CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by New Orleans as a draft choice 7/27/20; Traded to Denver 4/29/23.
2022: Trautman appeared in 15 games for the Saints (12 starts), totaling 207 yards and one touchdown on 18 receptions (11.5 avg.)... Also appeared in 76 special-teams snaps, recovering one fumble... Made three catches for 37 yards (12.3 avg.) vs. Min. (10/2)... Posted his first receiving score of the season along with 32 yards on two receptions (16.0 avg.) vs. Sea. (10/9)... Recovered a special-teams fumble vs. Cin. (10/16)... Made three catches for 12 yards (4.0 avg.) vs. LAR (11/20)... Caught two passes for 28 yards (14.0 avg.) at T.B. (12/5).
2021: Trautman started 10-of-13 games played for New Orleans, totaling career highs in receptions (27), receiving yards (263) and receiving touchdowns (2)... Produced three receptions for 18 yards (6.0 avg.) vs. G.B. (9/12)... Made two catches for 43 yards (21.5 avg.), including a season-high 32-yard catch, at Was. (10/10)... Recorded 36 yards on three catches (12.0 avg.) at Sea. (10/25)... Registered 47 yards on four receptions (11.8 avg.) vs. Atl. (11/7)... Nabbed a career-high five receptions for 32 yards (6.4 avg.) at Ten. (11/14)... Tied his career high of five catches and also set a career high with 58 receiving yards along with his first touchdown of the season at Phi. (11/21)... Caught an 18-yard pass for a touchdown in the final week of the season at Atl. (1/9).
2020: Trautman played in 15 games (6 starts) after being drafted in the third round (105th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Saints... Totaled 15 catches for 171 yards (11.4 avg.) with one touchdown and one special-teams tackle on 154 special-teams snaps... Made his NFL debut vs. T.B. (9/13)... Caught his first career pass for 17 yards at L.V. (9/21)... Started his first career game at Det. (10/4)... Caught three passes for 39 yards (13.0 avg.), including his first career NFL touchdown, and made his first special-teams tackle at T.B. (11/8)... Made two catches for 45 yards (22.5 avg.) vs. Min. (12/25)... Appeared in his first postseason game vs. Chi. (1/10), catching one pass for four yards (4.0 avg.)... Also played in the Saints' NFC Divisional Game vs. T.B. (1/17).
COLLEGE: Trautman first enrolled at Dayton as a quarterback, but switched to tight end in 2016 and devel- oped into one of the top offensive players in NCAA FCS... Appeared in 44 games, totaling 178 receptions for 2,295 yards (12.9 avg.) with 31 touchdowns... Was named a team captain and first-team All-PFL, PFL Offensive Player of the Year and first-team All-American as a senior after leading the team with 916 yards on 70 catches (13.1 avg.) with a career-high 14 scores... His 70 receptions in a season broke an all-time school record and his 916 yards ranked second among tight ends in a single season... Was named second-team All-PFL after starting all 11 games played, totaling 604 yards and nine touchdowns on 41 catches (14.7 avg.) as a junior in 2018... Led the team with 537 total yards in 11 games along with five receiving scores and was named second-team All-PFL during his sophomore year.
PERSONAL: Trautman attended Elk Rapids (Mich.) High School, where he was named team captain twice, first-team All-Conference twice, All-County twice, All-Region once and Conference Player of the Year... Holds single-season and career records for passing yards as well as single-season all-purpose yards and touchdown records... Also competed on the basketball team, where he served as team captain and was first-team All- Conference and All-County... Adam Trautman was born on Feb. 5, 1997, in Williamsburg, Mich.
