Dante Pettis
Dante Garrison Pettis[1] (born October 23, 1995) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Washington.
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Laguna Hills, California | October 23, 1995||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, California) | ||||||||||
College: | Washington | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2020 | |||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Early years
Pettis attended JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California.[2] He played football, basketball and ran track. As a senior, he recorded 50 receptions for 889 yards and 11 touchdown receptions. He committed to the University of Washington to play college football.[3]
College career
Freshman season
As a true freshman for Washington in 2014, Pettis had 17 receptions for 259 yards and a touchdown. He also added 288 punt return yards and a punt return touchdown.
Sophomore season
As a sophomore, he recorded 30 receptions for 414 yards and a touchdown reception with 271 punt return yards and two punt return touchdowns.
Junior season
As a junior, he finished with 53 receptions, 822 yards, 15 touchdown receptions, 287 punt return yards and two touchdowns.[4][5]
Senior season
As a senior in 2017 against the Oregon Ducks, he broke the record for most career punt return touchdowns in NCAA history.[6][7] Pettis garnered consensus All-America honors as a result of being named a first-team All-American by the AFCA, FWAA, Walter Camp Football Foundation, and The Sporting News.[8] He finished the season with 63 receptions, 761 yards, and seven touchdown receptions, as well as 428 punt return yards and four touchdowns.[9]
Professional career
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Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 0 1⁄2 in (1.84 m) |
186 lb (84 kg) |
32 1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
9 1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
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All values from NFL Draft[10][11] |
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers selected Pettis in the second round (44th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[12] He was the fourth wide receiver to be selected that year.[13] In the season-opener against the Minnesota Vikings, Pettis made his NFL debut and caught two passes for 61 receiving yards and a touchdown. In addition, he returned two punts for 14 yards in the 24–16 loss.[14] On December 29, 2018, Pettis was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury.[15] Pettis finished his rookie season with 27 receptions for 467 yards and five touchdowns.[16]
In Pettis' second season, he caught 11 receptions for 109 yards and two touchdowns.
On November 3, 2020, Pettis was waived by the San Francisco 49ers.[17]
New York Giants
On November 4, 2020, Pettis was claimed off waivers by the New York Giants.[18] He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on November 20, 2020,[19] and activated on December 1.[20]
In his first game played as a New York Giant, on December 27, 2020, against the Baltimore Ravens, Pettis finished with 2 receptions for 33 yards. He caught his first touchdown as a Giant the next week, against the Dallas Cowboys, for 33 yards.
Pettis finished his 2020 campaign with 4 receptions, for 76 yards, averaging 19 yards a reception, and 1 touchdown.
NFL statistics
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Returning | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2018 | SF | 12 | 7 | 27 | 467 | 17.3 | 75T | 5 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | SF | 11 | 4 | 11 | 109 | 9.9 | 21T | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | SF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NYG | 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 19 | 33T | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career | 30 | 14 | 42 | 652 | 15.4 | 75T | 8 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Personal life
His father, Gary Pettis, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a coach for the Houston Astros.[21][22] His brother, Kyler Pettis, is an actor and his cousin, Austin Pettis, played in the NFL.[23][24]
References
- "Dante Pettis Pro-Football-Reference Profile". rbref.com.
- "JSerra Alum Dante Pettis Pegged as Mid-Round Pick". The Capistrano Dispatch. April 27, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- "California receiver Dante Pettis commits to Huskies". The Seattle Times. January 23, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Milles, Todd. "Grab popcorn, sit back and enjoy the Dante Pettis show". The News Tribune. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
- Bonagura, Kyle. "Don't forget about Dante Pettis, Washington's other dynamic receiver". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "Washington's Pettis ties punt-return record". ESPN.com. September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "Return rewind: A look back at Dante Pettis' record-breaking career".
- "Huskies' Dante Pettis joins elite company as a consensus All-American". The Seattle Times. December 12, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "Dante Pettis 2017 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "NFL Draft Prospect Profile - Dante Pettis". nfl.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- "Washington WR Dante Pettis : 2018 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- Fann, Joe (April 27, 2018). "San Francisco 49ers Draft Washington WR Dante Pettis". 49ers.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- "Cousins, Vikings hold on for 24-16 victory vs. 49ers". AP News. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- Fann, Joe (December 29, 2018). "49ers Promote WR Max McCaffrey, DL Ryan Delaire to Active Roster". 49ers.com.
- "San Francisco 49ers WR Dante Pettis wants to play bigger in 2019". 247 Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "49ers Waive WR Dante Pettis and DL Jullian Taylor". 49ers.com. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- "Giants claim WR Dante Pettis off waivers from 49ers". Giants.com. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- Moraitis, Mike (November 20, 2020). "Giants to place Matt Peart, Dante Pettis, Kaden Smith on COVID-19 list". USAToday.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- Eisen, Michael (December 1, 2020). "Transactions: 3 Giants activated off COVID-19 list; Kyler Fackrell to IR". Giants.com. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- McTaggart, Brian. "Astros coach Gary Pettis' son a UW receiver". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- "Like father, like son: Sports big part of Pettis family". MLB.com.
- King, Michael. "Husky hero Dante Pettis comes from a famous family". K5 News. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
- Lewis, Tim (September 2, 2015). "Family matter: Washington's Pettis faces cousin's alma mater". KOMO Newes. Retrieved November 22, 2019.