Player Dossier

2006-2007

Illinois

Kyle Yelton

P • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Chesterton, IN, USA

Impact contributor

Kyle Yelton shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Kyle Yelton built his college career from 2006 through 2007 as a punter from Chesterton, IN wearing No. 37, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Kyle Yelton's career was his field-position work: 51 punts...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.7989

Chesterton Senior · Chesterton, IN

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Kyle Yelton, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Illinois. Kyle Yelton shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Kyle Yelton quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 13 games
Best season
2006 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Chesterton Senior · Illinois
High school pipeline
Chesterton Senior · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 37 · Class 2007

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2006 Regular SeasonIllinois1200100
2007 Regular SeasonIllinois100100

Related Context

Kyle Yelton is listed as a P for Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2007 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2007 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Missouri

Best efficiency game

— vs Missouri

Result
Sat 9/1vs MissouriL 34-40

Player Story

Kyle Yelton story

Kyle Yelton built his college career from 2006 through 2007 as a punter from Chesterton, IN wearing No. 37, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Kyle Yelton's career was his field-position work: 51 punts and 1,876 punting yards across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Kyle Yelton 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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    Illinois

    2006-2007

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20062007
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2007 Regular SeasonIllinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northwestern

Week 12 · L 16-27 · Conference game

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 11 · L 31-42 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Ohio State

Week 10 · L 10-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Wisconsin

Week 9 · L 24-30 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Penn State

Week 8 · L 12-26 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2006 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2007 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games