Player Career

Kyle Yelton Career Story

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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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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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

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games