make 600 receptions (125 games) Cowboys franchise records Most career receptions: 1,215 Most career receiving yards: 12,977 Most receptions in a single game: 18 (October 28, 2012, against the New York Giants) Most games played: 255 Most consecutive games started: 179 First tight end to reach 1,000 receiving yards in a season First tight end to have at least 65 receptions in consecutive seasons First player in franchise history to score in 16 seasons Coaching career On February 1, 2022, Witten was named the head coach of the Liberty Christian School. Personal life Witten resides in Westlake, Texas, located in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, with his wife Michelle, an emergency room nurse at Dallas's Parkland Memorial Hospital, and their four children, C.J., Cooper, Landry, and Hadley Grace. Witten is a Christian, and appears in a video on I Am Second in which he talks about his faith. Witten wrote an opinion piece for ESPN, titled "How Twitter has become NFL locker room poison" in which he detailed the potential negative impact social media can have, particularly on younger players, from his personal experiences. In 2021 and just days after his retirement from the NFL, Witten spurned the overtures of several NFL and college teams to coach and was named the head football coach at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas. References External links Tennessee Volunteers bio 1982 births Living people 10,000 receiving yards club American Christians American football tight ends Dallas Cowboys players Ed Block Courage Award recipients Las Vegas Raiders players National Conference Pro Bowl players National Football League announcers People from Coppell, Texas People from Elizabethton, Tennessee Players of American football from Dallas Players of American football from Tennessee Players of American football from Washington, D.C. Tennessee Volunteers football players Unconferenced Pro Bowl players