Evan Engram

Originally a first-round (23rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2017. Engram has played in 50 regular-season games with 39 starts…Totals include 216 receptions for 2,420 yards (11.2-yard avg.) and 13 touchdowns…He also has 13 rushing attempts for 83 yards and one touchdown.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a first-round (23rd pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2017.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Engram has played in 50 regular-season games with 39 starts…Totals include 216 receptions for 2,420 yards (11.2-yard avg.) and 13 touchdowns…He also has 13 rushing attempts for 83 yards and one touchdown.
• Engram's 216 catches place him 5th among tight ends in Giants history, behind Jeremy Shockey (371), Bob Tucker (327), Mark Bavaro (266) and Aaron Thomas (247).
• In 2020, Engram played all 16 games for the first time in his career and started a career-high 14 games…Finished 2nd on the Giants with 63 receptions, one less than the career high he set as a rookie in 2017…Engram's catches gained 654 yards, the 2nd-highest total of his career and 3rd-highest on the team…Added 6 rushing attempts for 26 yards…Scored one receiving and one rushing touchdown.
• Engram's 63 catches were the 6th-highest single-season total by a tight end in Giants history and his 654 yards were the 8th-highest.
• Engram caught at least one pass in all 16 games, increasing his streak to 45 consecutive games in which he played with at least one reception.
• Scored each of his touchdowns in NFC East road games, the first touchdown on a 3-yard run at Dallas (10/11) and his 2nd on a 16-yard reception at Washington (11/8).
• Caught a season-high seven passes – for 65 yards – at Baltimore (12/27)…Engram had 6 receptions in 4 games, all on the road: at Chicago (9/20), at the Rams (10/4), at Philadelphia (10/22) and at Cincinnati (11/29).
• Engram gained a career-high 129 yards against the Bengals…His previous best was 116 yards at Dallas on Sept. 8, 2016…It was his 3rd career 100-yard game and first since he totaled 113 yards at Tampa Bay on Sept. 22, 2019…The 129 yards tied Darius Slayton's output in Dallas for the Giants' highest total of the season.
• Engram's 53-yard reception on the game's first series in Cincinnati was the Giants' longest completion and third-longest offensive play of the season…He also had a 44-yard catch to become the first Giants player with two catches of 44 or more yards in the same game since Oct. 22, 2018, when Sterling Shepard had 58 and 53-yard receptions in Atlanta.
• Engram led the Giants with 32 receiving yards (on 4 catches) in Seattle. That was the lowest total by a Giants yardage leader since another tight end, Shockey, had a team-high 26 yards in a victory vs. the Miami Dolphins in London on Oct. 28, 2007.
• In 2019, Engram was limited to 8 appearances and 6 starts due to injuries…Inactive with a knee injury at New England (10/10)…Returned to play in the next 3 games, but hurt his foot vs. Dallas (11/4)…Missed the remainder of the season and was placed on injured reserve on Dec. 17...Led the Giants tight ends and finished 5th on the team with 44 receptions for 467 yards and 3 touchdowns…Added 3 carries for 7 yards.
• Engram finished with a career-high 11 receptions for 116 yards, including a one-yard touchdown at Dallas (9/8)…The receptions and yardage totals were the highest for a Giants tight end since Nov. 11, 2007, when Shockey caught 12 passes for 129 yards in a home game vs. the Cowboys.
• At Tampa Bay (9/22), Engram caught 6 passes for 113 yards to become the first Giants tight end with multiple 100-yard games in a season since Shockey in 2005 (4)…On the first play of the 2nd half, Engram caught a short Daniel Jones pass and turned it into a 75-yard touchdown. It was the Giants' longest play of the 2019 season and the longest touchdown reception ever by a Giants tight end. The previous long was a 71-yarder by Aaron Thomas vs. Philadelphia on Oct. 17, 1965…The 75-yarder was also the longest reception of Engram's career. His previous long catch was a 54-yarder vs. Tampa Bay on Nov. 18, 2018.
• Engram had 6 receptions vs. Minnesota (10/6) and the Cowboys in his final game of the year…Scored his final touchdown of the season on a 2-yard catch at Detroit (10/27).
• 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 in pregame warmups 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 one pass in every game he played…Scored at Dallas (9/16), vs. Washington (10/28), and vs. Dallas (12/30)…Had a then career-long 54-yard reception vs. Tampa Bay (11/18)…In the season's final 4 games, Engram caught 22 passes for 320 yards…Posted season-high totals of 8 catches vs. 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 were the 5th-highest total by a tight end in team history. The top spot is held by 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

Saquon Barkley                2018  91

Odell Beckham Jr.            2014  91

Jeremy Shockey              2002  74

Sterling Shepard               2016  65

Evan Engram                 2017  64

Darius Slayton                 2019  48

Bobby Johnson                1984  48

Most Receiving Yards/ Giants Rookie

Odell Beckham Jr.            2014    1,305

Jeremy Shockey             2002     894

Bobby Johnson               1984     795

Hakeem Nicks                 2009     790

Darius Slayton                 2019     740

Evan Engram                 2017     722

Saquon Barkley                2018      721

Most Touchdown Receptions/Giants Rookie

Odell Beckham Jr.            2014   12

Bill Swiacki                      1948   10

Darius Slayton                 2019    8

Ken MacAfee                  1954   8

Sterling Shepard               2016   8

Bobby Johnson               1984   7

Evan Engram                 2017   6

Hakeem Nicks                  2009   6

• Engram caught at least one 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 one pass for 12 yards before leaving the game in the first quarter with a rib injury at Arizona (12/24).

COLLEGE:

• 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).

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY:

• Annually represents Special Olympics New Jersey and Eva's Village during the NFL's My Cause My Cleats initiative…Captain of the Team of Teams group that joined forces with Eva's Village, during the 2020 season to personally mentor Eva's clients experiencing poverty and substance use disorders in Paterson, N.J.…Joined Special Olympics of New Jersey to run a virtual fitness class for athletes and their families…Presented the 2020 Heart of a Giant Award to Josue Gomez of Passaic County Technical Institute.

PERSONAL:

• 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 and professionally overseas.