Tigers in the NFL

Former Clemson Tigers haven't been as dominant as a whole the last few weeks, but there have still been some stellar performances lately, so I'm gonna just give an update on some overall stats for a few guys. Andre Ellington is now done for the year due to a hip injury so we wish him a full and fast recovery.

DeAndre Hopkins, WR Texans

Nuk is having probably the best season of any former Tigers, in a breakout season for the Texans. He had an absolute MONSTER game two weeks ago hauling in 9 catches for 238 yards and 2 TDs. He is quickly becoming Houston's best receiver.

Season stats:

64 catches

1,090 yards

17.0 yards per catch

6 TDs

Sammy Watkins, WR Bills

Sammy got off to a pretty hot start in the NFL, but had a few rough games until he got back on track Sunday against Denver. He caught 7 passes for 127 yards in the close loss to the Broncos.

Season stats:

58 catches

822 yards

14.2 yards per catch

5 TDs

Martavis Bryant, WR Steelers

Martavis didn't play in a game for the Steelers until Week 7 against Houston, and since then he's become one of Ben Roethlisberger's favorite deep threat targets. In just seven games played, Bryant has put up some impressive numbers, thanks to a lot of deep balls, including the 94 yard TD he hauled in on Sunday in a win against the Bengals.

Season stats:

21 catches

453 yards

21.6 yards per catch

7 TDs

Andre Ellington, RB Cardinals

Andre started off hot this season, as he was a crucial part of Arizona's offensive success. Like I said, he is now out for the season with a hip injury, but even before then, he was struggling the past few games getting anything going on the ground. You could argue it's been due in part to the injury to Cardinals starting QB Carson Palmer, but I'm sure Ellington would have liked to put up better numbers. He has still racked up a decent amount of total yards this season despite his yards per carry being way lower than his league leading mark of 5 yards per carry last season.

Season stats:

201 carries

660 yards

3.3 yards per carry

3 TDs

46 catches

395 yards

8.6 yards per catch

2 TDs

Dwayne Allen, TE Colts

Allen has also dealt with injuries this year, but he was back on the field Sunday against Cleveland. The Colts have a solid tight end tandem with Allen and Coby Fleener. Allen hasn't gotten as many receptions as I'm sure he would like, but he makes plays when he does get the ball.

Season stats:

27 catches

379 yards

14.0 yards per catch

7 TDs

Chandler Catanzaro, K Cardinals

Catanzaro started out real hot, making his first 15 career field goals, but has hit a bit of a rough spot. He missed two 30-39 yard field goals on Sunday, when I can't remember the last time he missed one in that range. He still went 3 for 5 in the win against Kansas City, but he could have put the game out of reach by making both of those. I'm sure he'll bounce back. Dude is a very solid kicker.

Season stats:

22/26 on field goals

Long of 51 yards

25/25 extra points

91 points

Jaron Brown, WR Cardinals

Jaron is far from the Cardinals top target. In fact, he's probably number 4 on the wide receivers depth chart for Arizona. That being said, he's had some production this year, and got his second touchdown of the season on Sunday.

Season stats:

21 catches

223 yards

10.6 yards per catch

2 TDs

Bashaud Breeland, CB Redskins

I'm not sure how much the Skins use Breeland, but he's created a few turnovers and put up decent numbers in his rookie year for a horrible team.

Season stats:

46 combined tackles

2 forced fumbles

1 interception

9 passes defended