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2012 Football

Braden Layer #10 WR

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • Highschool:
    Upper Arlington

Summary

Biography

2012 (5th Year): Started all 10 games at wide receiver ... was named first-team All-NCAC ...  recorded 57 receptions for a team-high 770 yards and six touchdowns ...  Layer was granted a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA after he missed the final seven games of the 2009 season with an injury, allowing him to return in 2012 ...  Layer began the 2009 season as the team’s starting quarterback ... in just over two and a half seasons at receiver, Layer totaled 122 receptions for 1,613 yards and 13 touchdowns.  He leaves DU ranked fifth in career receiving yards ... at the end of the season he became the college's 65th Academic All-America selection.

2011 (Senior): Started all 10 games at wide receiver for the Big Red and was named Honorable Mention All-NCAC ... second on the team with 35 receptions for 524 yards and three touchdowns ... made seven receptions for 103 yards on Sept. 3 against Ohio Wesleyan ... had 93 receiving yards and one touchdown on Nov. 12 against Kenyon.

2010 (Junior): Played in nine games during his junior campaign after being converted from a quarterback to a wide receiver ... picked up 319 receiving yards, including a 75-yard performance in a win over Hiram (Sept. 18) which featured a spectacular leaping touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter to send the game into overtime ... caught four touchdowns for the season, two of which came against Wooster on Oct. 2.

2009 (Sophomore): Started in three games before an injury shortened his season ... threw for 335 yards and two scores ... completed 9-of-18 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns and rushed six times for 30 yards against Kalamazoo on Sept. 5.

2008 (Freshman): Played his first career game against Kenyon on Nov. 8.

Personal: Economics and communication double major ... son of Derrick and Kristi Layer ... brother, Cam, is a freshman on the Big Red football team ... is involved with the campus radio station, WDUB 91.1 and student newspaper, The Denisonian.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2010Junior

    WR
    6'3" 206 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2011Senior

    WR
    6'2" 200 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2012Senior

    WR
    6'2" 190 lbs
    10
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