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Braden Black
15 Braden Black
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    200
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Battle Creek
  • High School:
    Harper Creek
  • Position:
    QB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    2527
  • td
    20
  • yds/g
    252.7

Bio

2012: Earned first varsity letter … 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.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37
  Total Conference
Completions 191 120
Attempts 308 202
Completion % 62.0% 59.4%
Yards 2527 1506
Yards per game 252.7 251.0
Yards per attempt 8.2 7.5
Touchdowns 20 10
Interceptions 12 11
Sacks 21 13
Yards lost 99 61
Pass Efficiency 144.6 127.5

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 16 19 84.2% 349 18.4 6 0 0 0
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 18 29 62.1% 232 8.0 2 1 3 14
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 18 27 66.7% 262 9.7 2 0 3 15
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 19 31 61.3% 178 5.7 0 0 2 9
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 13 25 52.0% 139 5.6 0 1 5 16
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 8 18 44.4% 117 6.5 0 2 1 10
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 15 32 46.9% 229 7.2 2 1 3 15
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 22 37 59.5% 203 5.5 2 3 1 3
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 32 44 72.7% 396 9.0 3 2 1 2
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 30 46 65.2% 422 9.2 3 2 2 15

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 3 29 9.7 20 0 - -
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 9 22 2.4 10 0 - -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 8 1 0.1 7 0 - -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 15 66 4.4 17 2 - -
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 18 86 4.8 19 2 1 0
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 6 16 2.7 14 0 - -
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 15 61 4.1 30 0 2 1
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 9 35 3.9 15 1 - -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 5 24 4.8 9 0 - -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 15 30 2.0 12 2 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 - - - - - 1 0
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 - - - - - 2 1
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 - - - 0 0 0
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 - - - 0 0 0
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 - - - - - 0
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 - - - - - 0
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 1 29 - - - 29
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 1 22 - - - 22
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 1 1 - - - 1
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 1 66 - - - 66
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 1 86 - - - 86
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 1 16 - - - 16
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 1 61 - - - 61
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 1 35 - - - 35
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 1 24 - - - 24
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 1 30 - - - 30

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 0 0 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 12 2 - - - - - 0 - - 0 0
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at Wilmington (Ohio) W, 48-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 14-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 Rockford (Ill.) W, 34-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at North Park (Ill.) W, 14-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 at Alma W, 20-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Hope L, 47-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 at Adrian W, 21-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Albion L, 42-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 Trine (Ind.) L, 47-41 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Kalamazoo L, 39-37 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  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

Career Stats - Rushing

  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

Career Stats - Receiving

  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 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  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

Career Stats - Punting

  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

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
2015-16 - - - - - - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  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

Career Stats - Scoring

  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

Career Stats - Defense

  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 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 191 308 62.0% 2527 252.7 8.2 20 12 80 144.6
Conference 6 120 202 59.4% 1506 251.0 7.5 10 11 54 127.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 106 164 64.6% 1429 285.8 8.7 10 7 80 149.4
Away 5 85 144 59.0% 1098 219.6 7.6 10 5 62 139.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 6 99 163 60.7% 1389 231.5 8.5 12 3 80 152.9
Losses 4 92 145 63.4% 1138 284.5 7.8 8 9 54 135.2
Month                      
September 4 71 106 67.0% 1021 255.3 9.6 10 1 80 177.1
October 3 36 75 48.0% 485 161.7 6.5 2 4 39 100.5
November 3 84 127 66.1% 1021 340.3 8.0 8 7 54 143.4

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 103 370 37.0 3.6 7 30 3 1
Conference 6 68 252 42.0 3.7 5 30 3 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 43 93 18.6 2.2 2 14 - -
Away 5 60 277 55.4 4.6 5 30 3 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 68 265 44.2 3.9 4 30 3 1
Losses 4 35 105 26.3 3.0 3 15 - -
Month                  
September 4 35 118 29.5 3.4 2 20 - -
October 3 39 163 54.3 4.2 2 30 3 1
November 3 29 89 29.7 3.1 3 15 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 6 - - - - 0 0 - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - 0 0 - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
Conference 6 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 1
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  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 - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 370 - - - 370 37.0
Conference 6 252 - - - 252 42.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 93 - - - 93 18.6
Away 5 277 - - - 277 55.4
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 6 265 - - - 265 44.2
Losses 4 105 - - - 105 26.3
Month              
September 4 118 - - - 118 29.5
October 3 163 - - - 163 54.3
November 3 89 - - - 89 29.7

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 42 4.2 7 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Conference 30 5.0 5 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 12 2.4 2 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 30 6.0 5 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 24 4.0 4 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
Losses 18 4.5 3 - - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
September 12 3.0 2 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
October 12 4.0 2 - - - - - - - - 0
November 18 6.0 3 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Olivet College’s Black named MIAA Offensive Player of the Week for football

Olivet College sophomore quarterback Braden Black (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) has been named the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association...

November 11, 2013

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Football team comes from behind to nip Adrian, 21-17, on late touchdown pass

Sophomore Braden Black threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Kyle Bryson with 12 seconds left to lift the Olivet College football team to a...

October 26, 2013