TRANSACTION: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the second round (35th overall) of the 2023 Draft, April 28, 2023.Â
COLLEGE: A three-year starter at Notre Dame (2020-22), appeared in 36 games with 28 starts and set program records for tight ends with 180 receptions for 2,099 yards (11.7 avg.) and 18 touchdowns…As a junior in 2022, started all 12 games and recorded 67 receptions for 809 yards and a career-high nine TDs…Named First Team Associated Press All-American…Recorded five receptions for 32 yards at Ohio State…Finished with a team-high eight catches for 103 yards and one TD against Marshall…Posted two receptions for 10 yards and one TD against California…Hauled in seven passes for 88 yards and one TD at North Carolina…Set a new single-game school record for tight ends with 11 receptions and finished with 118 yards and two TDs against BYU…Marked his fourth career 100-yard receiving game…Posted five catches for 60 yards against Stanford…Recorded 115 yards and one touchdown against UNLV…Hauled in three passes for 54 yards at Syracuse…Finished with four receptions for 44 yards and one TD against Clemson...Set a new Notre Dame record for career touchdown receptions (16) by a tight end…Recorded three catches for 23 yards at Navy…Posted five receptions for 64 yards against Boston College…Became the 13th player in school history to reach 2,000 career receiving yards…Registered eight catches for 98 yards and two TDs at Southern Cal…Set a new single-season tight end touchdown record (nine)…Surpassed WR Jeff Samardzija (179) for third on Notre Dame's all-time receptions list…As a sophomore in 2021, started all 12 games and totaled 71 receptions for 840 yards and seven TDs…Among all tight ends in the FBS, ranked fourth in receiving yards (840) and eighth in TDs (seven)…Set a single-season school record for receiving yards (840) and receiving TDs (seven) by a tight end…Finished with nine receptions for 120 yards and one TD at Florida State…Hauled in seven passes for 81 yards and two TDs against Toledo…Led the team with seven receptions at Wisconsin…Recorded a team-high eight receptions for 93 yards against Cincinnati…Finished with five receptions for 54 yards against Southern California…Posted four catches for 51 yards against North Carolina…Led the team with seven receptions for 84 yards and one TD at Virginia…Registered a career-long 52-yard TD catch against Georgia Tech…Finished with nine receptions for 105 yards at Stanford…Tied the school record for most receptions by a tight end in a single game…Marked his second-career 100-yard receiving game…Hauled in seven passes for 72 yards and two TDs against Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl scores…Set the school record for TD receptions by a tight end in a single season (7) and passed TE Tyler Eifert for most receiving yards by a tight end in a single season (840)…Played in all 12 games with four starts as a freshman…Finished with 42 receptions for 450 yards and two TDs…Posted three receptions for 38 yards against Duke…Earned his first-career start against USF, catching one pass for five yards…Caught two passes for 25 yards and one TD against Florida State…Posted one catch for 12 yards against Louisville…Recorded five receptions for 73 yards and one TD at Pitt…Posted three receptions for 15 yards at Georgia Tech…Caught five passes for 67 yards against Clemson…Recorded one reception for 12 yards at Boston College…Hauled in four passes for 54 yards at North Carolina…Posted five receptions for 36 yards against Syracuse…Led the team with five receptions for 51 yards against Clemson in the ACC Championship…Recorded seven receptions for 62 yards against Alabama in the Rose Bowl.Â
PERSONAL: Attended Covington Catholic high school…A four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.com…Named the 2019 Gatorade Kentucky Football Player of the Year after posting 49 receptions for 970 yards and 15 TDs…Helped Covington Catholic to a Kentucky 5A State Championship in 2019 and was named the MVP of the title game...Named 2019 Kentucky Football Coaches Association Mr. Football and 5A District 5 Player of the Year…Selected to the 2020 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
