Dalton Schultz

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Dalton Schultz
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Schultz in 2020
No. 86 – Dallas Cowboys
Position:Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1996-07-11) July 11, 1996 (age 25)
Sandy, Utah
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:Bingham (South Jordan, Utah)
College:Stanford
NFL Draft:2018 / Round: 4 / Pick: 137
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2021
Receptions:129
Receiving yards:1,321
Receiving touchdowns:9
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Dalton Chase Schultz (born July 11, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford University.

Early years[]

Schultz attended Bingham High School in South Jordan, Utah. Along with football, he played basketball for the Miners athletic teams. As a senior, he caught 31 passes for 512 yards and nine touchdowns.

For his high school career, he had 76 receptions for 1,120 yards and 12 touchdowns. He committed to play college football for the Stanford Cardinal in January 2014.[1]

College career[]

Schultz accepted a football scholarship from Stanford University. He did not see any action as a true freshman in 2014 and was redshirted.

In 2015 as a redshirt freshman, he played in all 14 games as a backup to Austin Hooper, catching 10 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown.[2]

As a sophomore in 2016, he was named the starter after Hooper declared for the NFL Draft. He played in all 13 games, having 23 receptions for 222 yards (fourth on the team) and one touchdown.[3] He helped block for running backs Christian McCaffrey and Bryce Love, while receiving honorable-mention All-Pac-12 honors.[4]

Prior to the 2017 season, Schultz was named to the John Mackey Award watch list.[5] In 13 games he was used mostly as a blocker, catching 22 passes for 212 yards (fifth on the team) and three touchdowns,[6] while helping running back Love rush for 2,118 yards. He was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team,[7] declaring for the 2018 NFL Draft after the season.[8]

College statistics[]

Season Team GP Receiving
Rec Yards Avg TD
2015 Stanford 10 10 121 12.1 1
2016 Stanford 12 23 222 9.7 1
2017 Stanford 11 22 212 9.6 3
Total 33 55 555 10.1 5

Professional career[]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 5+3⁄8 in
(1.97 m) 		244 lb
(111 kg) 		31+1⁄4 in
(0.79 m) 		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		 4.75 s 4.40 s 7.00 s 32.0 in
(0.81 m)		 10 ft 0 in
(3.05 m)		 15 reps
All values from NFL Combine

2018[]

Schultz was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (137th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft, to improve the depth at tight end after the surprising retirements of Jason Witten and James Hanna.[9] He was the third-string tight end behind Geoff Swaim and Blake Jarwin.

After Swaim was lost to an injury in Week 11, Schultz passed Jarwin on the depth chart as the starter and was used mostly for blocking purposes. He started seven of the eleven games he played and both playoff contests. He tallied 12 receptions for 107 yards, while contributing to running back Ezekiel Elliott being the NFL rushing champion.[10]

2019[]

In 2019, although Geoff Swaim left via free agency, Jason Witten returned to play professional football after spending one season as a Monday Night Football commentator, keeping Schultz as the team's third-string tight end. He appeared in 16 games, registering one reception for six yards and one kickoff return for five yards in limited play during the season.[11]

2020[]

On March 17, 2020, it was announced in the media that Jason Witten would be leaving the Cowboys to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders, opening the door for Schultz to compete for the backup position behind Blake Jarwin.[12] After Jarwin was lost for the year with an ACL injury suffered in the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, Schultz took over the starting tight end position.[13] In Week 2 against the Atlanta Falcons, Schultz caught nine passes for 88 yards and his first career touchdown reception during the 40–39 comeback victory.[14] Schultz exceeded expectations, becoming the fourth tight end in franchise history to have at least 60 receptions in a regular season (63), while collecting 615 receiving yards and four touchdowns, even though the Cowboys lost their starting quarterback Dak Prescott in Week 5 against the New York Giants.[15][16]

Personal life[]

Schultz and his wife, Laurel Heinrich, have a son. In the fall of 2020, they announced the pregnancy of their second child, a girl, due in spring of 2021.[17] Schultz announced via Twitter that their daughter was born on February 23, 2021.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "Prep football: Bingham's Dalton Schultz chooses Stanford". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2015 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2016 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "Pac-12 Football Awards And All-Conference Team Announced". Pac-12. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "College football: 2017 John Mackey Award watch list". NCAA.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2017 Player Statistics". cfbstats.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Pac-12 Football All-Conference Team Announced". Pac-12. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Stanford TE Dalton Schultz enters NFL draft". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 14, 2018.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Witten retirement leaves Cowboys with unproven replacements". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 6, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  10. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2018 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  11. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2019 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Goldberg, Rob. "Ex-Cowboys TE Jason Witten, Raiders Reportedly Agree to 1-Year Contract". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Van Roy, Ian (June 3, 2021). "Blake Jarwin injury update: Will the Dallas Cowboys tight end start in Week 1?". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "Cowboys' rally stuns Falcons 40-39 in McCarthy's home debut". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  15. ^ "Dalton Schultz 2020 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  16. ^ Wojcik-Kretchmer, Lexi (October 29, 2020). "Dak Prescott out fo the season". The Advance-Titan. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  17. ^ Arlans, Presley (July 31, 2018). "CowBuzz: Rookie Schultz Welcomes First Child". DallasCowboys.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  18. ^ Schultz, Dalton [@BinghamBaller9] (February 23, 2021). "02/23/21 8 Lbs 22 inches 1 dramatic entrance ❤️" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021 – via Twitter.

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