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Robert Tonyan

Tight End, Pittsburgh Steelers · #85.

Player facts

Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Position: Tight End
Number: 85
Born: Apr 30, 1994 (age 32)
Birthplace: Mchenry, IL, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 240 lbs
College: Indiana State
Experience: 8 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD
Regular Season	1	1	2	2.0	0	2	0
Last 5 Games	1	1	2	2.0	0	2	0
Career	150	195	1,552	10.3	17	54	76

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	vs IND	W 34-22	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Oct 1	@ CLE	L 27-24	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs CIN	W 30-27	1	1	2	2.0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ NE	L 20-3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs ATL	W 20-13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Robert Joseph Tonyan Jr. (/tʌnjən/ TUN-yən; born April 30, 1994) is an American professional football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Indiana State Sycamores, and signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Tonyan played for the Green Bay Packers for five seasons from 2018 to 2022 and has also played for the Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, and Kansas City Chiefs.

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Background

Early life

Tonyan attended McHenry Community High School – East Campus. He lettered twice in basketball and football. As a quarterback, he was named all-conference as a junior and senior, and set the school record with 5,000 career passing yards.

College career

Tonyan enrolled at Indiana State in 2012, and started for four years after redshirting his first year. He appeared in 11 games in 2013, starting three as a quarterback. His first career completion was a 57-yard touchdown, and he completed 35 of 102 passes for 348 yards and three touchdowns. His second year, he moved to wide receiver, where he caught 54 passes for 747 yards (6th in school history) and four touchdowns, including a career-high 172 yards in the last game of the season (seventh in school history). In his 2015 junior season, Tonyan had 40 receptions for 601 yards (fourteenth in school history) and six touchdowns despite starting just six of 11 games, which earned him an honorable mention on the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference team. As a fifth-year senior, Tonyan had 56 receptions for 699 yards (ninth all-time) and a school-record ten touchdowns. He set several career records for the Sycamores, including 20 touchdown receptions, 21 consecutive games with a reception, two games with three receiving touchdowns, and was second all-time to Sam Logan with 150 receptions and 2,047 yards.

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