Brandon Polk

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.

2019 James Madison 1 game, 4 catches, 66 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Aug 31	atWest Virginia	L 13–⁠20	4	66	0	2	52

No box score in the source for Sep 7 vs. Saint Francis; Sep 14 vs. Morgan State; Sep 21 at Chattanooga; Sep 28 at Elon; Oct 5 at Stony Brook; Oct 12 vs. Villanova; Oct 19 at William & Mary; Oct 26 vs. Towson; Nov 9 vs. New Hampshire; Nov 16 vs. Richmond; Nov 23 at Rhode Island; Dec 7 vs. Monmouth; Dec 14 vs. Northern Iowa; Dec 21 vs. Weber State; Jan 11 at North Dakota State, so those games are not listed.

2018 Penn State 7 games, 9 catches, 162 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 1	vs.App State	W 45–⁠38	2	19	0	–	–
Sep 8	atPittsburgh	W 51–⁠6	2	45	1	–	–
Sep 15	vs.Kent State	W 63–⁠10	2	55	1	–	–
Sep 21	atIllinois	W 63–⁠24	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 29	vs.Ohio State	L 26–⁠27	1	20	0	–	–
Oct 13	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠21	2	23	0	–	–
Oct 20	atIndiana	W 33–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–

2017 Penn State 9 games, 10 catches, 130 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 2	vs.Akron	W 52–⁠0	1	4	0	–	–
Sep 9	vs.Pittsburgh	W 33–⁠14	1	18	0	–	–
Sep 16	vs.Georgia State	W 56–⁠0	1	15	1	–	–
Oct 7	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠7	3	40	0	–	–
Oct 21	vs.Michigan	W 42–⁠13	1	23	0	–	–
Nov 11	vs.Rutgers	W 35–⁠6	1	17	0	–	–
Nov 18	vs.Nebraska	W 56–⁠44	–	–	–	2	55
Nov 25	atMaryland	W 66–⁠3	1	9	0	1	5
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Washington	W 35–⁠28	1	4	0	–	–

2016 Penn State 2 games, 2 catches, 18 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 10	atPittsburgh	L 39–⁠42	1	4	0	–	–
Sep 17	vs.Temple	W 34–⁠27	1	14	0	1	35

2015 Penn State 12 games, 10 returns, 209 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds
Sep 5	atTemple	L 10–⁠27	1	0	0	–	–
Sep 12	vs.Buffalo	W 27–⁠14	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 19	vs.Rutgers	W 28–⁠3	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 26	vs.San Diego State	W 37–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 3	vs.Army	W 20–⁠14	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 10	vs.Indiana	W 29–⁠7	2	46	1	1	21
Oct 17	atOhio State	L 10–⁠38	1	4	0	4	79
Oct 24	vs.Maryland	W 31–⁠30	–	–	–	2	40
Oct 31	vs.Illinois	W 39–⁠0	1	6	0	–	–
Nov 21	vs.Michigan	L 16–⁠28	–	–	–	–	–
Nov 28	atMichigan State	L 16–⁠55	–	–	–	–	–
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠24	1	1	0	3	69

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