rank | Player | Season | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey McBride (ARI) | 2025 | 126 |
| 2 | Zach Ertz (PHI) | 2018 | 116 |
| 3 | Evan Engram (JAX) | 2023 | 114 |
| 4 | Brock Bowers (LV) | 2024 | 112 |
| T5 | Trey McBride (ARI) | 2024 | 111 |
| T6 | Jason Witten (DAL) | 2012 | 110 |
| T6 | Travis Kelce (KC) | 2022 | 110 |
Why it matters. Single-season TE catch totals are scarce because most defenses leak yards to TEs on short routes; clearing 110 puts a player in a tiny club of high-volume, high-efficiency seams. Engram's 2023 was JAX's TE record and is still top-3 league-wide in the play-by-play era.
2017 TE draft class: Engram is 2nd in career receptions — behind George Kittle (a 5th-round pick).
Comparison2017 TE draft class career production (through 2025, incl. playoffs)
| Round / Pick | Player | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R5 #146 | George Kittle (SF) | 629 | 8,469 | 55 |
| R1 #23 | Evan Engram (NYG/JAX/DEN) | 561 | 5,533 | 27 |
| R1 #29 | David Njoku (CLE) | 396 | 4,221 | 34 |
| R3 #100 | Jonnu Smith (TEN/NE/MIA/PIT) | 358 | 3,615 | 31 |
| R2 #44 | Gerald Everett (LA/SEA/LAC/CHI) | 301 | 3,032 | 20 |
| R1 #19 | O.J. Howard (TB) | 131 | 1,892 | 17 |
Why it matters. Draft slot vs career production is the cleanest way to grade a class. Engram justified his first-round capital in volume terms — he is comfortably 2nd in his TE class — but Kittle's emergence from round 5 reframes Engram less as a star and more as a strong-but-not-elite return on a top-25 pick.
NYG career: 262 catches / 2,828 yds / 16 TDs in 5 yrs. JAX career: 234 / 2,094 / 9 in 3 yrs.
SplitEngram by franchise
| Team | Yrs | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYG | 5 | 262 | 2,828 | 16 |
| JAX | 3 | 234 | 2,094 | 9 |
| DEN | 1 | 50 | 461 | 1 |
Why it matters. Engram's catches-per-year jumped from 52 in New York to 78 in Jacksonville, the clearest sign that his career was scheme-limited before he became a true designed-target slot/TE in Doug Pederson's offense. New York drafted him as a movable mismatch and never built around it.
One of just 7 TEs ever to clear 110 catches in a season — and he led them all in catch rate.
RareEvery 110+ catch TE season since 1999 (REG)
| Player | Season | Tgt | Rec | Catch% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey McBride | 2025 | 168 | 126 | 75.0% |
| Zach Ertz | 2018 | 156 | 116 | 74.4% |
| Evan Engram | 2023 | 144 | 114 | 79.2% |
| Brock Bowers | 2024 | 153 | 112 | 73.2% |
| Trey McBride | 2024 | 147 | 111 | 75.5% |
| Jason Witten | 2012 | 150 | 110 | 73.3% |
| Travis Kelce | 2022 | 121 | 110 | 90.9% |
Why it matters. Volume and efficiency usually trade off — pile up targets and the bad ones drag your catch rate down. Engram caught nearly 4 of every 5 balls thrown his way on a 144-target diet, the rarest combination in the modern TE 110+ club.
1x Pro Bowl (2020 NYG) on a 6-win team — a rare individual honor in the wilderness.
ComparisonEngram Pro Bowl context
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2020 |
| NYG record | 6-10 |
| Engram line | 63 rec / 654 yds / 1 TD |
| Honors | Pro Bowl alt → Pro Bowler |
Why it matters. Pro Bowls are usually pulled by winning teams or huge-TD scorers; Engram earned 2020's nod with just 1 TD on a 6-10 NYG team. Volume on a bad offense rarely converts to honors, which makes the selection a quiet anomaly even compared to his statistically better 2023.
26 TDs on 546 catches — 4.8% TD rate is the lowest of any TE with 300+ career catches.
AnomalyLowest career TD/reception rate among TEs with >=300 career catches (REG, since 1999)
| Player | Rec | TD | TD/Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Engram | 546 | 26 | 4.8% |
| Trey McBride | 347 | 17 | 4.9% |
| Kellen Winslow | 469 | 26 | 5.5% |
| Freddie Jones | 302 | 17 | 5.6% |
| Randy McMichael | 426 | 24 | 5.6% |
| Jason Witten | 1,228 | 74 | 6.0% |
| Brandon Pettigrew | 302 | 18 | 6.0% |
Why it matters. TE TD rate is normally a usage stat — red-zone TEs convert at 8-12%; Engram's 4.8% reflects how rarely his teams targeted him inside the 10 and how often he was used as an intermediate chain-mover instead. A volume-first TE without a red-zone role is a real archetype, and Engram is its current poster.
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