During his professional football career, Patten had 24 touchdowns. His receptions per contest and yards per outing average were 0.5 and 7.2 yards. He earned a total of 4,715 yards with an average of 14.6 yards/reception. His catch percentage was 49.5% and he got there by grabbing 324 of the 655 passes that went his way. David Patten stepped onto the field in 655 contests in his career.