Junior Season (2006)
| 2006 Stats | ||||
| Opponent | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Murray State | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| vs. Ole Miss | 6 | 45 | 0 | 16 |
| at New Mexico | 6 | 56 | 1 | 14 |
| vs. Ohio | 3 | 26 | 0 | 16 |
| vs. Colorado | 6 | 66 | 1 | 23 |
| at Texas Tech | 2 | 25 | 0 | 13 |
| at Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs. Kansas State | 3 | 18 | 1 | 14 |
| vs. Oklahoma | 3 | 29 | 0 | 15 |
| at Nebraska | 4 | 31 | 1 | 11 |
| at Iowa State | 4 | 38 | 1 | 15 |
| vs. Kansas | 7 | 91 | 0 | 47 |
| vs. Oregon State | 6 | 67 | 0 | 18 |
| TOTALS | 53 | 511 | 5 | 47 |
- Mackey Award Pre-Season Watch List
- 1st-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches
- John Mackey National Tight End of the Week (Oct. 5)
- Team Metro Kansas City Player of the Year
Preseason Mackey Award candidate who finished 2nd among all Big 12 TEs in receptions (53), TDs (5) and yards (511) ... Named 1st-Team All-Big 12 by league coaches, in addition to earning 2nd-Team status by the Kansas City Star ... Named the National Tight End of the Week by the Mackey Committee for his 6-catch, 66-yard, 1-TD outing in MU's 28-13 win over Colorado ... His TD was a huge play with just 11 seconds left in the first half, as he caught it in traffic and scored from 1 yard out to make it 21-6 at halftime ... Yardage total against CU pushed him over the 1,000 mark for his career, making him only the 4th TE in MU history to reach that milestone ... Closed the regular season with his best performance of the year, notching season-high totals in receptions (7) and yardage (91) against Kansas ... Included in the total was a 47-yard grab off of a flea-flicker pass from QB Chase Daniel that set up a Tiger TD in the 2nd quarter to make it 20-7 at the time ... Followed with a 6-catch, 67-yard effort against Oregon State, and he also carried the ball once for a 9-yard gain in the 4th quarter on 3rd down that extended a Tiger drive ... Caught at least 3 passes in 11-of-13 games on the year, and 3 of his 5 TDs came in MU's last 6 games of the season ... Made 6 grabs against Ole Miss (45 yards), New Mexico (56 yards, TD) and Colorado (66 yards, TD) ... Scored his 3rd TD of the season on a 14-yard pass play in the second quarter against Kansas State to cap off a key 99-yard TD drive that gave MU its first lead of the day ... 4th touchdown of the season came on a 6-yard pass in the third quarter against Nebraska, where he was playing for the 1st time in front of his older brother, Mike, who had a bye week from his duties with the NFL's Carolina Panthers ... Scored his 5th TD of the season on MU's opening drive against Iowa State ... Finished with 4 grabs for 38 yards against ISU.
