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Adam Breneman

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
250
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
High School:
Cedar Cliff / Penn State

2017 - Graduate Student (Second Year)

• USA TODAY All-America Second Team
• The Athletic All-America Second Team
• College Football News All-America Second Team
• PFF All-America Second Team
• Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team
• John Mackey Award Semifinalist
• Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Semifinalist
• Phil Steele All-Independent First Team
• NEFWA All-New England
• All-ECAC Second Team
• The Athletic All-Group of 5 Team
• Athlon Sports Midseason All-America Team
• CBS Sports Midseason All-America Team
• PFF Midseason All-America Team
• USA TODAY Preseason All-America Second Team
• Athlon Preseason All-America Third Team
• Bleacher Report Preseason All-America Team
• Biletnikoff Award Watch List
• John Mackey Award Watch List
• Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
• John Mackey Tight End of the Week Honor Roll (Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Oct. 25)
• Appeared in and started 11 games at tight end
• Finished the season with 64 receptions for 764 yards and four touchdowns
• Averaged 11.9 yards per reception and 69.5 receiving yards per game
• Opened the season with nine receptions for 179 yards against Hawai'i (8/26), the third-most yards by a tight end in team history
• Followed with another nine-catch outing at Coastal Carolina (9/2), covering 126 yards, but was forced out of the game due to injury
• Notched a career-high 12 receptions for 131 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Ohio (9/30)
• Tallied seven catches for 81 yards and a touchdown against Georgia Southern (10/21)
• Provided six receptions for 73 receiving yards in the Fenway Gridiron Classic against Maine (11/11)
• Closed out his collegiate career with six catches for 49 yards, including one for a touchdown, at FIU (12/2)

2016 - Graduate Student (First Year)

• Campus Insiders Second-Team All-American
• ECAC First-Team All-Star
• Mackey Award Semifinalist
• Phil Steele First-Team All-Independent
• Harry Agganis Award recipient, given to the most outstanding football player in New England
NEFWA All-New England
• Was the FBS tight end leader in total receptions (70) and ranked No. 2 in total yards (808) and touchdowns (eight) through the end of the regular season
• Led the Minutemen in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns
• Averaged 67.3 receiving yards per game and 11.5 yards per catch
• Totaled 69 yards on three grabs (23.0 ypc) against Boston College (9/10) with his first touchdown as a Minuteman
• Hauled in 10 passes for 77 yards and one touchdown in the win over FIU (9/17)
• Posted nine receptions, 94 yards and a pair of touchdowns at South Carolina (10/22)
• Season high 132 yards on eight catches and two touchdowns against Wagner (10/29)
• Reached the endzone for the seventh time on the season at Troy (11/5) as part of a six-reception, 77-yard outing
• Closed the season with one touchdown over four catches covering 30 yards at Hawai'i (11/26)

At Penn State (2013-15)

• Appeared in 14 career games at Penn State
• Missed majority of 2015 because of injury, but played in two late-season contests
• Redshirted the 2014 season due to injury
• Enrolled at Penn State in January 2013
• Played in 12 games with five starts as a true freshman in 2013
• 247Sports Freshman All-American in 2013
• Made 15 receptions for 186 yards and three touchdowns, with a TD catch in each of the last three games in 2013
• Helped the Nittany Lions rush for 2,088 yards and throw for 3,110 yards in 2013
• Holds the record for the longest TD by a tight end in Penn State history

Before College

• 2013 Under Armour All-American and all-state player for head coach Jim Cantafio at Cedar Cliff High School
• Rated the No. 1 tight end in the nation by ESPN.com, the No. 2 tight end by Scout.com and 24/7Sports.com and No. 3 by Rivals.com
• ESPN five-star recruit
• All-time leading receiver in Cedar Cliff history
• All-time leading tight end in Pennsylvania high school history (in all receiving categories)
• Combined for 132 receptions, 1,988 yards and 20 touchdowns during his sophomore and junior seasons
• Member of the National Honor Society and an honor roll student

Personal

• Son of Brian and Sherri Breneman
• Father, Brian, was a standout player at Delaware Valley College, earning a spot on the Associated Press Little All-America team
• Brother, Grant, is a quarterback on the Colgate University football team
• Earned his bachelor’s degree in business management in December 2015 from Penn State
• Pursuing a master’s degree in business at Massachusetts in the Isenberg School of Management
• High school teammate of UMass quarterback Andrew Ford