T.J. HockensonHockenson, Thomas JamesPosition: TE Height: 6-5 Weight: 248 Born: July 3, 1997 Chariton, IA High School: Chariton (IA) |
| Year | College | Participation |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Iowa | Redshirted |
| 2017 | Iowa | Lettered |
| 2018 | Iowa | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (8th overall) 2019 Detroit Lions |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL | 88 | TE | 12 | 7 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 88 | TE | 16 | 16 |
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 88 | TE | 12 | 12 |
| 2022 Detroit Lions (NFL)2022 DET NFL | 88 | TE | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 87 | TE | 10 | 7 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 17 | 14 | ||
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 87 | TE | 15 | 11 |
| 2024 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2024 MIN NFL | 87 | TE | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 87 | TE | 15 | 15 |
| 7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL | 97 | 84 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 4/25/2019 | 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL |
| Signed | 5/10/2019 | 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 12/2/2019 | 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL |
| Reserve/COVID | 7/29/2020 | 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL |
| Activated | 8/8/2020 | 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 12/17/2021 | 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL |
| Traded | 11/1/2022 | 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 12/27/2023 | 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL |
| Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform | 8/27/2024 | 2024 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2024 MIN NFL |
| Activated | 10/25/2024 | 2024 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2024 MIN NFL |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL | 541 | 539 | 48.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 767 | 766 | 73.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 658 | 658 | 59.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Detroit Lions (NFL)2022 DET NFL | 398 | 398 | 34.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 589 | 589 | 50.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 987 | 987 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 790 | 790 | 70.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2024 MIN NFL | 426 | 423 | 37.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.7 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 692 | 691 | 69.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4861 | 4854 | 0 | 0.4 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 38 | ||
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 26 | ||
| 2022 Detroit Lions (NFL)2022 DET NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 20 | ||
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 20 | ||
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 40 | ||
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 164 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | YAC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL | 59 | 32 | 54.2 | 367 | 11.5 | 39 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 202 | 0 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 101 | 67 | 66.3 | 723 | 10.8 | 51 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 330 | 0 |
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 84 | 61 | 72.6 | 583 | 9.6 | 33 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 2022 Detroit Lions (NFL)2022 DET NFL | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 395 | 15.2 | 81 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 86 | 60 | 69.8 | 519 | 8.7 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 129 | 86 | 66.7 | 914 | 10.6 | 81 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 413 | 1 |
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 127 | 95 | 74.8 | 960 | 10.1 | 29 | 5 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 336 | 1 |
| 2024 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2024 MIN NFL | 62 | 41 | 66.1 | 455 | 11.1 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 66 | 51 | 77.3 | 438 | 8.6 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 219 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 628 | 433 | 68.9 | 4440 | 10.3 | 81 | 26 | 235 | 46 | 3 | 1844 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 1 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 Detroit Lions (NFL)2021 DET NFL | 8 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 Detroit Lions (NFL)2022 DET NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2022 MIN NFL | 4 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 6 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2023 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2025 MIN NFL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 31 | 3 | 28 | 224 | 76 | 0 | 19 |
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