2011 (SENIOR): Fifth-year senior earned Sporting News All-America honors after hauling in 34 passes for 667 yards and a team-high 10 touchdowns...became the first Stanford tight end to earn All-America status since Chris Burford in 1959...also garnered first team All-Pac-12 honors...second team Yahoo! Sports All-America selection...averaged 19.6 yards per catch as a senior, which ranked tied for seventh on Stanford's all-time single-season list...has appeared in 51 games, including 15 starts, over the past four seasons...has 96 career receptions for 1,543 yards and 18 touchdowns...his 18 career touchdowns rank first all-time among Stanford tight ends and are tied with Tony Hill (1973-76) and Vincent White (1979-82) for fifth on the school's all-time career list...hybrid tight end whose speed and athleticism allows him to stretch the field...caught four passes of over 50 yards on the year...was on the receiving end of a 60-yard scoring strike from Luck at the 6:41 mark of the third period at Duke...also caught a three-yard TD pass to open Stanford's scoring at the 10:01 mark of the first quarter...hauled in four passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns against UCLA...his 18-yard TD reception on a spectacular one-handed grab opened the scoring with nine seconds remaining in the first period...also caught a 51-yard pass from Luck at the 14:15 mark of the third quarter...caught two passes for 41 yards against Colorado, including a 37-yard reception down to the one-yard line that set up Stanford's final TD of the first half...caught four passes for 128 yards and one TD at Washington State, marking his second career 100-yard game...combined for four catches for 48 yards and two TDs in a three game stretch against Washington (1-1-TD), at USC (1-21) and Oregon State (2-26-TD)...had four receptions in each of the last three games of the regular season vs. Oregon (4-56), Cal (4-64) and Notre Dame (4-97-2TD)...was on the receiving end of Andrew Luck's record-setting 78th career touchdown pass, a 28-yard effort in which he dragged a Notre Dame defender for the last 10 yards into the end zone...also pulled down a 55 yard TD pass from Luck with 5:40 left in the game that gave Stanford a 28-7 lead...had two catches for 19 yards in the Fiesta Bowl...recipient of the team's Most Outstanding Senior Award.
2010 (JUNIOR): Second team All-Pac-10 selection who finished the season with 28 catches for 434 yards and seven touchdowns...ranked as Stanford's third-leading receiver behind Doug Baldwin and Ryan Whalen...touchdown total was second highest behind Baldwin (9)...did not catch a pass in the season opener against Sacramento State, but had 13 catches for 217 yards and four touchdowns over the next six games...had 13 catches for 207 yards in the final six contests...had touchdown receptions at UCLA, at Notre Dame, at Oregon, vs. Washington State and vs. Virginia Tech...had a career-high six receptions for 173 yards and three touchdowns in Stanford's 40-12 victory over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl...accounted for three of the four second-half touchdowns on passes from Luck measuring 41, 58 and 38 yards...his 58-yard touchdown reception at the 12:28 mark of the fourth quarter was a career-long.
2009 (SOPHOMORE): Team's third-leading receiver with 21 receptions for 266 yards (12.7) and one touchdown...had just two receptions for 20 yards over the first three games of the season before catching a season-high five passes for 57 yards against Washington...his first reception of the game was a career-long 42-yarder...caught at least one pass in the final 10 games of the year (16 total for 246; 15.4 average)...caught three passes for 19 yards in the home win over UCLA...caught one pass in each of the next four games, including a 36-yard reception against Arizona State...had two catches for 28 yards at USC, including his first career touchdown reception on a 24-yard pass from Andrew Luck at the 13:10 mark of the fourth quarter...had four receptions for 56 yards against Notre Dame...had one catch for eight yards in the Sun Bowl vs. Oklahoma.
2008 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in all 12 games to earn his first varsity letter...caught 13 passes for 176 yards (13.5)...caught passes in all but four games...caught two passes in the season-opener against Oregon State before going eight games until his second multiple-reception game against Washington State...caught two passes for 30 yards against the Cougars, including a 26-yarder from Jason Forcier...hauled in a career-high four passes for 76 yards in the Big Game at California...was on the receiving end of a 32-yard pass from Tavita Pritchard on Stanford's second possession of the game...also caught a 24-yard pass from Pritchard in the fourth quarter.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Did not see action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Was one of the top tight end recruits in Illinois...caught 34 passes for 706 yards (20.4 ypc) and eight touchdowns as a senior at Joliet Catholic Academy...was rated as the 17th best recruit in Illinois, the top tight end prospect in the state and the 39th best tight end prospect in the nation by Scout.com...was ranked as the 15th best recruit in the state and No. 40 tight end prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...All-Midwest selection by PrepStar and all-state selection by Tom Lemming....all-conference, all-area, all-state and all-state academic honoree as a senior...played safety, tight end and wide receiver as a junior...outstanding basketball player who earned all-area honors as a junior...member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Illinois State Scholar... majoring in science, technology and society.
CAREER STATISTICS
Career Highs
Receptions: 6 vs. Virginia Tech, 2011 (Orange Bowl)
Receiving Yards: 173 vs. Virginia Tech, 2011 (Orange Bowl)
Longest Reception: 58 vs. Virginia Tech, 2011 (Orange Bowl)
Receiving Touchdowns: 3 vs. Virginia Tech, 2011 (Orange Bowl)