Tight end, Massachusetts (from Penn State), 2013–⁠17

Adam Breneman

Number
No. 81
Height
6′5″
Weight
255 lb
Hometown
Mechanicsburg, PA

Adam Breneman played tight end at Penn State (2013–⁠15) and Massachusetts (2016–⁠17).

Career highs

12catches, career highvs. Ohio, 2017179receiving yards, career highvs. Hawai’i, 20172receiving touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Ohio, 2017

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Penn State1518612.4368
2016Massachusetts7080811.5858
2017Massachusetts6476411.9441
Career1491,75811.81568

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2013Penn State81TE
2014Penn State81TE
2015Penn State81TE
2016Massachusetts81TE
2017Massachusetts81TE6′5″255

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Penn State120.58––7.0–
2016Massachusetts1040.5553rd (n=489)0.5256.913%
2017Massachusetts910.6470th (n=507)0.5258.211%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2017 Massachusetts 11 games, 64 catches, 764 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 26vs.Hawai’iL 35–⁠389179041
Sep 2atCoastal CarolinaL 28–⁠389126037
Sep 9vs.Old DominionL 7–⁠1731808
Sep 15atTempleL 21–⁠29346020
Sep 30vs.OhioL 50–⁠5812131222
Oct 21vs.Georgia SouthernW 55–⁠20781131
Oct 28vs.App StateW 30–⁠2742409
Nov 4atMississippi StateL 23–⁠341707
Nov 11vs.MaineW 44–⁠31673022
Nov 18atBYUW 16–⁠10430011
Dec 2atFlorida InternationalL 45–⁠63649126
2016 Massachusetts 12 games, 70 catches, 808 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3atFloridaL 7–⁠242605
Sep 10vs.Boston CollegeL 7–⁠26369158
Sep 17vs.Florida InternationalW 21–⁠131077115
Sep 24vs.Mississippi StateL 35–⁠47679015
Oct 1vs.TulaneL 24–⁠31439019
Oct 7atOld DominionL 16–⁠36326025
Oct 15vs.Louisiana TechL 28–⁠56794023
Oct 22atSouth CarolinaL 28–⁠34994219
Oct 29vs.WagnerW 34–⁠108138231
Nov 5atTroyL 31–⁠52677118
Nov 19atBYUL 9–⁠51879026
Nov 26atHawai’iL 40–⁠46430115
2013 Penn State 7 games, 15 catches, 186 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 14vs.UCFL 31–⁠3442208
Sep 21vs.Kent StateW 34–⁠0127027
Nov 2vs.IllinoisW 24–⁠172806
Nov 9atMinnesotaL 10–⁠24227022
Nov 16vs.PurdueW 45–⁠21222114
Nov 23vs.NebraskaL 20–⁠231212
Nov 30atWisconsinW 31–⁠24378168

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Named to the 2018 Senior Bowl (South team) but didn’t play.

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