Receiver, Northwestern, 2009–⁠13

Mike Jensen

Number
No. 80
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Mike Jensen played receiver at Northwestern (2009–⁠13).

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011Northwestern22311.5012
2012Northwestern22110.5012
2013Northwestern710615.1022
Career1115013.6022

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLFF
2010654900
2011670701
2012N1182100–
2013N1245910
On file2411351–

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
2009Northwestern80WR
2010Northwestern80WR
2011Northwestern80WR
2012Northwestern80WR
2013Northwestern80WR6′0″

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
2013Northwestern71.15––8.1–

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 Northwestern 6 games, 7 catches, 106 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31atCaliforniaW 44–⁠30112012
Sep 14vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠17112012
Oct 5vs.Ohio StateL 30–⁠40237022
Oct 12atWisconsinL 6–⁠35118018
Nov 23vs.Michigan StateL 6–⁠30115015
Nov 30atIllinoisW 37–⁠34112012
2012 Northwestern 2 games, 2 catches, 21 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 1atSyracuseW 42–⁠41112012
Nov 24vs.IllinoisW 50–⁠141909
2011 Northwestern 2 games, 2 catches, 23 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Nov 12vs.RiceW 28–⁠6111011
Dec 31 ✦vs.Texas A&ML 22–⁠33112012

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

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