This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

Joel DreessenWWikipedia↗

TE · 6′4″ 245 lb · Born 1982-07-26 · College: Colorado State · Played 2005–2013 · Drafted 2005 round 6, pick 198 by New York Jets ·

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ESPN=8612, NFLVERSE=00-0023630, NFLVERSE=DRE129201, OTC=25, PFR=DreeJo00

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Receiving

Year	Team	Pos	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Y/R
2005	NYJ	TE	6	0	5	41	0	8.2
2007	HST	TE	8	0	4	55	2	13.8
2008	HST	TE	14	0	11	77	0	7.0
2009	HST	TE	14	39	26	320	1	12.3
2010	HST	TE	16	55	36	518	4	14.4
2011	HST	TE	16	39	28	353	6	12.6
2012	DEN	TE	16	58	41	356	5	8.7
2013	DEN	TE	7	9	7	47	1	6.7
Total			97	200	158	1767	19	11.2

Teams

Year	Team	Pos	#
2005	New York Jets	TE	83
2007	Houston Texans	TE	85
2008	Houston Texans	TE	85
2009	Houston Texans	TE	85
2010	Houston Texans	TE	85
2011	Houston Texans	TE	85
2012	Denver Broncos	TE	81
2013	Denver Broncos	TE	81

Expected points added

As target

Year	Targets	EPA	EPA/target	Success	ADOT
2005	5	2.1	0.43	100.0%
2007	4	8.7	2.17	100.0%	12.5
2008	11	4.3	0.39	63.6%	3.4
2009	39	2.4	0.06	61.5%	6.8
2010	55	25.1	0.46	52.7%	8.6
2011	40	25.6	0.64	60.0%	7.8
2012	66	16.7	0.25	56.1%	5.6
2013	9	4.1	0.46	55.6%	4.2

From every play since 1999 (nflfastR EPA model). Success = share of plays with positive EPA.

Snap counts

Year	Team	G	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	DEN	13	159	16%	0	0%	219	51%

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
2005	NYJ	LS, TE	0	16
2007	HST	TE, LS, KC	0	15
2008	HST	TE, LS, PC, KC	0	18
2009	HST	TE, LS	18	18
2010	HST	LS, TE	2	18
2011	HST	TE, LS, KC, PC	0	18
2012	DEN	TE	18	18
2013	DEN	TE	0	18

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

Contracts

Signed	Team	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
2012	Denver Broncos	3	$8.5M	$2.8M	$4.0M	2.3%
2009	Houston Texans	3	$3.2M	$1.1M	$945,000	0.9%
2008	Houston Texans	1	$445,000	$445,000	$0	0.4%
2007	Houston Texans	2	$825,590	$412,795	$20,590	0.4%
2007	Houston Texans	1	$360,000	$360,000	$0	0.3%
2005	New York Jets	4	$1.5M	$368,250	$88,000	0.4%

Career contract value $14.8M (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is the average per year against that season's salary cap.

Combine

Year	Pos	School	Ht	Wt	40	Bench	Vert	Broad	3-cone	Shuttle
2005	TE	Colorado State	6′4″	260	4.72	22	36.0	113	7.09	4.01

All of the 2005 combine →

Injury reports (38)

Year	Wk	Team	Injury	Game status	Practice
2009	4	HST	Hip	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	9	HST	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	12	HST	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	15	HST	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	16	HST	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2009	17	HST	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	3	HST	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	13	HST	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	14	HST	Ribs	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2010	15	HST	Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	4	HST	Knee	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	6	HST	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	13	HST	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	14	HST	Groin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	15	HST	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	16	HST	Knee / Wrist	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	17	HST	Knee	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
2011	18 (WC)	HST	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2011	19 (DIV)	HST	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2012	3	DEN	Ribs	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	1	DEN	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2013	2	DEN	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
2013	3	DEN	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	4	DEN	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2013	5	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	6	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	7	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	8	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	10	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	11	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	12	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	13	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	14	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	15	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	16	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	17	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	19 (DIV)	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2013	20 (CON)	DEN	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice

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