Player Dossier

2007-2009

Northern Illinois

Reed Cunningham

TE • 6'5" • Cambria, WI, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Reed Cunningham reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage Score

10.1

Efficiency

75.8

Consistency

67

Season Value

45.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Reed Cunningham, TE. Best season Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Reed Cunningham reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Reed Cunningham played TE for Northern Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Reed Cunningham recorded 488 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Northern Illinois paired 252 primary output with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 75.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

17.5

Efficiency

75.8

Usage

10.1

Consistency

67

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 25. Purdue: 10. Western Michigan: 27. Central Michigan: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 2 by 83.3. Purdue: 1 by 66.7. Western Michigan: 1 by 100. Central Michigan: 1 by 53.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins18.5 · Games = 2 · +2 vs Losses
Losses16.5 · Games = 2 · -2 vs Wins
First Half17.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half17.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sat 1/2vs South FloridaL 3-2722512.512.50019
Fri 11/27@ Central MichiganL 31-45188808
Sat 10/3vs Western MichiganW 38-31272727027
Sat 9/19@ PurdueW 28-211101010110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Northern Illinois

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20072008200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois16659.819.2
2008 PostseasonNorthern Illinois25270.815.586
2008 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois25270.815.50
2009 PostseasonNorthern Illinois7075.810.1-182
2009 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois7075.810.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Eastern Michigan

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46

Primary metric

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Western Michigan

27

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

27 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

Kent State

65

Primary metric

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

65 receiving yards with a 61.9 efficiency score.

#4

Toledo

51

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

51 receiving yards with a 85 efficiency score.

#5

South Florida

25

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois

252 primary output · 70.8 efficiency · 15.5 usage

65.2

#2

2008 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

65.2

252 primary · 70.8 efficiency · 15.5 usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

53.7

166 primary · 59.8 efficiency · 19.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2004 · Rating 0.7

Buford · Buford, GA

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2004

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

488

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 19 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.