Player Dossier

2013-2017

Massachusetts

Adam Breneman

TE • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Mechanicsburg, PA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Adam Breneman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Massachusetts

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Penn State • Massachusetts
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wagner

Player Story

Adam Breneman built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Mechanicsburg, PA wearing No. 81, spending time with Massachusetts and Penn State. The clearest part of Adam Breneman's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.9779

Cedar Cliff · Camp Hill, PA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Adam Breneman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Massachusetts. Adam Breneman reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,758
Receptions
149
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Adam Breneman quick answers

Latest team and position
Massachusetts · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,758
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Massachusetts
Top game
Wagner
Recruit profile
4-star · Cedar Cliff · Penn State
High school pipeline
Cedar Cliff · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 81 · Class 2017
2017 Receiving yards rank
764 receiving yards · TE 2nd (top 1%) · FBS Independents 2nd (top 4%) · National 81st (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonPenn State715186345.5
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonMassachusetts1270808883.1
2017 Regular SeasonMassachusetts1164764472.4

Related Context

Adam Breneman played TE for Penn State and Massachusetts. Across 5 tracked seasons, Adam Breneman recorded 1,758 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Massachusetts.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Massachusetts paired 808 primary output with 70.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 62.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, Massachusetts.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

7

Receiving Yards / G

26.6

Efficiency

62.9

Usage

12

Consistency

56.2

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 22. Kent State: 27. Illinois: 8. Minnesota: 27. Purdue: 22. Nebraska: 2. Wisconsin: 78

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. UCF: 4 by 36.7. Kent State: 1 by 100. Illinois: 2 by 26.7. Minnesota: 2 by 90. Purdue: 2 by 73.3. Nebraska: 1 by 13.3. Wisconsin: 3 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins33.8 · Games = 4 · +16.8 vs Losses
Losses17 · Games = 3 · -16.8 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

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

100 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sat 11/30@ WisconsinW 31-243782626168
Sat 11/23vs NebraskaL 20-23122212
Sat 11/16vs PurdueW 45-212221111114
Sat 11/9@ MinnesotaL 10-2422713.513.50022
Sat 11/2vs IllinoisW 24-17284406
Sat 9/21vs Kent StateW 34-01272727027
Sat 9/14vs UCFL 31-344225.55.5008

Player Story

Adam Breneman story

Adam Breneman built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a tight end from Mechanicsburg, PA wearing No. 81, spending time with Massachusetts and Penn State. The clearest part of Adam Breneman's career was his receiving role: 149 catches, 1,758 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Adam Breneman'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. 1

    Penn State

    2013-2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Massachusetts

    2016-2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonPenn State18662.912
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0-186
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00
2016 Regular SeasonMassachusetts80870.227.2808
2017 Regular SeasonMassachusetts76468.723.9-44

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wagner

Week 9 · W 34-10

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

138

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

138 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Hawai'i

Week 1 · L 35-38

179

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

179 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 1 · L 28-38

126

Receiving Yards

87.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

126 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ Wisconsin

Week 14 · W 31-24 · Conference game

78

Receiving Yards

82.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Ohio

Week 5 · L 50-58

131

Receiving Yards

82 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

131 receiving yards with a 72.8 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Massachusetts

808 primary output · 70.2 efficiency · 27.2 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Massachusetts

72.4

764 primary · 68.7 efficiency · 23.9 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Penn State

45.5

186 primary · 62.9 efficiency · 12 usage

Milestones

4

100+ receiving yards

7

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games