Player Dossier

2012-2013

Iowa State

Ernst Brun

WR

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Ernst Brun reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

9

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Ernst Brun built his college career from 2012 through 2013 as a wide receiver, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ernst Brun's career was his receiving role: 32 catches, 377 receiving yards, and 6...

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Ernst Brun, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Iowa State. Ernst Brun reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
377
Receptions
32
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Ernst Brun quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
377
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Tulsa
Latest roster
Class 2013
2013 Receiving yards rank
47 receiving yards · WR 710th (top 77%) · Big 12 101st (top 70%) · National 1,220th (top 66%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 PostseasonIowa State114102162.2
2012 Regular SeasonIowa State1122228562.2
2013 Regular SeasonIowa State5647030.2

Related Context

Ernst Brun played WR for Iowa State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ernst Brun recorded 377 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Iowa State paired 330 primary output with 67 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 50.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

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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2013 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

9.4

Efficiency

50.7

Usage

6.4

Consistency

34.4

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 2. Iowa: 4. Baylor: 19. Oklahoma State: 4. TCU: 18

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. Northern Iowa: 1 by 13.3. Iowa: 1 by 26.7. Baylor: 1 by 100. Oklahoma State: 2 by 13.3. TCU: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

First Half8.3 · Games = 3 · -2.7 vs Second Half
Second Half11 · Games = 2 · +2.7 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

100 vs TCU

Result
Sat 11/9vs TCUL 17-211181818018
Sat 10/26vs Oklahoma StateL 27-58242204
Sat 10/19@ BaylorL 7-711191919019
Sat 9/14vs IowaL 21-27144404
Sun 9/1vs Northern IowaL 20-28122202

Player Story

Ernst Brun story

Ernst Brun built his college career from 2012 through 2013 as a wide receiver, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ernst Brun's career was his receiving role: 32 catches, 377 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Iowa 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 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.

The arc is straightforward: Ernst Brun 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2012-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 PostseasonIowa State3306713.7
2012 Regular SeasonIowa State3306713.70
2013 Regular SeasonIowa State4750.76.4-283

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 1 · L 17-31 · Postseason

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

102

Receiving Yards

98.4 takeover

102 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Baylor

Week 8 · L 7-71 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Baylor

Week 9 · W 35-21 · Conference game

76

Receiving Yards

71.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

76 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.

#4

vs TCU

Week 11 · L 17-21 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

70.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Kansas State

Week 7 · L 21-27 · Conference game

41

Receiving Yards

64.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

41 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Iowa State

330 primary output · 67 efficiency · 13.7 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Iowa State

62.2

330 primary · 67 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Iowa State

30.2

47 primary · 50.7 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games