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WR · 6′0″ 205 lb · Born 1985-09-09 · College: UCLA · Played 2008–2023 · Drafted 2008 round 5, pick 153 by New England Patriots ·

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Rushing

Year	Team	Pos	G	Rush	Yds	TD	Y/C	Fum	FL
2009	NWE	WR	8	1	6	0	6.0	0	0
2016	NWE	WR	7	1	5	0	5.0	2	1
Total			15	2	11	0	5.5	2	1

Receiving

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R
2010	NWE	WR	10	1	0	0	0
2011	NWE	WR	14	3	1	46	0	46.0
2015	NWE	WR	13	1	0	0	0
2016	NWE	WR	7	1	0	0	0
Total			44	6	1	46	0	46.0

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2008	New England Patriots	WR	18
2009	New England Patriots	WR	18
2010	New England Patriots	WR	18
2011	New England Patriots	KR	18
2012	New England Patriots	WR	18
2013	New England Patriots	WR	18
2014	New England Patriots	WR	18
2015	New England Patriots	WR	18
2016	New England Patriots	WR	18
2017	New England Patriots	WR	18
2018	New England Patriots	WR	18
2019	New England Patriots	WR	18
2020	New England Patriots	WR	18
2021	New England Patriots	WR	18
2022	New England Patriots	WR	18
2023	New England Patriots	WR	18

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	NWE	1	3	5%	0	0%	14	61%
2013	NWE	1	5	7%	0	0%	25	74%
2013	NWE	12	21	2%	0	0%	254	66%
2014	NWE	1	0	0%	0	0%	19	68%
2014	NWE	1	3	4%	0	0%	21	68%
2014	NWE	16	13	1%	0	0%	286	62%
2014	SEA	1	2	3%	0	0%	20	71%
2015	NWE	1	1	1%	0	0%	25	76%
2015	NWE	1	4	7%	0	0%	16	57%
2015	NWE	16	20	2%	0	0%	313	64%
2016	NWE	1	3	4%	0	0%	16	59%
2016	NWE	1	3	4%	0	0%	22	61%
2016	NWE	13	52	6%	0	0%	226	63%
2016	NWE	1	1	1%	0	0%	20	65%
2017	NWE	1	0	0%	0	0%	22	73%
2017	NWE	1	3	4%	0	0%	20	69%
2017	NWE	9	13	2%	0	0%	126	51%
2017	NWE	1	1	1%	0	0%	17	57%
2018	LAR	1	1	1%	0	0%	21	78%
2018	NWE	1	0	0%	0	0%	21	68%
2018	NWE	1	2	2%	0	0%	23	68%
2018	NWE	16	19	2%	0	0%	303	67%
2019	NWE	16	21	2%	2	0%	326	72%
2019	NWE	1	0	0%	0	0%	21	78%
2020	NWE	16	5	0%	1	0%	332	84%
2021	NWE	17	16	1%	0	0%	351	80%
2021	NWE	1	0	0%	0	0%	22	88%
2022	NWE	17	14	1%	0	0%	385	84%
2023	NWE	16	0	0%	1	0%	378	89%

Games with a snap count on file (2012 on); percentages are the average share per game.

Depth chart history

Year	Team	Listed at	Weeks as starter	Weeks listed
2008	NWE	KR, WR	0	18
2009	NWE	KR, WR	18	18
2010	NWE	KR, WR	3	18
2011	NWE	KR, WR	18	18
2012	NWE	WR, KR	0	18
2013	NWE	WR, KOR, KR	0	16
2014	NWE	WR, KOR, KR	3	16
2015	NWE	WR, KR, KOR	0	18
2016	NWE	WR, KR, KOR	0	18
2017	NWE	KR, WR	0	18
2018	NWE	WR, KR, LT	0	18
2019	NWE	WR, KOR, KR	4	18
2020	NWE	WR, KR	2	18
2021	NWE	WR	0	19
2022	NWE	WR	0	18
2023	NWE	WR	2	16

Regular-season depth charts (2001 on). A starter is a first-string listing that week.

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2022	New England Patriots	1	$2.6M	$2.6M	$2.6M	1.3%	current
2020	New England Patriots	2	$5.3M	$2.6M	$2.4M	1.3%
2018	New England Patriots	2	$5.0M	$2.5M	$1.0M	1.4%
2016	New England Patriots	1	$1.8M	$1.8M	$1.5M	1.2%
2014	New England Patriots	2	$4.0M	$2.0M	$3.0M	1.5%
2012	New England Patriots	3	$5.4M	$1.8M	$2.7M	1.5%
2008	New England Patriots	4	$1.9M	$470,000	$175,000	0.4%

Career contract value $26.0M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Traded

Date	From	To
2008-04-27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	New England Patriots	details

Injury reports (82)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2009	1	NWE	Elbow	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2009	2	NWE	Elbow	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2009	3	NWE	Elbow	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2009	4	NWE	Elbow		Limited Participation in Practice
2010	1	NWE	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	8	NWE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2010	9	NWE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	6	NWE	Ribs	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	11	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	12	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	13	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	14	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	15	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	16	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	17	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	19 (DIV)	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	20 (CON)	NWE	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	21 (SB)	NWE	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	13	NWE	Concussion	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	2	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	3	NWE	Wrist	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2013	4	NWE	Wrist	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2013	5	NWE	Wrist	Doubtful	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	6	NWE	Wrist	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	7	NWE	Wrist	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	8	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	9	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	11	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	12	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	13	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	14	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	15	NWE	Wrist	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2014	6	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2014	7	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2014	8	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2014	9	NWE	Shoulder	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2014	11	NWE	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2015	7	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2015	12	NWE	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice
2015	14	NWE	Other-Stinger	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2015	15	NWE	Other-Stinger	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2015	20 (CON)	NWE	Shin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2016	12	NWE	Foot	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2016	13	NWE	Foot	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
2016	14	NWE	Foot	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2016	15	NWE	Foot	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2016	16	NWE	Foot	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2016	17	NWE	Foot	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	1	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	2	NWE	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2017	3	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	4	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	5	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	6	NWE	Hamstring		Full Participation in Practice
2017	11	NWE	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2017	12	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	13	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	14	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	15	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	16	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2017	17	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2018	10	NWE	Illness	Questionable
2019	12	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2019	13	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	2	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	11	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	12	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	13	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	14	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	15	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	16	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2020	17	NWE	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2021	16	NWE	Illness		Limited Participation in Practice
2022	9	NWE	Hamstring		Limited Participation in Practice
2022	17	NWE	Not injury related - resting player		Full Participation in Practice
2023	10	NWE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2023	12	NWE	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2023	13	NWE	Ankle		Full Participation in Practice
2023	15	NWE	Groin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2023	16	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2023	17	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2023	18	NWE	Hamstring	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice