- Originally a first-round (23rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2017.
- Engram has played in 26 games with 26 games with 19 starts…Totals include 109 receptions for 1,299 yards (11.9-yard avg.), with a long catch of 54 yards, and 9 touchdowns…Also has 4 rushing attempts for 50 yards.
- In 2018, played in 11 games with 8 starts…Inactive for 3 games with a knee injury (9/30-10/11), did not play at Philadelphia (11/25) due to hamstring injury suffered prior to the game and was inactive vs. Chicago (12/2)…Led the Giants tight ends and finished 4th on the team with 45 catches for 577 yards (12.8-yard avg.) and 3 touchdowns…Caught at least 1 pass in every game he played…Scored at Dallas (9/16), vs. Washington (10/28), and vs. Dallas (12/30)…Had a career-long 54-yard reception vs. Tampa Bay (11/18)…In the season's final 4 games, Engram caught 22 passes for 320 yards…Had season-high totals of 8 catches against Tennessee (12/16) and 87 yards at Indianapolis (12/23).
- As a rookie in 2017, Engram played in 15 games with 11 starts…Was inactive for the season finale vs. Washington (12/31) with a rib injury…Registered team-high totals of 64 catches and 6 touchdowns….Engram's 722 receiving yards were just 9 fewer than Sterling Shepard's team-high 731…Engram was selected to the Pro Football Writers All-Rookie team.
- Engram's 64 receptions was the 5th-highest total by a tight end in team history. The top spot is held by Jeremy Shockey (74 catches in 2002). Mark Bavaro (1986) and Shockey (2006) had 66-catch seasons, and Shockey caught 65 passes in 2005.
- Engram was the first rookie tight end to lead the Giants in receptions. His 6 touchdown catches were a franchise record for a rookie tight end, surpassing Bob Tucker's previous mark of 5, set in 1970. Engram set the mark on a 10-yard pass from Geno Smith at Oakland (12/3).
- Engram was among the most productive rookie pass-catchers in franchise history:
Most Receptions/Giants Rookie
Odell Beckham Jr. 2014 91
Most Receiving Yards/ Giants Rookie
Odell Beckham Jr. 2014 1,305
Most Touchdown Receptions/Giants Rookie
Odell Beckham Jr. 2014 12
- Engram caught at least 1 pass in every game in which he played except the Oct. 8 loss to the Chargers…He scored touchdowns in 4 consecutive games from Oct. 15 to Nov. 12, the longest streak by a Giants player since wide receiver Rueben Randle caught a touchdown pass in each of the final 4 games of the 2015 season.
- Started and had 4 receptions for 44 yards, including a 31-yarder, in his NFL debut at Dallas (9/10)…Scored his first touchdown on an 18-yard reception and caught 4 passes for 49 yards vs. Detroit (9/18).
- Began his 4-game touchdown streak with a 5-yard score while catching 5 passes for 82 yards in a victory at Denver (10/15)…Scored the game's first touchdown on a 5-yard reception and finished with 6 catches for 60 yards vs. Seattle (10/22)…Had a 10-yard touchdown reception among his 4 catches for 70 yards vs. the Rams (11/5)…Caught a 9-yard touchdown pass and finished with 6 receptions for 31 yards at San Francisco (11/12).
- Contributed a season-high 99 yards on 7 catches, including a 10-yard touchdown, at Oakland (12/3)…Had a season-high 8 receptions, for 87 yards, and added a 14-yard run, vs. Philadelphia (12/17)…Caught 1 pass for 12 yards before leaving the game in the first quarter with a rib injury at Arizona (12/24).
- Four-year starter and 2-year team captain at Ole Miss…Played in 45 games with 42 starts…Engram is the Ole Miss career leader in receptions (162), receiving yards (2,320) and touchdown catches (15) by a tight end...First player in school history to earn 4 All-SEC honors…Ended his career as nation's leader among active tight ends in career receiving yards...Among all Rebels, he left school ranked 4th in career receptions, 5th in receiving yards, and tied for 6th in touchdown catches…As a senior in 2016, was named first-team All-America by AP, Sporting News, SI, USA Today, CBS Sports, Scout.com, SB Nation…Won Ozzie Newsome Award as nation's best tight end…Recipient of the Pop Warner College Football Award for excellence on the field and in the community, and the C Spire Conerly Trophy winner as Mississippi's top college football player…All-SEC first team…SEC Community Service team… Started all 11 games in which he played…Missed the Mississippi State game due to injury…Finished with career-high totals of 65 receptions for 926 yards (14.2-yard avg.), and 8 touchdowns…Led all the nation's tight ends with 5.9 catches and 84.2 receiving yards per game…Was tied for 2nd with 8 touchdown catches…Broke the Ole Miss single-season tight ends records for catches (65) and receiving yards (926), and tied the record for touchdown catches (8)…Had a career-high 9 catches for 121 yards and 1 touchdown vs. Florida State (9/5)...Tied his career high with 9 catches, including a 63-yard touchdown, and finished with 138 yards vs. top-ranked Alabama (9/17).
- Joined Stop & Shop to offload 1,500 turkeys to the Community Food Bank of N.J. for less fortunate families in the local community during the holidays. Finished the day with a visit to the Hillside Senior Center to provide produce and other healthy items from the Food Bank…Served as a Play 60 Ambassador adopting Lewis F. Cole Middle School in Fort Lee, N.J., motivating the students, every week for a month, to get active and play outside…Participated in a Play 60 at Carteret (N.J.) Middle School in Carteret, N.J…During Salute to Service month, played video games at the training facility against military veterans through the Wounded Warrior Project as well as led the veterans through a tour of the facility…Represented Special Olympics New Jersey during Week 13 of the My Cause My Cleats NFL initiative…Packed 1,000+ care packages with front office staff, coaches and teammates that were donated to My Sisters' Place, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking…Hosted a holiday party for youth members of YCS at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center…Attended the Make-A-Wish Castle to announce the 2019 NFL Draft picks… Attended luncheon at MetLife Stadium organized by teammate Rhett Ellison with Project KIND for over 80 people experiencing homelessness.
- - Integrated marketing communications major...Made academic honor roll in fall 2014...Attended Hillgrove High School in Powder Springs, Ga…Named first-team All-State as a senior by the Georgia Sportswriters Association and the Associated Press...As a senior in 2012, caught 40 passes for 975 yards and 10 touchdowns…As a junior, had 18 receptions for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns, helping Hillgrove go 11-1 and advance to the second round of the state playoffs...Caught 2 touchdowns in the Cobb County All-Star Senior Bowl…Son of Michelle Zelina and Derrick Engram...Sister, Mackenzie Engram, played basketball at the University of Georgia.
