Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason
Nebraska paired 189 primary output with 75.3 efficiency.
Player Stats
Ben Cotton College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 505
- Receptions
- 40
- Touchdowns
- 4
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 34.2 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2011 Postseason | Nebraska | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 13 | 167 | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2012 Postseason | Nebraska | 12 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 60.5 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 16 | 170 | 2 | 60.5 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 63.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2012 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2012 Postseason · Nebraska
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
19.9
Efficiency
63.9
Usage
11.1
Consistency
41.3
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 69. Southern Miss: 5. Arkansas State: 6. Idaho State: 4. Wisconsin: 36. Ohio State: 19. Northwestern: 7. Michigan: 21. Michigan State: 6. Penn State: 18. Iowa: 39. Wisconsin: 9
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. Georgia: 2 by 100. Southern Miss: 1 by 33.3. Arkansas State: 1 by 40. Idaho State: 1 by 26.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 100. Ohio State: 2 by 63.3. Northwestern: 1 by 46.7. Michigan: 2 by 70. Michigan State: 1 by 40. Penn State: 1 by 100. Iowa: 3 by 86.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 60
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins15.8 · Games = 9 · -16.6 vs Losses
Losses32.3 · Games = 3 · +16.6 vs Wins
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