Player Dossier

2009-2011

Iowa

Brad Herman

TE • 6'5" • Metamora, IL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Brad Herman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Brad Herman built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Metamora, IL wearing No. 39, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brad Herman's career was his receiving role: 18 catches, 252...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.8333

Metamora · Metamora, IL

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Brad Herman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Iowa. Brad Herman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
252
Receptions
18
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Brad Herman quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa · TE
Career Receiving Yards
252
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Iowa
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
3-star · Metamora · Iowa
High school pipeline
Metamora · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
95 receiving yards · TE 134th (top 44%) · Big Ten 86th (top 50%) · National 862nd (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonIowa113034.7
2010 Regular SeasonIowa49154068.4
2011 Regular SeasonIowa6895246.9

Related Context

Brad Herman played TE for Iowa. Across 3 tracked seasons, Brad Herman recorded 252 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Iowa paired 154 primary output with 74.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 53.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

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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2011 Regular Season · Iowa

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

15.8

Efficiency

53.9

Usage

8

Consistency

45.4

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee Tech: 25. Pittsburgh: 42. Indiana: 1. Minnesota: 4. Michigan: 1. Nebraska: 22

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. Tennessee Tech: 2 by 83.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 100. Indiana: 1 by 6.7. Minnesota: 1 by 26.7. Michigan: 1 by 6.7. Nebraska: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins17.3 · Games = 4 · +4.3 vs Losses
Losses13 · Games = 2 · -4.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

100 vs Nebraska

Result
Fri 11/25@ NebraskaL 7-201222222022
Sat 11/5vs MichiganW 24-16111111
Sat 10/29@ MinnesotaL 21-22144404
Sat 10/22vs IndianaW 45-24111111
Sat 9/17vs PittsburghW 31-272422121026
Sat 9/3vs Tennessee TechW 34-722512.512.50016

Player Story

Brad Herman story

Brad Herman built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Metamora, IL wearing No. 39, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Brad Herman's career was his receiving role: 18 catches, 252 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Brad Herman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Iowa

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonIowa3205
2010 Regular SeasonIowa15474.214151
2011 Regular SeasonIowa9553.98-59

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Michigan State

Week 9 · W 37-6 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

80

Receiving Yards

97 takeover

80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 3 · W 31-27

42

Receiving Yards

73.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Eastern Illinois

Week 1 · W 37-7

57

Receiving Yards

73 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 1 · W 34-7

25

Receiving Yards

62.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Nebraska

Week 13 · L 7-20 · Conference game

22

Receiving Yards

57.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

22 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Iowa

154 primary output · 74.2 efficiency · 14 usage

68.4

#2

2011 Regular Season · Iowa

46.9

95 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Iowa

34.7

3 primary · 20 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games