Greg Dulcich

411 yards in 10 rookie games — then 53 yards over the next 6 NFL games.

Dulcich is one of the cleanest "what-if" rookie arcs in recent TE history. His rookie 2022 was tracking toward a top-3 finish among the 2022 TE class until soft-tissue injuries derailed Years 2 and 3. From 2023 through 2024 he played 6 NFL games total and bounced from DEN to NYG. The 2025 reset with Miami is the first time since his rookie year he's been on the field for stretches.

2nd in receiving yards among the 2022 rookie TE class — in 10 games.

On a per-game basis Dulcich actually led the 2022 rookie TE class: 41.1 yards per game in 10 games. Okonkwo (28.1), Likely (26.6), Otton (24.4), and McBride (22.1) — the four names from that class who became starters or core rotation TEs — all trailed him through Year 1. The gap between Dulcich and McBride/Ferguson is what makes the injury arc sting.

Week 8 of 2022 — 4/5/87 vs Jacksonville — still his career-high yardage game.

Dulcich's two 80+ yard games both came inside his rookie 6-week midseason stretch (Weeks 7-13 of 2022). His best game across all of 2023-2024-2025 is 58 yards (Week 17, 2025 vs Tampa Bay) — still well short of either rookie-year peak.

After 22 missed games over 3 seasons, came back as a 79% catch-rate TE in Miami.

In 2025 with Miami, Dulcich went 26-of-33 (78.8%) — the highest single-season catch rate of his career by a significant margin (60% as a rookie). The role is also different: more underneath check-downs and middle-of-the-field work, fewer of the deep seams that drove his 12.5 YPR rookie average.

Over his 9 games with the Dolphins (Weeks 9-18), he posted 335 yards and 1 TD — a functional TE2 baseline that at least confirmed he can play a full stretch of games when healthy, something he had not done since 2022.

3 teams in 4 NFL seasons — and 33 of his 67 career receptions are from one year.

Through 4 NFL seasons, Dulcich has played for DEN, NYG, and MIA. His career line (67-799-3) is roughly what a typical TE1 produces in a single season. Across 25 NFL games he's averaging 2.7 receptions per game — but in his 10 rookie games he averaged 3.3 receptions per game with a 41-yards-per-game baseline. The work-rate is real; the durability has been the question.

First career TD came in Week 6 of 2022 — his NFL debut.

Dulcich was inactive for the first 5 weeks of his rookie season with a hamstring issue. His first NFL snap came in Week 6 of 2022 vs the Chargers, and he turned 3 targets into 2 catches for 44 yards and a touchdown — among the more efficient NFL debuts by a TE in the last several years.

He needed just 1 game to hit a milestone (first career TD) that some draft-class peers needed multiple seasons to reach.