Career transactions: Selected by Cincinnati in second round of 2016 NFL Draft (55th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-16-16.
2018 highlights: Started 14 games at WR ... Suffered knee injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland, was inactive for Game 15 and placed on Reserve/Injured list on Dec. 28, prior to Game 16 ... Led team in receptions (76), receiving yards (1028), and tied for lead in TDs (seven); all three totals were career-highs ... Recorded first 100-yard receiving game of career on Sept. 23 at Carolina, catching six passes for 132 yards and a TD ... Became first WR other than A.J. Green to have 1000 receiving yards in season since Chad Johnson in 2009 ... Hauled in 21 receptions of 20+ yards which ranked fourth among AFC receivers ... Had a team season-high 11 receptions on Sept. 30 at Atlanta, which included two fourth down conversions on the Bengals final drive that set up the game-winning TD ... Recorded first multi-touchdown game of career, with two TDs on Oct. 14 vs. Pittsburgh ... Set a team season-high and a career-high 138 receiving yards on Oct. 28 vs. Tampa Bay ... Surpassed 1000-yard receiving mark on Dec. 16 vs. Oakland, but was injured later in the game.
Previous seasons: 2016—Played in Games 1-16, with 54 receptions for 603 yards (11.2) and one TD ... His 22 third-down receptions outpaced Sterling Shepard of Giants (21) for most among NFL rookies ... Tied Shepard with his 16 third-down catches for first downs ... Averaged 14.5 yards on four rushes (58 yards total) ... In NFL debut Sept. 11 at N.Y. Jets, caught two-for-24 and also drew a 25-yard pass interference penalty against Jets ... On Sept. 18 at Pittsburgh, led all WRs in catches (six) and receiving yards (78) ... Saw increased action Nov. 20 vs. Buffalo, following injury to A.J. Green, and led team in receptions (six) and receiving yards (54), with his first NFL TD on a one-yard catch on a third-down play ... Caught five-for-62 on Nov. 27 at Baltimore, leading WRs in yards, with three catches converting third downs ... Caught four-for-66 on Dec. 4 vs. Philadelphia, with three third-down catches ... Led team in receptions (six) and receiving yards (49) on Dec. 11 at Cleveland, with three third-down catches for first downs.
2017—Played in 10 games with one start ... Inactive for Games 2 and 14 (coaches’ decision) and Games 6-9 (knee injury) ... Finished season with 22 receptions for 225 yards and two TDs ... Limited by knee injury late in the season, but had a strong finish to the year, as 10 of his 22 receptions and 130 of his 225 receiving yards came in season’s final two games ... Had season-highs in receptions (five) and receiving yards (91), as well as one TD, on Dec. 31 at Baltimore ... His TD against the Ravens was a 49-yarder from QB Andy Dalton with 44 seconds left that gave Bengals the lead and the eventual win; the victory vaulted Buffalo to a playoff berth, prompting Bills fans to donate more than an estimated $100,000 to Boyd’s charity of choice, the Western Pennsylvania Youth Athletic Association ... His first TD catch of season on Nov. 26 vs. Cleveland gave Bengals an early first-quarter lead ... Had five catches for 39 yards on Dec. 24 vs. Detroit.
College: Played three seasons (2013-15) at Pittsburgh, with 33 starts among his 38 games played ... Scored 23 TDs, including one rushing and one on a punt return ... Named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (coaches and media) in each of his last two seasons ... A true triple threat during his Pitt career, he in 2015 became the first NCAA player in eight years to log 20 or more yards each in receiving, rushing and passing in consecutive games ... Caught 91-for-926 (10.2) with six TDs in ’15, and was team’s second-leading rusher, at 40-for-349 (8.7) ... Capped his freshman 2013 season year in grand style in Little Caesar’s Bowl win over Bowling Green, catching eight-for 173 (career yardage high, Pitt bowl record) and adding a 54-yard punt return for a TD.
Personal: Hometown is Clairton, Pa. ... Communications major at Pittsburgh ... Was one of Pennsylvania’s most highly recruited players after a prolific career at perennial Class A power Clairton High, just outside Pittsburgh ... Playing multiple roles (RB, WR, QB, DB and PR), he set a career record for TDs (117) in the 10-county Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) ... Rushed for 2584 yards and 43 TDs as a senior ... Team went 63-1 in his career, including 48-0 in his three years as a starter ... Also lettered in basketball ... Has a daughter (Taylen).
