Adam Breneman

Adam Breneman

University of Massachusetts – No. 81
Position	Tight end
Major	Business
Personal information
Born:	(1995-03-31) March 31, 1995 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career history
College	Penn State (2013–2015)
High school	Cedar Cliff High School
Career highlights and awards
John Mackey Award Semifinalist, 2016 New England Player of the Year - Harry Agganis Award, 2016 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American, 2013 Freshman All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, 2013 High School All-American (Under Armour, Rivals.com, ESPN, Fox Sports), 2011/2012

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), where he is widely known as one of the best high school football players in Pennsylvania history 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.

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. Adam said his decision to go to UMass was largely based on his relationship with head coach Mark Whipple, as well as his two best friends from high school and college being quarterbacks on the team.

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 is the current quarterback for Cedar Cliff High School as of the 2014-15 school year. He is currently in his senior year at Cedar Cliff.

High school

Breneman attended Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, PA. 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. Breneman is highly regarded as one of the best Pennsylvania high school football players of all-time.

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
Adam Breneman Tight End	Mechanicsburg, PA	Cedar Cliff High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	4.65	Mar 9, 2012
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 2 (TE)   Rivals: 3 (TE)  247Sports: 2 (TE)  ESPN: 1 (TE)
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2013-01-15.

College football career

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.

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 A.L.S.

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

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.