Donovan Peoples-Jones

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Key Notes

• Played in 12 games with two starts as a rookie, registering 14 catches for 304 yards and two touchdowns. Also returned 18 punts for 77 yards and 18 kickoffs for 379 yards.
• Caught two passes for a career-high 92 yards with a 75-yard touchdown (career-long, longest play of the season for team) on Dec. 6, 2020 against Tennessee.
• Two-time All-Big Ten selection as a wide receiver (third team, coaches, 2018; honorable mention, media, 2018-19).
• Two-time All-Big Ten honoree as a punt returner (third team, coaches, 2018, and media, 2018-19; honorable mention, coaches, 2017, '19 and media, 2017).
• Appeared in 37 games as a Wolverine with 26 starts, totaling 2,155 all-purpose yards with 16 touchdowns (14 receiving).

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round (187th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Key Notes

• Finished third in the NFL with an average of 17.6 yards per receptions (min. 30 receptions) in 2021.
• Led the Browns in receiving yards in 2021.
• Set career highs in receiving yards (101) and touchdowns (two) vs. Arizona on Oct. 17, 2021.
• Recorded career-long 75-yard touchdown at Tennessee on Dec. 6, 2020, which was the longest play of the season for the Browns.
• Two-time All-Big Ten selection as a wide receiver and two-time All-Big Ten honoree as a punt returner.
• Appeared in 37 games as a Wolverine with 26 starts, totaling 2,155 all-purpose yards with 16 touchdowns (14 receiving).

Personal

• Native of Detroit, Mich. and prepped at Cass Technical High School.
• Played in the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
• 2016 Michigan Gatorade High School Player of the Year.
• 2016 Associated Press Michigan Division 1-2 Player of the Year.
• Also ran track, finishing all-state in the 4x100-meter relay and all-city as the 100-meter champion.

Beyond Football

• Released his own mobile game in 2022: Deep Pass Jam. The game donates 25 percent of in-app purchases to Mott Children's Hospital and the Charles Woodson Fund at his alma mater, Michigan.
• Active volunteer in the community, packing boxes for Forgotten Harvest and Gleaners Food Banks, working the United Auto Workers Neighborhood Cleanup and participating with Never Ever Give Up Children Foundation, while also taking time to lead youth camps in the offseason.
• Wore Breonna Taylor on his helmet decal for the 2020 season as part of the NFL's social justice initiative.
• Used the NFL's My Cause, My Cleats campaign to represent the American Red Cross and Sickle Cell 101. Wants to bring awareness to the severity of the disease and the high-risk impact on the Black community.