#81

Adam Breneman

Tight end for Massachusetts. 2017: 64 catches, 764 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · Massachusetts · #81

6′5″ · 255 lb · Mechanicsburg, PA

Massachusetts 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

TE recruit

No. 43 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Statement game9 rec · 179 ydsvs Hawai'i (FBS) · L 35-38

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 tight end for Massachusetts. 2017: 64 catches, 764 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Massachusetts, 1,572 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Cedar Cliff

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#43 national

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mark Whipple — 6-18 over that span.

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2017Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#1 / 96 · 99th pct

Rec yards#2 / 96 · 98th pct

764

Rec TDs#18 / 96 · 76th pct

Long catch#39 / 96 · 59th pct

Yards / catch#43 / 96 · 54th pct

11.9

Fumbles lost#12 / 27 · 31st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.8	84.3	11.1	0.5
Road5g	4.6	51.6	10.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.2	100	13.2	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	44.0	8.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Massachusetts	64	764	11.9	4	--
2016	Massachusetts	70	808	11.5	8	--
Career		134	1,572	11.7	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 44–31

vs Maine

6 rec · 73 yds

Edged out Maine at home in a shootout.

With L. Laurent — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 41 LONG · A. Ford — 355 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.3 · -38 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 35-38vs Hawai'i	9	179	19.9	0	41	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 1	L 28-38@ Coastal Carolina	9	126	14.0	0	37	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 2	L 7-17vs Old Dominion	3	18	6.0	0	8
Wk 3	L 21-29@ Temple	3	46	15.3	0	20
Wk 5	L 50-58vs Ohio	12	131	10.9	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 55-20vs Georgia Southern	7	81	11.6	1	31
Wk 9	W 30-27vs App State	4	24	6.0	0	9
Wk 10	L 23-34@ Mississippi State	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 11	W 44-31vs Maine	6	73	12.2	0	22
Wk 12	W 16-10@ BYU	4	30	7.5	0	11
Wk 14	L 45-63@ Florida International	6	49	8.2	1	26
Total		64	764	10.8	4	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology