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longest streak in team history. His touchdown catch was his 10th of the season to mark the 16th time a
Cowboys pass catcher had 10-or-more scoring catches in the season. Bryant is the ninth different Cowboy
to accomplish the feat.
• Led the team against New Orleans (12/23) with nine catches for a career-best 224 yards and two touchdowns.
His 224 yards gave him the 10th 200-yard game in team history and were fourth in a game in squad
record books. His scoring grab tied a club record for consecutive games with a touchdown catch (seven)
while also giving him 12 touchdowns for the season - the fifth-most in a season in club history. It was also
his fourth multi-touchdown game in a season - the most in team history. It was also his fifth 100-yard outing
of the season - sixth in team history and the seventh different Cowboys pass catcher with five-or-more
100-yard games in one season.
• In the season finale at Washington (12/30), caught four passes for 71 yards to give him 200 career catches
(20th in team history). His 1,382 receiving yards were fourth in a season, and along with Witten’s 1,039 yards,
2012 marked the sixth time a pair of Cowboys pass catchers each topped 1,000 yards in a season.
2011:
• Finished second on the team in catches (63), yards (928), average (14.7) and touchdowns (nine).
• Opened the 2011 season at the N.Y. Jets (9/11) with three catches for 71 yards and a punt return for 12
yards - all in the first quarter - before suffering a thigh injury and being limited throughout the rest of the
game.
• Returned to the starting lineup (thigh) for the home-opening win over Washington (9/26) and had a teambest
63 yards on four catches.
• Had a season-best five catches for a season-high 90 yards with a touchdown against St. Louis (10/23).
• Finished the Washington (11/20) win with three catches for 68 yards and one touchdown catch.
• Had three catches for 35 yards and a season-long 20-yard punt return on Thanksgiving Day against Miami
(11/24). His long return came on Dallas’ game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter.
• Led the team with eight catches for a team-best 86 yards with his seventh touchdown catch of the season
at Arizona (12/4).
• Was held to just one catch - a 50-yard touchdown reception for the then longest catch of his career - and
a punt return for 10 yards against the N.Y. Giants (12/11).
• Led the team with six catches and 62 receiving yards in the home finale against Philadelphia (12/24).
• Closed out the season at the N.Y. Giants (1/1/12) with six catches for 70 yards, two punt returns for 13
yards and his first three kickoff returns for 55 yards.
2010:
• Despite playing in only 12 games due to a fractured ankle, finished third on the team in receiving yards
(561) and touchdown catches (six) and fourth in receptions (45).
• His 45 catches were the second-most among rookies in club history while his touchdown catches were third
and his receiving yards were fifth.
• Among league rookies in 2010, his touchdown receptions were third while his receiving yards were fourth.
• Also shined on return teams, returning two punts for touchdowns and finishing his shortened season with
a 14.3 average on 15 punt returns.
• Is the fifth club rookie with a punt return for a touchdown on his résumé, just the second with two and the
fifth overall to take back more than one in a season.
• Also saw time as a kickoff returner, boasting a 24.4-yard average on 12 kickoff returns.
• Made his NFL debut in the season opener at Washington (9/12) and finished second on the team with eight
catches for 56 yards to tie a club rookie single-game receptions record (Bob Hayes, vs. Philadelphia,
10/10/65, and Jason Witten, vs. Miami, 11/27/03). Also had one punt return for 11 yards.
• In the home opener against Chicago (9/19), scored his first career professional touchdown on a 62-yard
punt return - the first Dallas rookie with a punt return for a touchdown since Reggie Swinton took one 65
yards for a score against Denver (11/22/01). Also had two catches for 52 yards.
• Made his first career start in a three-receiver set against Tennessee (10/10) and finished with three catches
for 22 yards and three punt returns for one yard.
• Had one catch for a 31-yard touchdown - his first career receiving touchdown - at Minnesota (10/17).
• Against the N.Y. Giants (10/25) had a 93-yard punt return for a touchdown which was the second-longest
punt return in Cowboys history and the second-longest by a rookie - Dennis Morgan, 98 yards, at St. Louis
(10/13/74). It also was his second punt return for a touchdown on the season to make him the seventh
Cowboy and the first league rookie to accomplish the feat since Devin Hester had three in 2006.
• Also against the Giants, hauled in two touchdown passes to mark his first career multiple-receiving touchdown
game. With three overall touchdowns on the day, became the first Cowboys rookie with three touchdowns
in a game since Emmitt Smith had four against Phoenix (12/16/90).
• On the day, had four catches for 54 yards, two touchdowns, one punt return for a 93-yard touchdown and
two kickoff returns - the first of his career - for 25 yards.
• Led the team with a team rookie record nine catches for 86 yards with a touchdown and two punt returns
for four yards at Green Bay (11/7).
• Led the team with his first 100-yard effort at the N.Y. Giants (11/14) with 104 yards and a touchdown along
with four kickoff returns for 86 yards. His 104 yards marked the first 100-yard outing by a Dallas rookie
since Antonio Bryant rattled off 170 yards at Washington (12/29/02).
• Against Detroit (11/21) caught three passes for eight yards and a touchdown with a kickoff return for 15
yards. Upped his season receptions total to 44 to tie Antonio Bryant (2002) for second among Cowboys
rookies. His sixth receiving touchdown also tied Bryant for the second-most by a team rookie.
• Was held without a catch for the first time of his career on Thanksgiving Day against New Orleans (11/25).
Had two kickoff returns for 60 yards, including a 31-yarder, and one punt return for 13 yards.
• In the overtime win at Indianapolis (12/5), had one catch for 14 yards and three kickoff returns for 107
yards with a career-long 43-yard return before leaving the game early in the fourth quarter with a fractured
right ankle. Was placed on Reserve/Injured Dec. 8 after undergoing surgery on his right ankle on Dec. 6.
COLLEGE
• As a junior, was a preseason consensus All-America, All-Big 12 Conference first-team selection, member of
the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, Maxwell Award and Biletnikoff Award Watch Lists in his final collegiate
season in 2009.
• Served an NCAA mandated suspension that limited him to the three games, but still managed to finish third
on the team with 17 catches for 323 yards (19.0 avg.) and four touchdowns.
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