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PRO CAREER:

Originally selected by Baltimore in the second round (55th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals on 5/3/19.

2018: Played 13 regular season games (six starts) and started the Ravens postseason Wild Card contest … had 16 receptions for 143 yards and a TD, helping Baltimore win the AFC North and produce a single-season team record 5,999 net yards of offense … standout run blocker who helped the Ravens finish second in the NFL with 2,441 rushing yards (152.6 ypg), the second-highest single-season total in team history … started the season-opener and caught three passes in a 47-3 victory vs. Buf (9/9) … had a key block on Alex Collins first quarter TD run vs. Den (9/23) … posted five catches for 51 yards @ Pit (9/30); Ravens totaled 451 net yards, its most ever in a road game at Pittsburgh … inactive in games 8-10 … connected with rookie QB Lamar Jackson for a 10-yard TD catch @ Kansas City (12/9) … started in his postseason debut and had one reception for eight yards in the Ravens Wild Card matchup vs. LAC (1/6/19).

2017: Appeared in 11 games with a career-high eight starts and hauled in 15 receptions for 86 yards and a TD … helped Ravens finish the season with the NFL’s #9 ranked scoring offense (24.7 ppg) … inactive (ankle) for games 3-5 and 7-8 … had four receptions for 21 yards and his first-career rushing attempt (two yards) vs. Cle (9/17) … caught the second TD of his career on a four-yard reception vs. Ind (12/23).

2016: Played on offense and special teams in each of the first four games of the season before being placed on injured reserve (knee) on 10/7.

2015: Appeared in 14 games (seven starts) and set franchise records for a rookie TE with 32 receptions and 268 receiving yards … helped the Ravens finish with the NFL’s #8 ranked passing attack … finished with four receptions for 40 yards, including a 21-yard TD reception vs. Jax (11/15); marked his first-career TD catch … set career highs in receptions (six) and receiving yards (53) in the regular season finale @ Cin (1/3/16) … totaled 13 receptions (for 100 yards) over his final three games, which were more than he had in the previous eight games (12 receptions) combined.

PRO CAREER:

Originally selected by Baltimore in the second round (55th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals on 5/3/19.

2018: Played 13 regular season games (six starts) and started the Ravens postseason Wild Card contest … had 16 receptions for 143 yards and a TD, helping Baltimore win the AFC North and produce a single-season team record 5,999 net yards of offense … standout run blocker who helped the Ravens finish second in the NFL with 2,441 rushing yards (152.6 ypg), the second-highest single-season total in team history … started the season-opener and caught three passes in a 47-3 victory vs. Buf (9/9) … had a key block on Alex Collins first quarter TD run vs. Den (9/23) … posted five catches for 51 yards @ Pit (9/30); Ravens totaled 451 net yards, its most ever in a road game at Pittsburgh … inactive in games 8-10 … connected with rookie QB Lamar Jackson for a 10-yard TD catch @ Kansas City (12/9) … started in his postseason debut and had one reception for eight yards in the Ravens Wild Card matchup vs. LAC (1/6/19).

2017: Appeared in 11 games with a career-high eight starts and hauled in 15 receptions for 86 yards and a TD … helped Ravens finish the season with the NFL’s #9 ranked scoring offense (24.7 ppg) … inactive (ankle) for games 3-5 and 7-8 … had four receptions for 21 yards and his first-career rushing attempt (two yards) vs. Cle (9/17) … caught the second TD of his career on a four-yard reception vs. Ind (12/23).

2016: Played on offense and special teams in each of the first four games of the season before being placed on injured reserve (knee) on 10/7.

2015: Appeared in 14 games (seven starts) and set franchise records for a rookie TE with 32 receptions and 268 receiving yards … helped the Ravens finish with the NFL’s #8 ranked passing attack … finished with four receptions for 40 yards, including a 21-yard TD reception vs. Jax (11/15); marked his first-career TD catch … set career highs in receptions (six) and receiving yards (53) in the regular season finale @ Cin (1/3/16) … totaled 13 receptions (for 100 yards) over his final three games, which were more than he had in the previous eight games (12 receptions) combined.

COLLEGE:

Played 25 games (17 starts) in two seasons (2013-14), posting 61 receptions for 986 yards and 13 TDs (10th in school history) ... earned multiple first-team and second-team All-American, first-team All-Big Ten and Kwalick Clark Big Ten TE of the Year honors in 2014 … received the College Football Performance Awards Tight End Trophy and was tabbed a John Mackey Award finalist after posting team highs in catches (36), receiving yards (569) and receiving TDs (eight) as a senior ... his 569 receiving yards and eight TDs that season set single-season school records by a TE … declared for the NFL Draft following his redshirt sophomore season … led the Gophers in receiving yards (417) and tied for the team lead in receptions (25) and receiving TDs (five) as a freshman in 2013 … redshirted in 2012.

PERSONAL:

Attended Waconia (MN) High School where he threw for 784 yards and eight TDs and rushed for 902 yards and 13 TDs on 120 carries as a senior QB in 2011 … also had 80 tackles and two INTs on defense that year … played in Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl as a punter following his senior year, but also saw action at tight end, catching a TD pass in the game … earned All-State honors from the AP and Minnesota Vikings … father, Brian, lettered at Minnesota from 1986-88 and was then drafted by and played for the New York Giants (O-line) from 1989-99 … grandfather, Bob, was an All-American QB at Notre Dame who was selected #2 overall by the Bears in the 1951 draft and played three seasons (1951-52 and 1955) for Chicago; Bob was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 … mother, Rochelle, played volleyball at Minnesota from 1984-87 and received the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1988 ... uncle, Ron, played football for the Gophers and played two seasons of professional football for Barcelona in the World League of American Football.