Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2012Ball State
Jack Tomlinson
WR • 5'9" • Westerville, OH, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Jack Tomlinson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
83
High-end production for a receiver
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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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
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Player Story
Jack Tomlinson built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Westerville, OH wearing No. 85, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Jack Tomlinson's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Jack Tomlinson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Ball State. Jack Tomlinson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 830
- Receptions
- 68
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Jack Tomlinson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 830
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Akron
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Westerville South · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Westerville South · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 85 · Class 2012
- 2012 Receiving yards rank
- 49 receiving yards · WR 677th (top 77%) · Mid-American 123rd (top 65%) · National 1,164th (top 65%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 29 | 484 | 6 | 78.8 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 34 | 297 | 2 | 49.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 34.8 |
Related Context
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Jack Tomlinson played WR for Ball State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jack Tomlinson recorded 830 receiving yards and 9 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 484 primary output with 81.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 81.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Akron
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
7
Receiving Yards / G
69.1
Efficiency
81.7
Usage
27.7
Consistency
41.1
Best Game by takeover score
Akron
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 9. Western Michigan: 30. Eastern Michigan: 35. Toledo: 89. Akron: 175. Buffalo: 40. Northern Illinois: 106
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. Central Michigan: 1 by 60. Western Michigan: 1 by 100. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 58.3. Toledo: 5 by 100. Akron: 7 by 100. Buffalo: 5 by 53.3. Northern Illinois: 6 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins74.7 · Games = 3 · +9.7 vs Losses
Losses65 · Games = 4 · -9.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Akron
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northern Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | vs Northern Illinois100 receiving yards | L 21-59 | — | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 1 | 80 |
| Fri 11/12 | @ Buffalo | W 20-3 | — | 5 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Akron100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 37-30 | — | 7 | 175 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 63 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Toledo2+ TD | L 24-31 | — | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 2 | 42 |
| Sat 10/16 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 38-41 | — | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 8.80 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/9 | vs Western Michigan | L 16-45 | — | 1 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Central Michigan | W 31-17 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Player Story
Jack Tomlinson story
Jack Tomlinson built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a wide receiver from Westerville, OH wearing No. 85, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Jack Tomlinson's career was his receiving role: 68 catches, 830 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.
The arc is straightforward: Jack Tomlinson 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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Ball State
2010-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Ball State | 484 | 81.7 | 27.7 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Ball State | 297 | 48.9 | 14.5 | -187 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Ball State | 49 | 62.5 | 5.7 | -248 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Akron
Week 10 · W 37-30 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
175
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
175 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 8 · W 31-27 · Conference game
109
Receiving Yards
91.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Northern Illinois
Week 12 · L 21-59 · Conference game
106
Receiving Yards
86.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
106 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 8 · L 24-31 · Conference game
89
Receiving Yards
79.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 13 · W 31-24 · Conference game
18
Receiving Yards
76.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Ball State
484 primary output · 81.7 efficiency · 27.7 usage
78.8
#2
2011 Regular Season · Ball State
49.6
297 primary · 48.9 efficiency · 14.5 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Ball State
34.8
49 primary · 62.5 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
3
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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