Position Tight end Class Sophomore | Name Adam Breneman Height 1.93 m | |
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Major Business Administration Date of birth (1995-03-31) March 31, 1995 (age 20) Parents Sherri Breneman, Brian Breneman Siblings Julia Breneman, Grant Breneman Similar People Christian Hackenberg, Kyle Carter, Akeel Lynch, Zach Zwinak, Sam Ficken | ||
adam breneman all american tight end u mass official highlights
Adam Breneman (born March 31, 1995) is an American football tight end for the UMass Minutemen, where he transferred in 2016 after playing three years for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Breneman played high school football at Cedar Cliff High School (Camp Hill, PA), and was a highly-touted recruit. He committed to Penn State in March 2012. Breneman's recruitment and career has been highly publicized, largely due to his leadership and advocacy for Penn State in wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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- adam breneman all american tight end u mass official highlights
- Penn state tight end mike gesicki talks about friendship with his former teammate adam breneman
- Personal life and family
- High school
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- Philanthropy
- Politics
- References
As a true freshman in 2013, Breneman had a breakout season and was named a 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American. During the 2014 season Breneman redshirted due to an injury. In 2015, his redshirt sophomore season, Breneman battled injuries and appeared in two games, with one start.
In December, 2015, Breneman graduated from Penn State after just three years at the school. Shortly after, he announced he was leaving the Penn State Football program. In the summer of 2016, news broke that Breneman would be transferring to the University of Massachusetts for his final two years of eligibility. During the 2016 season, Breneman lead the country in receiving by a tight end and was named an All-American.
Penn state tight end mike gesicki talks about friendship with his former teammate adam breneman
Personal life and family
Adam Breneman was born in Harrisburg, PA to Brian and Sherri Breneman. Adam's father, Brian, was an All-American football player at Delaware Valley College. Adam has a younger brother, Grant, and a younger sister, Julia. Grant was the quarterback for Cedar Cliff High School from the 2014-15 school year until the 2016-17 school year, and has since graduated. Grant is now a freshman at Colgate University.
High school
Breneman attended Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, PA. He previously went to Allen Middle School and Lower Allen/Rossmoyne Elementary schools, all in the West Shore School District. At Cedar Cliff, he was ranked the best tight end recruit in the country by ESPN, and was rated a five-star recruit by Scout.com. He had scholarship offers from over 30 schools, including Penn State University, University of Alabama, Stanford University, Florida State University, Auburn University, University of Notre Dame, and Ohio State University.
Breneman is the all-time leading receiver in Cedar Cliff High School history, holding the school records for career yards, receptions, and receiving touchdowns, as well as every single-season receiving record. In his three seasons of varsity football at Cedar Cliff, he totaled 144 receptions, 2,244 yards, and 23 touchdowns.
2013
Breneman enrolled early at Penn State in Spring 2013 after graduating high school a semester early. During his true freshman season, he appeared in 11 games, earning the starting tight end job for the second half of the season. Breneman finished the season with 15 receptions for 186 yards and 3 TD's, earning him 247Sports.com True Freshman All-America honors. His biggest game of the season came in the season finale at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he caught 3 passes for 78 yards, including a 68 yard touchdown in the first quarter. His 68 yard touchdown is the longest touchdown by a tight end in Penn State football history.
2014
In August, 2014, Penn State announced that Breneman would miss the season with a knee injury.
2015
Prior to the 2015 season, Penn State strength and conditioning coach told the media that Breneman was is top shape following his knee injury. He stated that Breneman ran a 4.62 40-yard dash in July, which would have been one of the best times by a tight end at the 2015 NFL scouting combine.
However, Adam battled injuries throughout the 2015 season, appearing in only two games. Breneman played against Ohio State, and was the starting tight end against Michigan State.
2016
During the summer of 2016, news broke that Breneman would transfer to University of Massachusetts for his junior and senior seasons. During the 2016 season, Breneman was the best producing tight end in all of college football, leading the nation in receptions and yards by a tight end.
Breneman was named a John Mackey Award semi-finalist, the New England Player of the Year and a Campus Insiders All-American, among other awards. After contemplating declaring for the NFL Draft following his junior season, Breneman decided to stay in school for his final season.
Philanthropy
During his senior year of high school, Breneman started Catch The Cure, a fundraiser to raise awareness and money to fight Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Catch The Cure raised over $200,000 for A.L.S. research, with all funds benefiting New York based research organization Project ALS
Breneman served as the Vice President and a member of the board of the Penn State football chapter of Uplifting Athletes during his career at Penn State.
Politics
Brenneman is affiliated with the Republican Party. After graduating from Penn State in December, 2015, with a degree in management, organizational leadership and political science, Breneman was hired by Mike Regan to serve as his campaign manager for his 2016 Pennsylvania Senate run. In April 2016, Regan won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania Senate, District 31 with over 52% of the vote in a four-person primary election.