Player Dossier

2005-2009

Western Michigan

Tim Hiller

QB • 6'5" • Orrville, OH, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Tim Hiller is a balanced quarterback profile with 12 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

63

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Tim Hiller built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a quarterback from Orrville, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Tim Hiller's career was his passing role: 11,329...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2003 · Rating 0.7667

Brophy College Preparatory · Phoenix, AZ

Committed To
Wyoming
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2003

Tim Hiller, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Western Michigan. Tim Hiller is a balanced quarterback profile with 12 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
11,220
Passing yards
11,329
Touchdowns
103

Quick Answers

Tim Hiller quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · QB
Career Total Offense
11,220
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2008 Postseason · Western Michigan
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
2-star · Brophy College Preparatory · Wyoming
High school pipeline
Brophy College Preparatory · 33 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2009
2009 Total offense rank
3,148 total offense · QB 28th (top 11%) · Mid-American 3rd (top 3%) · National 28th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2005 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan71,3931,334592150
2006 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00000-
2007 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan122,9523,021-692259.6
2008 PostseasonWestern Michigan131981980267.7
2008 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan133,5293,52723567.7
2009 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan123,1483,249-1012361.2

Related Context

Tim Hiller played QB for Western Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tim Hiller recorded 11,329 passing yards, -109 rushing yards, and -5 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason

Western Michigan paired 3,727 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2005 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 63.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 296 yards of offense and 72 efficiency. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2005 Regular Season · Western Michigan

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

199

Efficiency

63.1

Usage

12.6

Consistency

71.7

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 29. Ball State: 301. Bowling Green: 296. Kent State: 272. Eastern Michigan: 241. Central Michigan: 232. Northern Illinois: 22

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Buffalo: 8 by 46.5. Ball State: 36 by 63.6. Bowling Green: 35 by 72. Kent State: 33 by 68.4. Eastern Michigan: 39 by 59.9. Central Michigan: 34 by 56. Northern Illinois: 3 by 75

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins214 · Games = 5 · +52.5 vs Losses
Losses161.5 · Games = 2 · -52.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

75 vs Northern Illinois

Result
Wed 11/23@ Northern IllinoisL 7-42121250.0007511010010
Sat 11/12vs Central Michigan3+ TDW 31-24162923955.240565-7-1.4005
Sat 11/5@ Eastern Michigan3+ TDW 44-36233124374.24059.98-2-0.30010
Sat 10/29vs Kent StateW 44-14192924665.52268.44266.50013
Sat 10/22@ Bowling Green3+ TDW 45-14162525864.0307210383.80011
Sat 10/8vs Ball State300-yard game · 3+ TDL 57-60202730874.15163.69-7-0.8017
Sat 10/1vs BuffaloW 31-21372842.92046.511101

Player Story

Tim Hiller story

Tim Hiller built his college career from 2005 through 2009 as a quarterback from Orrville, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Tim Hiller's career was his passing role: 11,329 passing yards, 99 touchdown passes, and 1,607 attempts across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Western Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Tim Hiller moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Western Michigan

    2005-2009

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200520062007200820082009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2005 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1,39363.112.6
2006 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0-1,393
2007 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan2,95254.911.42,952
2008 PostseasonWestern Michigan3,72760.213.9775
2008 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan3,72760.213.90
2009 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan3,1485312-579

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Bowling Green

Week 8 · W 45-14 · Conference game

Win with 296 yards of offense and 72 efficiency.

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Total Offense

72.2 takeover

296 total offense with 72 efficiency.

#2

vs Indiana

Week 2 · L 27-37

319

Total Offense

70.3 takeover

Loss with 319 yards of offense and 50.8 efficiency.

319 total offense with 50.8 efficiency.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 6 · W 41-20 · Conference game

398

Total Offense

69.9 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

398 total offense with 83.1 efficiency.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 6 · L 57-60 · Conference game

301

Total Offense

66.7 takeover

Loss with 301 yards of offense and 63.6 efficiency.

301 total offense with 63.6 efficiency.

#5

@ Central Michigan

Week 8 · L 28-38 · Conference game

466

Total Offense

66.7 takeover

Loss with 466 yards of offense and 61.4 efficiency.

466 total offense with 61.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Postseason · Western Michigan

3,727 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 13.9 usage

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#2

2008 Regular Season · Western Michigan

67.7

3,727 primary · 60.2 efficiency · 13.9 usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Western Michigan

61.2

3,148 primary · 53 efficiency · 12 usage

Milestones

24

250+ passing yards

15

300+ total offense

18

3+ TD games

17

Above avg efficiency