- In 2002, with The Oakland Raiders, he played in all 16 league games with four starts at tight end and finished the season with 32 receptions for 409 yards, both ranking fifth on the team.
- In 2003, he finished the season with 31 receptions for 250 yards.
- His father, Gordon, played for the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks.
- While playing for The New York Jets, He angered new coach Eric Mangini with an unnecessary roughness penalty in an exhibition game against The New York Giants.
- A second-round pick of the Raiders in the 2002 draft, He will join a crowded Tampa Bay tight end depth chart that includes emerging second-year veteran Alex Smith and former Jets starter Anthony Becht, who signed with the Bucs as an unrestricted free agent in 2005. The upside for Doug is that Bucs head coach Jon Gruden loves multiple-tight end sets and seem to find roles for all the players at the position.
- On August 31, 2006, He was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an undisclosed draft pick.
- Traded to The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (September 2006)
- Tight End for The New York Jets in his 4th NFL season. (November 2005)
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