Braden Black

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Braden Black
15 Braden Black
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    210
  • Hometown:
    Battle Creek
  • Position:
    QB
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Harper Creek
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    2503
  • td
    21
  • yds/g
    250.3
Bio

2013: Started all 10 games at quarterback ... broke the single-game record for touchdown passes thrown in season-opener against Wilmington with six ... broke single-season records for passing yards (2,527), attempts (308), completions (191) and touchdowns (20), and total offense (2,897) ... also set single-game school records for pass completions (32) vs. Trine and passing yards (422) and total offense (452) in season-finale vs. Kalamzoo ... led the team in rushing with 103 attempts for 370 yards and seven touchdowns ... accounted for a school-record 27 touchdowns ... earned second-team All-MIAA honors.

2012: Saw action in two games … was tabbed the starting quarterback against Alma before suffering a season-ending in the game … before the injury, was 5-of-13 for 44 yards … also rushed for a touchdown … in three games, completed 9-of-23 passes for 97 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned two varsity letters each in football and baseball at Harper Creek High School … in football, 2011 All-City and All-Conference selection … led team to most wins in school history (12-1) … threw for around 1,300 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushed for around 200 yards and nine touchdowns … in baseball, 2012 honorable mention All-City selection … captain for both teams as a senior … Honor Roll student.

