David Paulson with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2013
With the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2013. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Oregon, 2007–⁠11

David Paulson

Number
No. 42
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Auburn, WA
Born
Feb 22, 1989, in Auburn, Washington

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David Paulson played tight end at Oregon (2007–⁠11). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Paulson in round 7, No. 240 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
438
Receiving yards, 2011 (Oregon, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 240
Round 7, 2012 NFL Draft (Pittsburgh Steelers)

Career highs

8catches, best game on filevs. Oregon State, 2011105receiving yards, best game on filevs. Oregon State, 2011

Honors

Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2009 and 2010; Pac-12 champions, 2011

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009*Oregon1218515.4032
2010*Oregon2441817.4461
2011*Oregon3143814.1634
On file (2009–⁠11)671,04115.51061

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
2009Oregon42TE
2010Oregon42TE
2011Oregon42TE6′4″

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 Oregon 11 games, 31 catches, 438 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.LSUL 27–⁠4032108
Sep 10vs.NevadaW 69–⁠201505
Sep 24atArizonaW 56–⁠31322110
Oct 15vs.Arizona StateW 41–⁠27341116
Oct 22atColoradoW 45–⁠2248131
Oct 29vs.Washington StateW 43–⁠28231016
Nov 5atWashingtonW 34–⁠17365134
Nov 19vs.USCL 35–⁠38348018
Nov 26vs.Oregon StateW 49–⁠218105131
Dec 2vs.UCLAW 49–⁠31242122
Jan 2 ✦vs.WisconsinW 45–⁠38110010
2010 Oregon 10 games, 24 catches, 418 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 4vs.New MexicoW 72–⁠0242130
Sep 11atTennesseeW 48–⁠13461127
Sep 25atArizona StateW 42–⁠31276061
Oct 2vs.StanfordW 52–⁠31113013
Oct 9atWashington StateW 43–⁠23119019
Oct 21vs.UCLAW 60–⁠13462124
Oct 30atUSCW 53–⁠321808
Nov 6vs.WashingtonW 53–⁠16341020
Nov 26vs.ArizonaW 48–⁠29348138
Jan 10 ✦vs.AuburnL 19–⁠22348033
2009 Oregon 9 games, 12 catches, 185 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atBoise StateL 8–⁠19127027
Sep 12vs.PurdueW 38–⁠36111011
Sep 26vs.CaliforniaW 42–⁠3115015
Oct 3vs.Washington StateW 52–⁠6320010
Oct 10atUCLAW 24–⁠10110010
Oct 24atWashingtonW 43–⁠19259032
Oct 31vs.USCW 47–⁠201808
Nov 7atStanfordL 42–⁠51125025
Dec 3vs.Oregon StateW 37–⁠33110010

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 24–⁠17).

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′3¼″
Weight246 lb
Arm length32¾″
Hand size10⅛″
40-yard dash4.93 s
10-yard split1.80 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.18 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

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

In the NFL

2 seasons, 15 games with a stat; latest team: San Diego Chargers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2012Pittsburgh Steelers107510
2013Pittsburgh Steelers561020
NFL career15131530

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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