Darnell Mooney

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#17

Experience: 7 years

Height: 5-11

Age: 28

Weight: 177 lbs

College: Tulane

2026 SEASON

REC
2
YDS
27
AVG
13.5
TDS
0

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Year

Season

Preseason

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT
3	08/28/2026	@Jets	W 23 - 6
2	08/22/2026	@Dolphins	W 26 - 3
1	08/15/2026	Vikings	L 10 - 13

Regular Season

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LOST
1	09/13/2026	Cowboys	W 28 - 20	2	27	13.5	18	0

Biography

Mooney has played in 91 games with 80 starts…Began his career with the Chicago Bears (2020-23) before playing two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons (2024-25)…He is in his first season as a New York Giants…Career totals include 309 receptions for 4,028 yards and 17 touchdowns…Has also rushed 13 times for 59 yards and 1 touchdown.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Mooney has played in 91 games with 80 starts…Began his career with the Chicago Bears (2020-23) before playing two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons (2024-25)…He is in his first season as a New York Giants…Career totals include 309 receptions for 4,028 yards and 17 touchdowns…Has also rushed 13 times for 59 yards and 1 touchdown.
In 2025, with the Falcons, played in 15 games (15 starts) and recorded 32 receptions for 443 yards and 1 touchdown.
Made 16 starts for Atlanta in 2024 and notched 64 catches for 992 yards and 5 touchdowns…Caught 21 passes for 20+ yards, tied for the second-most in the NFL.
In 2023, his final season in Chicago, caught 31 passes for 414 yards and 1 touchdown.
Hauled in 40 catches for 493 yards and 2 touchdowns across 12 games (12 starts) for the Bears in 2022…Ended the season on injured reserve with an ankle injury.
Had the best year of his career in 2021 playing under Matt Nagy, who is now the Giants' offensive coordinator…Appeared in all 17 games (14 starts)…Recorded career-high numbers with 81 receptions for 1,055 yards and 4 touchdowns.
As a rookie in 2020, played in 16 games and caught 61 passes for 631 yards and 4 touchdowns…His 61 receptions are the second-most by a Bears rookie in franchise history.

COLLEGE

Attended Tulane University, where he spent four seasons (2016-19)…In 50 games played, combined for 154 catches for 2,572 yards and 19 touchdowns…Rushed 5 times for 28 yards…Left Tulane with the sixth-most yards in school history.
Played in 13 games and recorded 48 receptions for 713 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2019.
In 2018, registered 48 receptions for 993 yards (20.7 avg.) and 8 touchdowns across 13 games…Named second-team All-AAC…His 20.7 average is the highest single-season average in school history and ranked sixth in the nation that year.
Totaled 34 receptions for 599 yards and 4 touchdowns in 2017.
Caught 24 passes for 267 yards and 2 touchdowns as a freshman in 2016.

PERSONAL

A native of Gadsden, Ala…Attended Gadsden High School, where he played both wide receiver and defensive back…Also played point guard on the basketball team.
Studied applied computing at Tulane.
Supported the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to honor his late father, Larry, during the NFL's My Cause My Cleats initiative in 2022…His father passed away from leukemia while Darnell was in high school.
Has a twin brother named Denzel.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

Originally a 5th-round (173rd pick overall) draft choice by the Chicago Bears in 2020.
Signed a three-year contract as a free agent with the Atlanta Falcons on 3/13/24.
Waived by the Falcons on 3/9/26 and signed by the New York Giants on 3/18/26.

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