PERSONAL: Major – insurance & risk management … minor – coaching … birthday – September 16 … son of Don and Jaynie Black … has a younger sister, Olivia.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Completions 214 128
Attempts 345 211
Completion % 62.0% 60.7%
Yards 2503 1330
Yards per game 250.3 221.7
Yards per attempt 7.3 6.3
Touchdowns 21 11
Interceptions 15 10
Sacks 16 14
Yards lost 86 70
Pass Efficiency 134.4 121.3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 25 36 69.4% 349 9.7 3 1 1 10
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 19 39 48.7% 302 7.7 4 2 0 0
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 23 33 69.7% 248 7.5 1 1 0 0
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 13 28 46.4% 174 6.2 3 0 3 26
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 23 36 63.9% 272 7.6 1 1 3 11
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 34 51 66.7% 353 6.9 2 5 3 10
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 27 42 64.3% 259 6.2 1 0 1 11
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 18 29 62.1% 126 4.3 1 1 1 2
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 19 26 73.1% 274 10.5 2 1 1 6
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 13 25 52.0% 146 5.8 3 3 3 10
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 4 9 2.3 12 1 - -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 2 7 3.5 4 0 - -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 8 52 6.5 15 2 - -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 11 13 1.2 11 0 1 1
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 6 10 1.7 18 0 1 0
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 11 55 5.0 28 2 - -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 9 6 0.7 5 1 - -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 8 48 6.0 16 1 - -
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 7 18 2.6 11 1 - -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 8 4 0.5 9 1 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 - - - - - 0
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 - - - - - 0
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 1 0
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 1 36 36.0 36 1 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 1 37 37.0 37 1 0 0 0
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 1 9 - - - 9
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 1 7 - - - 7
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 1 52 - - - 52
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 1 13 - - - 13
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 1 10 - - - 10
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 1 55 - - - 55
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 1 6 - - - 6
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 1 48 - - - 48
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 1 18 - - - 18
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 1 4 - - - 4
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 6 Wilmington (Ohio) W, 41-24 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Elmhurst (Ill.) L, 33-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Aurora (Ill.) W, 49-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 at Adrian W, 28-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Trine (Ind.) L, 46-42 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Hope L, 42-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 Kalamazoo W, 30-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Albion L, 30-28 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Concordia Chicago (Ill.) W, 33-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Alma W, 34-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 3 9 23 39.1% 97 32.3 4.2 0 1 26 65.9
2013-14 10 191 308 62.0% 2527 252.7 8.2 20 12 80 144.6
2014-15 10 214 345 62.0% 2503 250.3 7.3 21 15 81 134.4
2015-16 10 174 254 68.5% 2151 215.1 8.5 23 6 83 164.8
2016-17 11 170 272 62.5% 2198 199.8 8.1 19 8 83 147.5
Total 44 758 1202 63.1% 9476 215.4 7.9 83 42 83 145.1
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 3 12 25 8.3 2.1 1 21 - -
2013-14 10 103 370 37.0 3.6 7 30 3 1
2014-15 10 74 222 22.2 3.0 9 28 2 1
2015-16 10 109 474 47.4 4.3 7 29 3 0
2016-17 11 97 202 18.4 2.1 3 23 1 1
Total 44 395 1293 29.4 3.3 27 30 9 3
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 3 - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - -
Total 44 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 3 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2016-17 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Total 44 - - - - 0 0 - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 3 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
2014-15 10 3 117 39.0 44 2 0 1 0
2015-16 10 4 149 37.3 45 2 0 2 0
2016-17 11 6 213 35.5 45 3 0 2 0
Total 44 13 479 36.8 45 7 0 5 1
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 3 25 - - - 25 8.3
2013-14 10 370 - - - 370 37.0
2014-15 10 222 - - - 222 22.2
2015-16 10 474 - - - 474 47.4
2016-17 11 202 - - - 202 18.4
Total 44 1293 - - - 1293 29.4
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 6 2.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2014-15 54 5.4 9 - - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2016-17 18 1.6 3 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Total 162 3.7 27 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 1 1 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 3 0 3.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 44 5 1 6.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event
Total 10 214 345 62.0% 2503 250.3 7.3 21 15 81 134.4
Conference 6 128 211 60.7% 1330 221.7 6.3 11 10 44 121.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 6 126 204 61.8% 1602 267.0 7.9 14 8 81 142.5
Away 4 88 141 62.4% 901 225.3 6.4 7 7 44 122.5
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 6 120 190 63.2% 1450 241.7 7.6 13 6 44 143.5
Losses 4 94 155 60.6% 1053 263.3 6.8 8 9 81 123.1
Month
September 3 67 108 62.0% 899 299.7 8.3 8 4 81 149.0
October 4 97 157 61.8% 1058 264.5 6.7 7 6 44 125.5
November 3 50 80 62.5% 546 182.0 6.8 6 5 44 132.1
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 10 74 222 22.2 3.0 9 28 2 1
Conference 6 53 136 22.7 2.6 5 28 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 36 54 9.0 1.5 4 18 1 0
Away 4 38 168 42.0 4.4 5 28 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 6 47 102 17.0 2.2 6 15 1 1
Losses 4 27 120 30.0 4.4 3 28 1 0
Month
September 3 14 68 22.7 4.9 3 15 - -
October 4 37 84 21.0 2.3 3 28 2 1
November 3 23 70 23.3 3.0 3 16 - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 6 - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - -
Month
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 10 3 117 39.0 44 2 0 1 0
Conference 6 3 117 39.0 44 2 0 1 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 1 36 36.0 36 1 0 0 0
Away 4 2 81 40.5 44 1 0 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 6 1 44 44.0 44 0 0 1 0
Losses 4 2 73 36.5 37 2 0 0 0
Month
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 4 2 80 40.0 44 1 0 1 0
November 3 1 37 37.0 37 1 0 0 0
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 10 222 - - - 222 22.2
Conference 6 136 - - - 136 22.7
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location
Home 6 54 - - - 54 9.0
Away 4 168 - - - 168 42.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result
Wins 6 102 - - - 102 17.0
Losses 4 120 - - - 120 30.0
Month
September 3 68 - - - 68 22.7
October 4 84 - - - 84 21.0
November 3 70 - - - 70 23.3
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 54 5.4 9 - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 30 5.0 5 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 24 4.0 4 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 30 7.5 5 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 36 6.0 6 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 18 4.5 3 - - - - - - - - 0
Month
September 18 6.0 3 - - - - - - - - 0
October 18 4.5 3 - - - - - - - - 0
November 18 6.0 3 - - - - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 10 1 1 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 0 1 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 6 0 1 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month
September 3 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -