Brandon Pettigrew

Brandon Pettigrew
Position (s): Tight End
born on February 23, 1985 in Tyler , Texas
Career information
Active : 2009 - 2016
NFL Draft : 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20th
College : Oklahoma State University
Teams
Detroit Lions ( 2009 - 2016 )
Career statistics
Caught balls	301
Captive yards	2,965
Touchdowns	17th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Honorable mention All- Big-12 (2006)

Brandon Dennard Pettigrew (* 23. February 1985 in Tyler , Texas ) is an American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He played for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL).

college

Pettigrew played for Oklahoma State University with the Oklahoma State Cowboys. It went into the draft in 2009, was considered the best tight end there and it was considered the first round pick by the experts. In his senior season, Pettigrew caught 42 balls for 472 yards . However, he did not score a touchdown that season .

NFL

Pettigrew was selected 20th by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the NFL Draft . He was supposed to support the quarterback Matthew Stafford, drafted in the same year, in the passing game and to stimulate the game of offense . On November 22nd in the game against the Cleveland Browns , Pettigrew caught the decisive touchdown to win when the clock was up and on the last play. On November 26th in the traditional Thanksgiving game against the Green Bay Packers , Pettigrew seriously injured his knee and was put on the Injured Reserve List on December 1st and was thus out the rest of the season. Pettigrew started in all eleven games before his injury and performed well in a completely restructured Lions team. He is both a sure ball catcher and can run many yards, but also as a blocker on running plays, Pettigrew makes decisive blocks. Pettigrew is characterized by a good physical condition and despite his 120 kilograms is a fast runner. He was released by the Detroit Lions on December 12, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dave Sittler: Underused Pettigrew to get his due at combine. In: Tulsa World. February 13, 2009, archived from the original on December 1, 2010 ; accessed on March 9, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ Pettigrew wants Require Season-Ending Surgery. In: detroitloins.com blog. Detroit Lions, Nov. 27, 2009, archived from the original on Nov. 9, 2014 ; accessed on March 9, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Justin Rogers: Lions cut TE Brandon Pettigrew . In: The Detroit News (ed.): Detroit News . December 9, 2016 ( detroitnews.com [accessed March 9, 2018]).