#17

Evan Engram

Former tight end at Ole Miss. 2016: 65 catches, 926 receiving yards, 8 TD.

TE · Ole Miss · #17

6′3″ · Powder Springs, GA

New York — drafted 2017, Rd 1, Pick 23, #23 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 919 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Ole Miss. 2016: 65 catches, 926 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2013.
Drafted round 1 by the New York in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Ole Miss, 2,052 receiving yards — drafted at #23 overall by New York.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 176 yds vs Mississippi State.Mississippi State · W 31-172014

2013

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Hillgrove

2017

Drafted by New Yorkround 1, pick 23

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#919 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #23

New York · 2017

Featured in The Canon

#59

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Hugh Freeze

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Hugh Freeze.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 10th NFL season

#23Rd 1 · Pick 23

New YorkEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Hugh Freeze, all balanced offenses — 24-14 over that span.

2014Ole Miss9-4HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2015Ole Miss10-3HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

2016Ole Miss5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#1 / 96 · 99th pct

926

Receptions#2 / 96 · 98th pct

Rec TDs#2 / 96 · 96th pct

Long catch#17 / 96 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#22 / 96 · 77th pct

14.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.7	88.0	17.1	0.8
Road5g	6.2	79.6	11.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	98.3	17.1	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	67.2	11.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Ole Miss	65	926	14.2	8	--
2015	Ole Miss	38	464	12.2	2	--
2014	Ole Miss	38	662	17.4	2	--
Career		141	2,052	14.6	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 29–28

at Texas A&M

6 rec · 49 yds

Edged out Texas A&M on the road in a shootout.

With S. Patterson — 338 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.5 · 64 rush yds (15 car) · G. Wunderlich — 39 LONG · 100 PCT · 11 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 34-45@ Florida State	9	121	13.4	1	42
Wk 2	W 38-13vs Wofford	2	43	21.5	0	33
Wk 3	L 43-48vs Alabama	9	138	15.3	1	63	Season-high 138 yds
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Georgia	6	95	15.8	1	37
Wk 5	W 48-28vs Memphis	4	82	20.5	1	39
Wk 7	L 30-34@ Arkansas	7	111	15.9	1	35
Wk 8	L 21-38@ LSU	3	15	5.0	0	6
Wk 9	L 29-40vs Auburn	9	95	10.6	1	28
Wk 10	W 37-27vs Georgia Southern	4	75	18.8	1	38
Wk 11	W 29-28@ Texas A&M	6	49	8.2	0	17
Wk 12	L 17-38@ Vanderbilt	6	102	17.0	1	38
Total		65	926	14.7	8	63

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology