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, 2011

Honors

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

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Wisconsin813216.5233
2011Wisconsin3035611.9855
2012Wisconsin2735513.1431
2013Wisconsin3955114.1361
Career1041,39413.41761

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
2010N138816
201113202
201213011
On file10919

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Wisconsin48TE
2010Wisconsin48TE
2011Wisconsin48TE
2012Wisconsin48TE
2013Wisconsin48TE6′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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Wisconsin361.2795th (n=341)0.8145.85%

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
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.MassachusettsW 45–⁠0215011–
Sep 7vs.Tennessee TechW 48–⁠0354027–
Sep 14atArizona StateL 30–⁠32332123–
Oct 12vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠6430111–
Oct 19atIllinoisW 56–⁠32347029–
Nov 2atIowaW 28–⁠9373144–
Nov 9vs.BYUW 27–⁠17649024–
Nov 16vs.IndianaW 51–⁠3392061–
Nov 23atMinnesotaW 20–⁠7545020–
Nov 30vs.Penn StateL 24–⁠31464023–
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 24–⁠34350036–
2012 Wisconsin 12 games, 27 catches, 355 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Northern IowaW 26–⁠21226022–
Sep 8atOregon StateL 7–⁠10436111–
Sep 15vs.Utah StateW 16–⁠141101–
Sep 22vs.UTEPW 37–⁠26232019–
Oct 6vs.IllinoisW 31–⁠14116016–
Oct 13atPurdueW 38–⁠1447712310
Oct 20vs.MinnesotaW 38–⁠13111011–
Oct 27vs.Michigan StateL 13–⁠16365131–
Nov 17vs.Ohio StateL 14–⁠21666129–
Nov 24atPenn StateL 21–⁠241707–
Dec 1vs.NebraskaW 70–⁠311909–
Jan 1 ✦vs.StanfordL 14–⁠201909–
2011 Wisconsin 13 games, 30 catches, 356 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.UNLVW 51–⁠17220112–
Sep 10vs.Oregon StateW 35–⁠0680234–
Sep 17vs.Northern IllinoisW 49–⁠7264155–
Sep 24vs.South DakotaW 59–⁠10111011–
Oct 1vs.NebraskaW 48–⁠17349028–
Oct 15vs.IndianaW 59–⁠731516–
Oct 22atMichigan StateL 31–⁠37223114–
Oct 29atOhio StateL 29–⁠3332009–
Nov 5vs.PurdueW 62–⁠17228126–
Nov 12atMinnesotaW 42–⁠1331316–
Nov 26vs.Penn StateW 45–⁠71303–
Dec 3vs.Michigan StateW 42–⁠39113013–
Jan 2 ✦vs.OregonL 38–⁠45117017–
2010 Wisconsin 6 games, 8 catches, 132 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4atUNLVW 41–⁠211606–
Sep 11vs.San José StateW 27–⁠14115015–
Sep 25vs.Austin PeayW 70–⁠3110110–
Oct 2atMichigan StateL 24–⁠34238126–
Oct 16vs.Ohio StateW 31–⁠18133033–
Oct 23atIowaW 31–⁠30230018–

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).

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′3½″
Weight238 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.89 s
10-yard split1.74 s
Vertical jump28½″
Broad jump9′3″
3-cone drill7.55 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 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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