Jermaine Gresham with the Cincinnati Bengals, 2013
With the Cincinnati Bengals, 2013. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Oklahoma, 2006–⁠09

Jermaine Gresham

Number
No. 18
Height
6′6″
Weight
258 lb
Hometown
Ardmore, OK
Born
Jun 16, 1988, in Ardmore, Oklahoma

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Jermaine Gresham played tight end at Oklahoma (2006–⁠09). The Cincinnati Bengals took Gresham in the first round, No. 21 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
950
Receiving yards, 2008 (Oklahoma, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 21
Overall, 2010 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

9catches, career highat Oklahoma State, 2008158receiving yards, career highat Oklahoma State, 20084receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Texas A&M, 2007

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2006, 2007 and 2008

All-America: Sporting News 2008; AP second team 2008; Walter Camp second team 2008; College Football News 2008; ESPN 2008; Pro Football Weekly 2008; Rivals.com 2008; Sports Illustrated 2008

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2006*Oklahoma816120.1141
2007*Oklahoma3751914.01143
2008*Oklahoma6695014.41473
Career1111,63014.72673

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.PosHtWt
2006Oklahoma18TE
2007Oklahoma18TE
2008Oklahoma18TE6′6″258

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

2008 Oklahoma 14 games, 66 catches, 950 yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.ChattanoogaW 57–⁠2326011–
Sep 6vs.CincinnatiW 52–⁠26793225–
Sep 13atWashingtonW 55–⁠14399264–
Sep 27vs.TCUW 35–⁠10138038–
Oct 4atBaylorW 49–⁠17222016–
Oct 11vs.TexasL 35–⁠455901525
Oct 18vs.KansasW 45–⁠31555122–
Oct 25atKansas StateW 58–⁠35344129–
Nov 1vs.NebraskaW 62–⁠28552220–
Nov 8atTexas A&MW 66–⁠28234023–
Nov 22vs.Texas TechW 65–⁠21595142–
Nov 29atOklahoma StateW 61–⁠419158273–
Dec 6vs.MissouriW 62–⁠21882017–
Jan 8 ✦vs.FloridaL 14–⁠24862211–
2007 Oklahoma 13 games, 37 catches, 519 yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.North TexasW 79–⁠10364142–
Sep 8vs.MiamiW 51–⁠13855113–
Sep 21atTulsaW 62–⁠21230121–
Sep 29atColoradoL 24–⁠27121021–
Oct 6vs.TexasW 28–⁠212827–
Oct 13vs.MissouriW 41–⁠31446130–
Oct 20atIowa StateW 17–⁠7362030–
Nov 3vs.Texas A&MW 42–⁠14580438–
Nov 10vs.BaylorW 52–⁠21240043–
Nov 17atTexas TechL 27–⁠34120020–
Nov 24vs.Oklahoma StateW 49–⁠17124024–
Dec 1vs.MissouriW 38–⁠17234129–
Jan 2 ✦vs.West VirginiaL 28–⁠48335014–
2006 Oklahoma 8 games, 8 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.UABW 24–⁠17114014–
Sep 23vs.Middle TennesseeW 59–⁠0122122–
Oct 7vs.TexasL 10–⁠28141041–
Oct 14vs.Iowa StateW 34–⁠91404–
Oct 28atMissouriW 26–⁠10117017–
Nov 11vs.Texas TechW 34–⁠241909–
Nov 18atBaylorW 36–⁠10119019–
Dec 2vs.NebraskaW 21–⁠7135035–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2010
Height6′5¼″
Weight261 lb
Arm length34¾″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 126 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2011–⁠12)

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2010Cincinnati Bengals15524714
2011Cincinnati Bengals14565966
2012Cincinnati Bengals16647375
2013Cincinnati Bengals14464584
2014Cincinnati Bengals15624605
2015Arizona Cardinals14182231
2016Arizona Cardinals16373912
2017Arizona Cardinals14333222
2018Arizona Cardinals89940
NFL career1263773,75229

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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