Dalton Schultz

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...Re-signed with the Houston Texans on March 8, 2024.

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...Re-signed with the Houston Texans on March 8, 2024.

CAREER:

• Started in 59-of-90 games with the Cowboys (2018-22) and Texans (2023), reeling in 270 catches for 2,757 yards (10.2 avg.) and 22 touchdowns. Appeared in seven postseason games (five starts), notching 26 catches for 311 yards (12.0 avg.) and four touchdowns
• Is one-of-seven tight ends in the NFL to record a game with at least 130 yards in 2023. He was also one-of-four tight ends to record 130-plus yards and a touchdown in a game in 2023.

2023 (Houston 15/8, 2/0):

• Started in eight of 15 games and reeled in 59 receptions for 635 yards and five touchdowns
• Recorded two catches for 36 yards and his first touchdown as a Texan in the Week 4 win vs. Pittsburgh (10/1) on a pass from RB Devin Singletary
• Started in Week 5 at Atlanta (10/8) and finished with team-highs in catches (7) and receiving yards (65) while also catching a touchdown for the second consecutive week
• Finished with four catches for 61 yards and a touchdown in the Week 6 win vs. New Orleans (10/15), marking the first time in his career with a touchdown in three straight games
• Schultz becomes the third Texan to score a touchdown in three consecutive games, joining Owen Daniels (2011, 2012) and Joel Dreessen (2011)
• In the Week 9 win vs. Tampa Bay (11/5), recorded his first 100-yard receiving game, finishing with 10 receptions for a career-high 130 yards and a touchdown
• Became the second tight end in franchise history to record at least eight receptions and 100-plus receiving yards in a game, joining Owen Daniels (11/2/08 at Minnesota)
• Finished with 32 yards and a touchdown on two receptions in the Week 11 win vs. Arizona (11/19), which was his fifth touchdown of the season and the 22nd of his career
• In the Wild Card win vs. Cleveland (1/13), reeled in a 37-yard touchdown pass from QB C.J. Stroud in the second quarter, marking his fourth career postseason touchdown and the longest touchdown of his career, including the postseason
• Recorded five receptions for 43 yards in the Divisional Round matchup at Baltimore (1/20)

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

• Started all 15 games he appeared in, recording 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 round 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

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