Dalton Schultz

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#86

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 27

Weight: 244 lbs

College: Stanford

2023 SEASON

REC

40
YDS

455
AVG

11.38
TDS

5

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Year

Preseason

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
3	08/28/2023	@Saints	W 17 - 13	1	13	13	13	0
2	08/19/2023	Dolphins	L 3 - 28	2	10	5	6	0
1	08/10/2023	@Patriots	W 20 - 9

Regular Season

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FUM	LOST
13	12/03/2023	Broncos	W 22 - 17
12	11/26/2023	Jaguars	L 21 - 24	1	2	2	2	0
11	11/19/2023	Cardinals	W 21 - 16	2	32	16	20	1
10	11/12/2023	@Bengals	W 30 - 27	4	71	17.8	25	0
9	11/05/2023	Buccaneers	W 39 - 37	10	130	13	26	1	1	1
8	10/29/2023	@Panthers	L 13 - 15	2	5	2.5	9	0
6	10/15/2023	Saints	W 20 - 13	4	61	15.2	31	1
5	10/08/2023	@Falcons	L 19 - 21	7	65	9.3	18	1
4	10/01/2023	Steelers	W 30 - 6	3	42	14	29	1
3	09/24/2023	@Jaguars	W 37 - 17	1	9	9	9	0
2	09/17/2023	Colts	L 20 - 31	4	34	8.5	14	0
1	09/10/2023	@Ravens	L 9 - 25	2	4	2	5	0

Biography

TRANSACTIONS: Selected in the fourth round (137th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys...Signed a one-year contract with a franchise player tag on March 21, 2022...Signed with the Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 21, 2023.

2022 (Dallas 15/15, 2/2):

Started all 15 games he appeared in, hauling in 57 receptions for 577 yards (10.1 avg.), good for second-most on the team, and five touchdowns
Started both of Dallas' postseason games, totaling 12 receptions for 122 yards (10.2 avg.) and three touchdowns
Had two regular seasons games with two receiving touchdowns (Week 12 vs. New York Giants, Week 17 at Tennessee)
Recorded two receiving touchdowns during the Wild Card roun at Tampa Bay (1/16/23)

2021 (Dallas 17/15, 1/1):

Started 15 of the 17 games he played and was second on the team with 78 catches, third with 808 yards and tied for first with eight touchdown catches - all career-highs
Became the second tight end in team history to reach 70 catches in a season
Led the team with six catches and two touchdowns for 80 yards in the home-opening Monday night win over Philadelphia (9/27)
Had a touchdown in consecutive games for the first time in his career, catching one on a team-best six catches for 58 yards against Carolina (10/3)
Led the team in catches for the third straight week, finishing against the New York Giants (10/10) with six for 79 yards (second) with a long catch of 30 yards, topping 100 catches for his career - the seventh Dallas tight end to the mark
Named the offensive captain and caught two passes for 11 yards at Minnesota (10/31), his 50th career game
Led the team with 53 yards on six catches at Kansas City (11/21)
Had a career-long 32-yard catch for a touchdown, finishing with three catches for 46 yards on Thanksgiving Day against Las Vegas (11/25)
Reached 60 catches on the season, catching a team-high eight passes for 67 yards with a touchdown at the New York Giants (12/19)
Led the team with eight catches for a season-best 82 yards (second) and a touchdown against Washington (12/26), to give him six touchdowns on the year
Became the second tight end in team history (Witten) to reach 70 catches in a season after leading the team with six catches for 54 yards against Arizona (1/2/22)
Had two touchdowns on three catches for 21 yards in the finale at Philadelphia (1/8/22), marking his second career multi-touchdown game and giving him eight scores on the season, the most by a Cowboys tight end since Jason Witten had eight in 2013
In the Wild Card game against San Francisco (1/16/22), led the team in catches (seven) and yards (89)

2020 (Dallas 16/14):

Became the featured tight end after Jarwin (knee) was lost for the season in the opener and started 14-of-16 games played
Finished fourth in receptions (63) and receiving yards (615) and was fourth in touchdown catches (four - second-highest total on the team)
Became the fourth Dallas tight end to catch at least 60 passes in a season, joining Witten (15), Doug Cosbie and Jay Novacek (two each)
Led the team with career-bests in receptions (nine) and yards (88) with his first career touchdown in the home opener against Atlanta (9/20)
Logged his first career start in the game at Seattle (9/27), catching four balls for 48 yards
Had the game-winning touchdown at Minnesota (11/22), catching four passes for 25 yards and the score
Selected as the offensive captain for the Thanksgiving Day game against Washington (11/26)
Paced the team with seven catches for 70 yards in the finale at the New York Giants (1/3/21)

2019 (Dallas 16/0):

Played in all 16 games as the club's third tight end and on special teams units and caught one pass for six yards
Had his lone reception at the New York Jets (10/13) and had his first career kickoff return - a five-yarder - at New England (11/27)

2018 (Dallas 11/7, 2/2):

Started seven of the 11 games he played and both playoff contests and caught 12 passes for 107 yards while helping block for the NFL rushing champ - RB Ezekiel Elliott (1,434 yards)
Made his NFL debut in the opener at Carolina (9/9), seeing time in multiple tight end sets, then had his first career catch - a 12-yarder - at Washington (10/21)
Hauled in three passes for 37 yards - both season-highs - against Philadelphia (12/9)
Started both playoff contests, catching one pass for 20 yards in the Divisional Playoff loss at the LA Rams (1/12/19)

COLLEGE:

Played four years at (2014-17) at Stanford in California
Started all 13 games played as a senior and caught 22 passes for 212 yards and a career-high three touchdowns
All-Pac-12 first team and Pac-12 All-Academic second-team
As a junior, posted career-highs with 23 receptions for 222 yards along with one touchdown while playing in all 13 games with 12 starts
Made 10 catches for 121 yards and a score in 14 games with six starts as a sophomore
Did not see any action as a freshman

PERSONAL:

Three-year letterwinner at Bingham, Utah, High School
As a senior in 2013, named to the Orange County Register All-West Coast "Fab 15" first-team along with the all-state first-team and was the Bingham Offensive MVP in three seasons
Made 76 career receptions for 1,120 yards and 12 touchdowns
Had 31 receptions for 512 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior and led the team to an undefeated season and the 2013 state title
Two-time letterwinner for the basketball team
Majored in science, technology and society at Stanford
He and his wife, Laurel, have a son, Theodore James, and a daughter, Savannah

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