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.

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