Jeff Heuerman in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Ohio State, 2011–⁠14

Jeff Heuerman

Number
No. 5
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Naples, FL
Born
Nov 24, 1992, in Naples, Florida

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Jeff Heuerman played tight end at Ohio State (2011–⁠14). The Denver Broncos took Heuerman in round 3, No. 92 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
466
Receiving yards, 2013 (Ohio State, 12–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 92
Round 3, 2015 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

Career highs

116receiving yards, career highat Purdue, 2013

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Ohio State12525.0025
2012Ohio State89411.8135
2013Ohio State2646617.9457
2014Ohio State1720712.2232
Career5279215.2757

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Ohio State5TE
2012Ohio State5TE
2013Ohio State5TE
2014Ohio State5TE6′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
2013Ohio State241.14––27.34%
2014Ohio State220.75––16.54%

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

2014 Ohio State 8 games, 17 catches, 207 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 27vs.CincinnatiW 50–⁠28338024–
Oct 4atMarylandW 52–⁠24128028–
Oct 18vs.RutgersW 56–⁠17116016–
Oct 25atPenn StateW 31–⁠24319110–
Nov 1vs.IllinoisW 55–⁠141707–
Nov 8atMichigan StateW 49–⁠3721207–
Nov 22vs.IndianaW 42–⁠27574132–
Nov 29vs.MichiganW 42–⁠28113013–
2013 Ohio State 10 games, 26 catches, 466 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.BuffaloW 40–⁠2021209–
Sep 7vs.San Diego StateW 42–⁠7233025–
Sep 21vs.Florida A&MW 76–⁠0443117–
Sep 28vs.WisconsinW 31–⁠2421309–
Oct 19vs.IowaW 34–⁠24538015–
Nov 2atPurdueW 56–⁠05116140–
Nov 23vs.IndianaW 42–⁠14259034–
Nov 30atMichiganW 42–⁠41259137–
Dec 7vs.Michigan StateL 24–⁠34136036–
Jan 3 ✦vs.ClemsonL 35–⁠401571576
2012 Ohio State 7 games, 8 catches, 94 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 8vs.UCFW 31–⁠161909–
Sep 15vs.CaliforniaW 35–⁠281909–
Sep 22vs.UABW 29–⁠15110010–
Oct 6vs.NebraskaW 63–⁠38253135–
Oct 20vs.PurdueW 29–⁠221505–
Nov 3vs.IllinoisW 52–⁠221505–
Nov 17atWisconsinW 21–⁠141303–
2011 Ohio State 1 game, 1 catch, 25 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Jan 2 ✦vs.FloridaL 17–⁠24125025–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′5⅛″
Weight254 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅛″
Wingspan80¼″W
40-yard dash4.80 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press26 reps

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

4 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Denver Broncos691410
2017Denver Broncos1091422
2018Denver Broncos11312812
2019Denver Broncos8141141
NFL career35636785

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.

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