ERIC EBRONEbron, Eric, Jr.Height: 6-4 Weight: 254 Born: April 10, 1993 Newark, NJ High School: Ben L. Smith (Greensboro, NC) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | North Carolina | Lettered |
| 2012 | North Carolina | Lettered |
| 2013 | North Carolina | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (10th overall) 2014 Detroit Lions |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL | 85 | TE | 13 | 7 |
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 85 | TE | 14 | 8 |
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 85 | TE | 13 | 13 |
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 85 | TE | 16 | 9 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 85 | TE | 16 | 9 |
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 85 | TE | 11 | 2 |
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 85 | TE | 15 | 9 |
| 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL | 85 | TE | 10 | 3 |
| 8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL | 108 | 60 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 5/8/2014 | 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL |
| Signed | 6/13/2014 | 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL |
| Released | 3/14/2018 | 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL |
| Signed | 3/20/2018 | 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 11/25/2019 | 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 3/18/2020 | 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL |
| Signed | 3/31/2020 | 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL |
| Reserve/COVID | 1/2/2021 | 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL |
| Exemption | 1/7/2021 | 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL |
| Activated | 1/8/2021 | 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 11/27/2021 | 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 3/16/2022 | 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL | 549 | 445 | 40.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 24.6 |
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 622 | 613 | 56.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.0 |
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 708 | 708 | 68.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 552 | 552 | 52.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 635 | 634 | 55.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 328 | 328 | 30.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 769 | 766 | 69.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 |
| 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL | 247 | 246 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4410 | 4292 | 0 | 118 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 24 | ||
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 84 | ||
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 32 | ||
| 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 218 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 2t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 2t | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL | 47 | 25 | 53.2 | 248 | 9.9 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 70 | 47 | 67.1 | 537 | 11.4 | 55 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 85 | 61 | 71.8 | 711 | 11.7 | 61 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 86 | 53 | 61.6 | 574 | 10.8 | 44 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 110 | 66 | 60.0 | 750 | 11.4 | 53t | 13 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 52 | 31 | 59.6 | 375 | 12.1 | 48t | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 91 | 56 | 61.5 | 558 | 10.0 | 27 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2021 PIT NFL | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 84 | 7.0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 559 | 351 | 68.7 | 3837 | 10.9 | 61 | 33 | 203 | 38 | 6 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Detroit Lions (NFL)2017 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Detroit Lions (NFL)2014 DET NFL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 Detroit Lions (NFL)2015 DET NFL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 Detroit Lions (NFL)2016 DET NFL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 Detroit Lions2017 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2018 IND NFL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)2019 IND NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)2020 PIT NFL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 26 | 4 | 22 | 166 | 91 | 0 | 14 |
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