Adam Alexander Breneman (born March 31, 1995) is an American football media personality, former coach, and player.
He officially left Penn State in December 2015 after completing his degree and started working for a media consulting company in Pennsylvania.
After his retirement from playing, Breneman worked as a media consultant in Pennsylvania and as a college football commentator and podcast host.
[3] Breneman's younger brother, Grant, went on to become the quarterback for the Cedar Cliff Colts, starting as a sophomore in the 2014-2015 school year, until his graduation in 2017.
[4] Prior to the 2015 season, Penn State strength and conditioning coach told the media that Breneman was in 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.
Despite missing a game with a minor ankle injury, Breneman finished the year with 64 receptions, 764 yards, and four touchdowns.
Despite just two seasons playing for the UMass Minutemen, he finished his career as the all-time leader in receiving by a tight end in school history.
[6] On March 13, 2018, Breneman released a letter on the blog site medium officially announcing his retirement from football due to a knee injury.
In the letter, Breneman wrote: "After additional medical evaluations and creative treatments, my doctors and I have come to the realization that there is no solution that will allow me to continue to play football.
Beginning in September of the same year, Breneman began hosting his own weekly Penn State Football show on Pennlive.com, the website for the popular newspaper The Patriot-News.
[1] His father played football at Delaware Valley College, where he was an NCAA Division III All-American tight end.
[12] His younger sister, Julia, was adopted from Guatemala and starred on the field hockey team at Saint Francis University.
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.
This award is "presented annually to the Division I college football player who has demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field.
"[16] In 2019, Breneman joined the board of directors of The Peyton Walker Foundation, a Pennsylvania-based organization which provides free heart screenings for youth in order to prevent sudden cardiac arrest.
After graduating from Penn State's Smeal College of Business in December 2015, Breneman was hired by Mike Regan to serve as his campaign manager for his 2016 Pennsylvania Senate run.