Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Western Michigan
Blake Hammond
TE • 6'4" • Mokena, IL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Blake Hammond reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Player Story
Blake Hammond built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from Mokena, IL wearing No. 85, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Blake Hammond's career was his receiving role: 50...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Blake Hammond, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Blake Hammond reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 613
- Receptions
- 50
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Blake Hammond quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 613
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Eastern Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lincoln-Way East · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Lincoln-Way East · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 386 receiving yards · TE 32nd (top 11%) · Mid-American 33rd (top 18%) · National 307th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 4 | 13 | 80 | 2 | 43 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 4 | 9 | 113 | 3 | 43.9 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 43.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 9 | 25 | 386 | 4 | 70.3 |
Related Context
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Blake Hammond played TE for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Blake Hammond recorded 613 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Western Michigan paired 386 primary output with 82 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 82 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Illinois
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Games
9
Receiving Yards / G
42.9
Efficiency
82
Usage
11.6
Consistency
60.3
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 23. Eastern Illinois: 94. Minnesota: 26. UConn: 9. Massachusetts: 8. Ball State: 39. Central Michigan: 75. Buffalo: 50. Eastern Michigan: 62
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. Illinois: 1 by 100. Eastern Illinois: 6 by 100. Minnesota: 3 by 57.8. UConn: 1 by 60. Massachusetts: 1 by 53.3. Ball State: 2 by 100. Central Michigan: 2 by 100. Buffalo: 5 by 66.7. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46.5 · Games = 4 · +6.5 vs Losses
Losses40 · Games = 5 · -6.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Illinois
Best efficiency game
100 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/17 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 23-29 | — | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 1 | 28 |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Buffalo | L 24-29 | — | 5 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Central Michigan | W 42-31 | — | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 37.50 | 1 | 55 |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Ball State | L 24-30 | — | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Massachusetts | W 52-14 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/22 | vs UConn | W 30-24 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Minnesota | L 23-28 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Eastern Illinois2+ TD | W 52-21 | — | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 15.70 | 2 | 43 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Illinois | L 7-24 | — | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
Player Story
Blake Hammond story
Blake Hammond built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a tight end from Mokena, IL wearing No. 85, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Blake Hammond's career was his receiving role: 50 catches, 613 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Blake Hammond's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 80 | 38.6 | 14.9 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 113 | 76.7 | 8.3 | 33 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 34 | 75.5 | 3.2 | -79 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 386 | 82 | 11.6 | 352 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Eastern Illinois
Week 2 · W 52-21
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
94
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
94 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Michigan State
Week 10 · L 14-49
35
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 1 · L 14-38
61
Receiving Yards
81.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
61 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game
62
Receiving Yards
70.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
62 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 12 · W 24-21 · Conference game
15
Receiving Yards
69.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Western Michigan
386 primary output · 82 efficiency · 11.6 usage
70.3
#2
2010 Regular Season · Western Michigan
43.9
113 primary · 76.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Western Michigan
43.7
34 primary · 75.5 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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