With the Minnesota Vikings, 2014. Photo: Matthew Deery, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Tennessee, to 2012

Cordarrelle Patterson

Number: No. 84
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Rock Hill, SC
Born: Mar 17, 1991, in Rock Hill, South Carolina

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Cordarrelle Patterson played receiver at Tennessee (to 2012). The Minnesota Vikings took Patterson in the first round, No. 29 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2012; First-team All-SEC
Best game: 219 yards; Vs. Troy, week 10, 2012: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 29; Overall, 2013 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

9catches, best game on filevs. Troy, 2012 219receiving yards, best game on filevs. Troy, 2012

Honors

2012First-team All-SEC

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2012	Tennessee	46	778	16.9	5	58

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2012	Tennessee	25	671	1	4	101	1

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2012	Tennessee	25	308	12.3	3	67

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	Tennessee	84	WR	6′3″

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

2012 Tennessee 12 games, 46 catches, 778 yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Aug 31	vs.NC State	W 35–⁠21	6	93	1	–	–	–
Sep 8	vs.Georgia State	W 51–⁠13	3	71	0	3	106	–
Sep 15	vs.Florida	L 20–⁠37	8	75	1	1	19	–
Sep 22	vs.Akron	W 47–⁠26	2	20	0	1	26	–
Sep 29	atGeorgia	L 44–⁠51	2	31	0	2	42	–
Oct 13	atMississippi State	L 31–⁠41	2	25	1	2	113	–
Oct 20	vs.Alabama	L 13–⁠44	1	25	0	4	111	–
Oct 27	atSouth Carolina	L 35–⁠38	3	26	0	1	13	1
Nov 3	vs.Troy	W 55–⁠48	9	219	1	2	43	–
Nov 10	vs.Missouri	L 48–⁠51	3	53	0	3	80	1
Nov 17	atVanderbilt	L 18–⁠41	3	52	0	4	86	2
Nov 24	vs.Kentucky	W 37–⁠17	4	88	1	2	32	–

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2013	Combine or pro day 2013
Height	6′1⅞″
Weight	216 lb
Arm length	31¾″
Hand size	9″
40-yard dash	4.42 s
10-yard split		1.60 s
Vertical jump	37″
Broad jump	10′8″
3-cone drill		7.28 s
20-yard shuttle		4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

12 seasons, 179 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pro Bowls: 4 (2013, 2016, 2019–⁠20) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2013, 2016, 2019–⁠20) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2015, 2018)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2013, 2016, 2019–⁠20; AP second team 2015, 2018–⁠19; Pro Football Writers first team 2013, 2015–⁠16, 2019–⁠20; Sporting News first team 2013, 2015–⁠16, 2019–⁠20.

Season	Team	G	Rec	Yds	TD
2013	Minnesota Vikings	16	45	469	4
2014	Minnesota Vikings	16	33	384	1
2015	Minnesota Vikings	14	2	10	0
2016	Minnesota Vikings	16	52	453	2
2017	Oakland Raiders	16	31	309	0
2018	New England Patriots	15	21	247	3
2019	Chicago Bears	16	11	83	0
2020	Chicago Bears	16	21	132	0
2021	Atlanta Falcons	16	52	548	5
2022	Atlanta Falcons	13	21	122	0
2023	Atlanta Falcons	12	9	38	1
2024	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	12	80	1
NFL career		179	310	2,875	17

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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At a glance

Career highs