2022 SEASON
- REC11
- YDS138
- AVG12.55
- TDS1
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @Bengals | W 23 - 20 | 5 | 75 | 15 | 31 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Patriots | L 14 - 17 | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | @Browns | L 17 - 29 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 26 | 0 |
Career Stats
WRTE Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM | LOST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 9 | 60 | 497 | 8.3 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 3 | 11 | 138 | 12.6 | 31 | 1 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 19 | 12 | 71 | 635 | 10.5 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biography
PRO CAREER
- Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Buffalo)
- Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Buffalo)
PRO CAREER
- Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Buffalo)
- Made NFL starting debut in Week 1 of 2021 (at Buffalo)
2021 (STEELERS)
- Played in 16 of 17 games as a rookie with nine starts
- Led NFL rookie tight ends in TD receptions (seven), and ranked second in targets (79), receptions (60), receiving yards (497), yards after the catch (247) and first downs gained (34).
- His 60 receptions in 2021 are the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history and fifth-most by a rookie tight end in NFL history
- Became the fifth rookie tight end in NFL history with 60 or more receptions in a season.
- Caught seven TD passes in 2021 nearly equal the rest of the entire rookie TE class (nine) and are tied for the most by a rookie tight end in franchise history.
- His seven TD receptions are tied for the fourth-most by a rookie tight end in NFL history.
COLLEGE
- Played in 30 games (26 starts) at Penn State (2018-20)
- Owns the Penn State record for career TD receptions by a tight end with 16, passing Mike Gesicki (15; 2014-17)
- Finished career tied for eighth all-time at Penn State with 16 career TD receptions with O.J. McDuffie (1988-92)
- Tallied 1,185 career receiving yards to rank 26th overall and third among tight ends in program history
- Recorded 92 career receptions, tied for 20th all-time at Penn State
- Finished career catching a pass in 29 straight games, dating back to the Pitt game (9/8/18), a school-record among tight ends
- Became the 34th Nittany Lion and seventh Penn State tight end to accumulate 1,000 career receiving yards
- Nineteen career receptions of 20 or more yards
- Ranked tied for 14th in a season at Penn State and third among tight ends in TD receptions with seven
- Ranked second among Penn State tight ends and tied for 10th overall in season receiving TDs with eight in 2018
- Set the mark for most receiving touchdowns by a freshman tight end
- Named the 2020 Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, the first-ever Penn State tight end to win the award
- Earned first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and second-team All-Big Ten by the media
- Started four games in 2020 before missing the rest of the season due to injury
- Team captain was third on the team in receptions (23) and yards (310)
- Two-time Coaching Staff Player of the Week (Indiana and Nebraska)
- Finished the season leading all Big Ten tight ends in receiving yards (310)
- Named AFCA second-team All-America in 2019
- Selected second-team All-America by The Athletic in 2019
- Fourth-team Phil Steele All-America in 2019
- Second-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media in 2019
- Pro Football Focus first-team All-Big Ten in 2019
- Tabbed second-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press in 2019
- Phil Steele first-team All-Big Ten in 2019
- Named the team's Most Valuable Offensive Player at the team's awards banquet in 2019
- Named John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week following the Michigan State game (10/26) in 2019
- Selected John Mackey Award Tight End of the Week following the Buffalo game (9/7)
- Team captain made 13 starts and caught 43 passes for 507 yards (both good for second on the team)
- Ranked seventh in the Big Ten with seven TD receptions, which ranked fourth among FBS tight ends
PERSONAL
- Five-year letterman at the Brooks School
- Team captain as a senior in 2017
- Helped the Bishops to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class C Championship as a senior with a 7-2 record
- Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today's All-USA Massachusetts Football Team as a senior
- Named all state in 2016 as a linebacker
- Earned All-New England Class B as a junior and senior
- Chosen as NEPSAC Class C Player of the Year and ISL co-MVP
- Selected All-New England and All-ISL three times each
- Named to Boston Globe's All-Scholastics team as a senior
- Named to the Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association All-State Super 26 Team as a linebacker in 2016
- Collected four Eagle Tribune All-Star honors in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Three-time Boston Herald All-Star (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Team MVP as a senior and caught 26 passes for 613 yards and seven TDs
- Tabbed a four-star recruit by all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals
- Ranked as the No. 2 player in Massachusetts, No. 13 tight end and No. 323 overall prospect by 247Sports
- Ranked as the No. 289 overall prospect, No. 8 tight end, No. 1 in Massachusetts and No. 31 in the region by ESPN
- Ranked the 148 overall prospect in the country, No. 6 tight end and No. 1 player in Massachusetts by Rivals
- Full name is Patrick John Freiermuth
- Son of Dianne and John Freiermuth
- Has one brother, Tim, and one sister, Megan
- Father, John, played basketball at St. Anselm
- Brother, Tim, was an offensive lineman on the Springfield College football team
- Born Oct. 25, 1998 in Newburyport, Massachusetts