- Born
- Height6′ 2¾″ (1.90 m)
- Born in Manhattan, Kansas. Married to Emily, who played basketball at Bethel College (Kansas); the couple has a 7-year-old son, Royal, a 2-year-old son, Brooks, and an infant daughter, Adda. Won a national AAU championship in the 400 meters as a 10-year-old. Parents, Alan and Kim, are lifelong farmers who opened Nelson's Landing, a sports bar/restaurant in Leonardville, Kansas in 2007. Growing up, his family had season tickets to Kansas State football.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Steven Thompson
- Went from being a walk-on safety as a freshman in 2003 to posting the most prolific single season in Kansas State history with 122 receptions for 1,606 yards (13.2 avg.) as a senior in '07 on his way to earning consensus All-America honors.
- Ranks No. 4 in franchise history in receptions (497), No. 5 in receiving yards (7,366) and No. 3 in TD receptions (63) and 100- yard receiving games (25).
- Ranks No. 3 in the NFL with 57 TD receptions since 2011 despite missing the entire 2015 season due to injury.
- Is the only player in team annals to record three seasons with 13-plus TD receptions (2011, 2014, 2016) and is the only active player in the league to do so.
- Returned to action last season after missing the entire 2015 campaign (knee), catching 97 passes for 1,257 yards (13.0 avg.) and a league-leading 14 TDs on his way to winning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year from The Associated Press, the first Packer to earn the honor.
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