#13

Bra'lon Cherry

Wide receiver for NC State. 2016: 30 catches, 434 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · NC State · #13

5′11″ · New Bern, NC

NC State 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1641 nationally · Signed with NC State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for NC State. 2016: 30 catches, 434 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to NC State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at NC State, 1,076 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 105 yds vs Boston College.Boston College · L 14-212016

2013

Signed with NC State3-star out of New Bern

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1641 national

CFB

College

NC State

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dave Doeren, all run-leaning offenses — 22-17 over that span.

2014NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2015NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

2016NC State7-6HC: Dave Doeren · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (6)

Long catch#43 / 524 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#171 / 524 · 67th pct

14.5

Rec TDs#199 / 524 · 56th pct

Rec yards#244 / 524 · 54th pct

434

Receptions#268 / 524 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#182 / 216 · 9th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.3	37.6	15.0	0.4
Road6g	2.3	28.5	13.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.0	22.9	11.9	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	45.7	17.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	NC State	30	434	14.5	3	--
2015	NC State	22	288	13.1	0	--
2014	NC State	27	354	13.1	3	--
Career		79	1,076	13.6	6	--

Season	Team
2016	NC State	--	--	50	107	--
2015	NC State	3	-3	120	358	1
2014	NC State	6	40	34	35	--
Career		9	37	204	500	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 28–21

at North Carolina

1 rec · 14 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With A. Cole III — 47 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO · J. Samuels — 59 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 15 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 48-14vs William & Mary	3	36	12.0	1	16
Wk 2	L 30-33@ East Carolina	4	44	11.0	0	22
Wk 3	W 49-22vs Old Dominion	2	22	11.0	0	12
Wk 5	W 33-16vs Wake Forest	2	17	8.5	0	17
Wk 6	W 10-3vs Notre Dame	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 7	L 17-24@ Clemson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 8	L 13-54@ Louisville	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 14-21vs Boston College	3	105	35.0	1	79	Season-high 105 yds
Wk 10	L 20-24vs Florida State	3	56	18.7	1	28
Wk 11	W 35-20@ Syracuse	7	85	12.1	0	23
Wk 12	L 13-27vs Miami	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 13	W 28-21@ North Carolina	1	14	14.0	0	14
Bowl	W 41-17@ Vanderbilt	1	24	24.0	0	24
Total		30	434	14.2	3	79

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