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Player Dossier
2008-2011Western Michigan
John Potter
PK • 6'2" • Grand Haven, MI, USA
Impact contributor
John Potter shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
John Potter built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a placekicker from Grand Haven, MI wearing No. 17, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of John Potter's career was his special-teams...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2012
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 44
- Overall
- No. 251
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
John Potter, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan. John Potter shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
- Rushing yards
- 8
- Receiving yards
- 2
Quick Answers
John Potter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 1
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Grand Haven · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Grand Haven · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2012 · Round 7 · Pick 44 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2011
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Postseason | Western Michigan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 12 | 1 | 1 | 51.4 |
| 2011 Postseason | Western Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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John Potter played PK for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Potter recorded 8 rushing yards, 2 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason
Western Michigan paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Postseason · Western Michigan
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
0
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Nicholls: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0. UConn: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0
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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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
— vs Purdue
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Tue 12/27 | @ Purdue | L 32-37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/25 | vs Akron | W 68-19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/17 | @ Miami (OH) | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wed 11/9 | @ Toledo | L 63-66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Ball State | W 45-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 10-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Northern Illinois | L 22-51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Bowling Green | W 45-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ UConn | W 38-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Illinois | L 20-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Central Michigan | W 44-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Nicholls | W 38-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
John Potter story
John Potter built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a placekicker from Grand Haven, MI wearing No. 17, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of John Potter's career was his special-teams scoring: 321 kicking points, 46 made field goals on 63 attempts, and 183 extra points across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Western Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 8 rushing yards and 2 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Michigan.
The arc is straightforward: John Potter moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2008 Postseason | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 2011 Postseason | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Ball State
Week 6 · W 45-16 · Conference game
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
100 takeover
1 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Rice
Week 1 · L 14-38 · Postseason
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Ball State
Week 14 · L 22-45 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Toledo
Week 12 · W 27-17 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Illinois
Week 11 · W 23-17
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2008 Regular Season · Western Michigan
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Western Michigan
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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