Coby Fleener in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Stanford, 2007–⁠11

Coby Fleener

Number
No. 82
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Lemont, IL
Born
Sep 20, 1988, in Lemont, Illinois

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Coby Fleener played tight end at Stanford (2007–⁠11). The Indianapolis Colts took Fleener in round 2, No. 34 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
667
Receiving yards, 2011 (Stanford, 11–⁠2)
Best game
173 yards
Vs. Virginia Tech, bowl season 2010: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 34
Round 2, 2012 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

Career highs

6catches, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 2010173receiving yards, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 20103receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 2010

Honors

All-America: Sporting News 2011; AP third team 2011; CBS Sports 2011; Pro Football Weekly 2011; Scout.com second team 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2008*Stanford1317613.5032
2009Stanford2126612.7142
2010Stanford2843415.5758
2011Stanford3466719.61062
Career961,54316.11862

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008Stanford82TE
2009Stanford82TE
2010Stanford82TE
2011Stanford82TE6′6″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Stanford 13 games, 34 catches, 667 yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.San José StateW 57–⁠3353139
Sep 10atDukeW 44–⁠14263260
Sep 17atArizonaW 37–⁠10120020
Oct 1vs.UCLAW 45–⁠19478251
Oct 8vs.ColoradoW 48–⁠7241037
Oct 15atWashington StateW 44–⁠144128162
Oct 22vs.WashingtonW 65–⁠211111
Oct 29atUSCW 56–⁠48121021
Nov 5atOregon StateW 38–⁠13226114
Nov 12vs.OregonL 30–⁠53456028
Nov 19vs.CaliforniaW 31–⁠28464023
Nov 26vs.Notre DameW 28–⁠14497255
Jan 2 ✦vs.Oklahoma StateL 38–⁠41219013
2010 Stanford 10 games, 28 catches, 434 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 11atUCLAW 35–⁠0225122
Sep 18vs.Wake ForestW 68–⁠24125025
Sep 25atNotre DameW 37–⁠14457121
Oct 2atOregonL 31–⁠52241136
Oct 9vs.USCW 37–⁠35246035
Oct 23vs.Washington StateW 38–⁠28423119
Oct 30atWashingtonW 41–⁠0110010
Nov 6vs.ArizonaW 42–⁠17423011
Nov 13atArizona StateW 17–⁠1321108
Jan 3 ✦vs.Virginia TechW 40–⁠126173358
2009 Stanford 11 games, 21 catches, 266 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5atWashington StateW 39–⁠13220012
Sep 26vs.WashingtonW 34–⁠14357042
Oct 3vs.UCLAW 24–⁠16319011
Oct 10atOregon StateL 28–⁠381808
Oct 17atArizonaL 38–⁠431505
Oct 24vs.Arizona StateW 33–⁠14136036
Nov 7vs.OregonW 51–⁠42117017
Nov 14atUSCW 55–⁠21228124
Nov 21vs.CaliforniaL 28–⁠3421209
Nov 28vs.Notre DameW 45–⁠38456022
Dec 31 ✦vs.OklahomaL 27–⁠311808
2008 Stanford 8 games, 13 catches, 176 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 28vs.Oregon StateW 36–⁠282603
Sep 6atArizona StateL 17–⁠41111011
Sep 20vs.San José StateW 23–⁠10113013
Oct 4atNotre DameL 21–⁠28112012
Oct 11vs.ArizonaW 24–⁠23113013
Oct 18atUCLAL 20–⁠23116016
Nov 1vs.Washington StateW 58–⁠0230026
Nov 22atCaliforniaL 16–⁠37475032

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′6″
Weight247 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.52 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press27 reps
3-cone drill7.02 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 86 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2012Indianapolis Colts12262812
2013Indianapolis Colts16526084
2014Indianapolis Colts16517748
2015Indianapolis Colts15544913
2016New Orleans Saints16506313
2017New Orleans Saints11222952
NFL career862553,08022

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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