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Born: | San Clemente, California, U.S. | October 23, 1995||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, California) | ||||||
College: | Washington | ||||||
Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2018 / round: 2 / pick: 44 | ||||||
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Dante Garrison Pettis[1] (born October 23, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Washington.
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 touchdowns. He committed to the University of Washington to play college football.[3]
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.
As a sophomore, he recorded 30 receptions for 414 yards and a touchdown reception with 271 punt return yards and two punt return touchdowns.
As a junior, he finished with 53 receptions, 822 yards, 15 touchdown receptions, 287 punt return yards and two touchdowns.[4][5]
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 American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, 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]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wonderlic | ||||||||
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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) |
32 | ||||||||
All values from NFL Combine[10][11] |
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 49ers.[17]
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 Giant, on December 27, 2020, against the Baltimore Ravens, Pettis finished with two 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 four receptions, for 76 yards, averaging 19 yards a reception, and one touchdown.
On September 1, 2021, Pettis was waived by the Giants and re-signed to the practice squad.[21][22] On October 19, 2021, Pettis was signed to active roster.[23] In Week 7 against the Carolina Panthers, Pettis had five catches for 39 yards and a touchdown while adding the 16-yard pass to Daniel Jones.[24] On November 5. 2021, Pettis was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.[25]
On May 11, 2022, the Chicago Bears signed Pettis.[26] On October 14, Pettis caught four passes for 84 yards and the Bears’ only touchdown, during a 12–7 loss to the Washington Commanders.[27]
Pettis re-signed with the Bears on April 17, 2023.[28] He was placed on injured reserve on August 26.[29] He was released on September 6, 2023, with an injury settlement.[30]
On March 15, 2024, Pettis re-signed with the Bears.[31] He was placed on injured reserve on August 27, and released a week later.[32]
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 | 19.0 | 33T | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2021 | NYG | 3 | 0 | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | CHI | 17 | 7 | 19 | 245 | 12.9 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career | 50 | 21 | 71 | 984 | 13.9 | 75T | 12 | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
His father, Gary Pettis, played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a coach for the Houston Astros.[33][34] His brother, Kyler Pettis, is an actor and his cousin, Austin Pettis, played in the NFL.[35][36]