Tight end, Florida, 2007–09
Aaron Hernandez
- Number
- No. 81
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Bristol, CT
- Born
- Nov 6, 1989, in Bristol, Connecticut
- Died
- Apr 19, 2017, in Leominster, Massachusetts
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Aaron Hernandez played tight end at Florida (2007–09). He won the 2009 John Mackey Award. The New England Patriots took Hernandez in round 4, No. 113 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9catches, career highvs. Cincinnati, 2009120receiving yards, career highvs. Vanderbilt, 20092receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Florida State, 2009Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2008; SEC champions, 2008
All-America: AP first team 2009; Sporting News first team 2009; College Football News 2009; ESPN 2009; Rivals.com 2009; Scout.com 2009
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Florida 13 games, 68 catches, 850 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 62–3 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Sep 12 | vs. Troy | W 56–6 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 19 | vs. Tennessee | W 23–13 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 26 | at Kentucky | W 41–7 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 44 | – |
| Oct 10 | at LSU | W 13–3 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 16 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Arkansas | W 23–20 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Oct 24 | at Mississippi State | W 29–19 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 31 | vs. Georgia | W 41–17 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 7 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 27–3 | 7 | 120 | 0 | 64 | – |
| Nov 14 | at South Carolina | W 24–14 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. Florida State | W 37–10 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 37 | – |
| Dec 5 | vs. Alabama | L 13–32 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 38 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Cincinnati | W 51–24 | 9 | 111 | 1 | 23 | – |
2008 Florida 12 games, 34 catches, 381 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Miami | W 26–3 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 38 | – |
| Sep 20 | atTennessee | W 30–6 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. Ole Miss | L 30–31 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Oct 4 | atArkansas | W 38–7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs.LSU | W 51–21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs.Georgia | W 49–10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 8 | atVanderbilt | W 42–14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs.South Carolina | W 56–6 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 21 | – |
| Nov 22 | vs. The Citadel | W 70–19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 29 | atFlorida State | W 45–15 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 24 | – |
| Dec 6 | vs.Alabama | W 31–20 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 24–14 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 21 | – |
2007 Florida 5 games, 9 catches, 151 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | atOle Miss | W 30–24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Oct 20 | atKentucky | W 45–37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Nov 10 | atSouth Carolina | W 51–31 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 55 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 59–20 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Michigan | L 35–41 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 15 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 245 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.64 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| Bench press | 30 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.83 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.18 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 38 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | New England Patriots | 14 | 45 | 563 | 6 |
| 2011 | New England Patriots | 14 | 79 | 910 | 7 |
| 2012 | New England Patriots | 10 | 51 | 483 | 5 |
| NFL career | 38 | 175 | 1,956 | 18 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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