Player Dossier

2009-2011

Ball State

Aaron Mershman

TE • 6'2" • Bowling Green, OH, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Aaron Mershman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

17

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Aaron Mershman built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Bowling Green, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Aaron Mershman's career was his receiving role:...

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Aaron Mershman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ball State. Aaron Mershman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
153
Receptions
18
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Aaron Mershman quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
153
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Liberty
Latest roster
No. 11 · Class 2011
2011 Receiving yards rank
28 receiving yards · TE 220th (top 72%) · Mid-American 136th (top 74%) · National 1,269th (top 74%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2010 Regular SeasonBall State913125159.7
2011 Regular SeasonBall State3528139.5

Related Context

Aaron Mershman played TE for Ball State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Aaron Mershman recorded 153 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Ball State paired 125 primary output with 59.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 59.1 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: Liberty

Loss 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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2010 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

13.9

Efficiency

59.1

Usage

11.4

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southeast Missouri State: 8. Liberty: 40. Purdue: 9. Iowa: 19. Central Michigan: 4. Western Michigan: 9. Eastern Michigan: 16. Toledo: 9. Akron: 11

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. Southeast Missouri State: 1 by 53.3. Liberty: 2 by 100. Purdue: 1 by 60. Iowa: 2 by 63.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 26.7. Western Michigan: 1 by 60. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 35.6. Toledo: 1 by 60. Akron: 1 by 73.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins7.7 · Games = 3 · -9.3 vs Losses
Losses17 · Games = 6 · +9.3 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

Liberty

Best efficiency game

100 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 11/6vs AkronW 37-301111111011
Sat 10/23@ ToledoL 24-31199909
Sat 10/16vs Eastern MichiganL 38-413165.35.3007
Sat 10/9vs Western MichiganL 16-45199909
Sat 10/2@ Central MichiganW 31-17144404
Sat 9/25@ IowaL 0-452199.59.50014
Sat 9/18@ PurdueL 13-24199909
Sat 9/11vs LibertyL 23-272402020125
Thu 9/2vs Southeast Missouri StateW 27-10188808

Player Story

Aaron Mershman story

Aaron Mershman built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a tight end from Bowling Green, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Aaron Mershman's career was his receiving role: 18 catches, 153 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Aaron Mershman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ball State

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonBall State0
2010 Regular SeasonBall State12559.111.4125
2011 Regular SeasonBall State2840.69.4-97

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Liberty

Week 2 · L 23-27

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

40

Receiving Yards

79 takeover

40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Iowa

Week 4 · L 0-45

19

Receiving Yards

64.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 63.3 efficiency score.

#3

vs Army

Week 4 · W 48-21

17

Receiving Yards

60.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 56.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 7 · L 38-41 · Conference game

16

Receiving Yards

46.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 35.6 efficiency score.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 8 · W 31-27 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

42 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 24.4 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Ball State

125 primary output · 59.1 efficiency · 11.4 usage

59.7

#2

2011 Regular Season · Ball State

39.5

28 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 9.4 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Ball State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games