Usage / Role
7%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2019-2022Penn State
Brenton Strange
TE • 6'3" • 246 lbs • Parkersburg, WV, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Brenton Strange reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a tight end
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
1920212122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Brenton Strange built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Parkersburg, WV wearing No. 86, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Brenton Strange's career was his receiving role:...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 61
- NFL Team
- Jacksonville Jaguars
Brenton Strange, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Penn State. Brenton Strange reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 755
- Receptions
- 70
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Brenton Strange quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 755
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Parkersburg · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Parkersburg · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 2 · Pick 30 · Jacksonville Jaguars
- Latest roster
- No. 86 · Junior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 362 receiving yards · TE 42nd (top 10%) · Big Ten 39th (top 18%) · National 375th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 35.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 17 | 164 | 2 | 52.6 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 11 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 45.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 11 | 19 | 226 | 3 | 45.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 32 | 362 | 5 | 64.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Brenton Strange
Brenton Strange played TE for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brenton Strange recorded 755 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Penn State paired 362 primary output with 67.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 64.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2021 Postseason · Penn State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
20.5
Efficiency
64.8
Usage
8.3
Consistency
28.4
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: -1. Wisconsin: 0. Ball State: 10. Auburn: 71. Villanova: 9. Indiana: 10. Iowa: 15. Illinois: 24. Ohio State: 17. Michigan: 7. Michigan State: 63
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas: 1 by 0. Ball State: 1 by 66.7. Auburn: 4 by 100. Villanova: 1 by 60. Indiana: 1 by 66.7. Iowa: 1 by 100. Illinois: 2 by 80. Ohio State: 4 by 28.3. Michigan: 1 by 46.7. Michigan State: 4 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses20.8 · Games = 6 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Michigan State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/1 | @ Arkansas | L 10-24 | — | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/27 | @ Michigan State | L 27-30 | — | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Michigan | L 17-21 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Ohio State | L 24-33 | — | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 4.30 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Illinois | L 18-20 | — | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Iowa | L 20-23 | — | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Indiana | W 24-0 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Villanova | W 38-17 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Auburn | W 28-20 | — | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 1 | 40 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Ball State | W 44-13 | — | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Wisconsin | W 16-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Brenton Strange story
Brenton Strange built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Parkersburg, WV wearing No. 86, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Brenton Strange's career was his receiving role: 70 catches, 755 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles and 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brenton Strange'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.
- 1
Penn State
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 26.7 | 4 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 164 | 56.3 | 12.2 | 160 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 225 | 64.8 | 8.3 | 61 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 225 | 64.8 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 362 | 67.4 | 13.2 | 137 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Auburn
Week 3 · W 41-12
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80
Receiving Yards
96.3 takeover
80 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 15 · W 39-24 · Conference game
45
Receiving Yards
83.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 13 · L 27-30 · Conference game
63
Receiving Yards
82.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
63 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Auburn
Week 3 · W 28-20
71
Receiving Yards
82 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
71 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 35-31 · Conference game
77
Receiving Yards
75.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Penn State
362 primary output · 67.4 efficiency · 13.2 usage
64.2
#2
2020 Regular Season · Penn State
52.6
164 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 12.2 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Penn State
45.8
225 primary · 64.8 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Brenton Strange
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.