Braden Black

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Braden Black
15 Braden Black
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    200
  • Hometown:
    Battle Creek
  • Position:
    QB
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Harper Creek
  • 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.

Player statistics
  Overall 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
Recent results
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
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
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 - -
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 - - - - - - -
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
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 - - - - - - - -
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 - - - - - - - - - -
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
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 -
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 - - - - - - - - - -
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 10 191 308 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
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 - -
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 - - - - - - -
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
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 - - - - - - - -
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 10 370 - - - 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
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
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
Olivet College’s Black named MIAA Offensive Player of the Week for football
  • Article
  • November 11, 2013
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 (MIAA) Offensive Player of the Week for football.

  • November 11, 2013
Kyle Bryson catches the winning touchdown.
  • Article
  • October 26, 2013
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 21-17 win over Adrian College tonight at Docking Stadium in Adrian.

  • October 26, 2013