Tight end, Wisconsin, 2009–13
Jacob Pedersen
- Number
- No. 48
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Menominee, MI
Jacob Pedersen played tight end at Wisconsin (2009–13).
Career highs
6catches, career highthree times; last vs. BYU, 201392receiving yards, career highvs. Indiana, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Oregon State, 2011Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010, 2011 and 2012
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.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010N | 13 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wisconsin | 48 | TE | |
| 2010 | Wisconsin | 48 | TE | |
| 2011 | Wisconsin | 48 | TE | |
| 2012 | Wisconsin | 48 | TE | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 48 | TE | 6′5″ |
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 36 | 1.27 | 95th (n=341) | 0.81 | 45.8 | 5% |
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
2013 Wisconsin 11 games, 39 catches, 551 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 45–0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. | W 48–0 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 27 | – |
| Sep 14 | at | L 30–32 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 35–6 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Oct 19 | at | W 56–32 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Nov 2 | at | W 28–9 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 44 | – |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 27–17 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 51–3 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 61 | – |
| Nov 23 | at | W 20–7 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | L 24–31 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 24–34 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 36 | – |
2012 Wisconsin 12 games, 27 catches, 355 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 26–21 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 22 | – |
| Sep 8 | at | L 7–10 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 16–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 37–26 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. | W 31–14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 13 | at | W 38–14 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 23 | 10 |
| Oct 20 | vs. | W 38–13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. | L 13–16 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | L 14–21 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 29 | – |
| Nov 24 | at | L 21–24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 70–31 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 14–20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
2011 Wisconsin 13 games, 30 catches, 356 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 51–17 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 12 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 35–0 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 34 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 49–7 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 55 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 59–10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 48–17 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 28 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 59–7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Oct 22 | at | L 31–37 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 14 | – |
| Oct 29 | at | L 29–33 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | W 62–17 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Nov 12 | at | W 42–13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 45–7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Dec 3 | vs. | W 42–39 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 38–45 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | – |
2010 Wisconsin 6 games, 8 catches, 132 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at | W 41–21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 27–14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Sep 25 | vs. | W 70–3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | – |
| Oct 2 | at | L 24–34 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. | W 31–18 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | – |
| Oct 23 | at | W 31–30 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 10–20).
| Drill | Combine 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3½″ | |
| Weight | 238 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.89 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.74 s | |
| Vertical jump | 28½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.55 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.40 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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