Player Dossier

2009-2013

Illinois

Steve Hull

WR • 6'2" • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Steve Hull reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

81

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Steve Hull built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Steve Hull's career was his receiving role: 59...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8567

Sycamore · Sycamore, OH

Committed To
Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Steve Hull, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Illinois. Steve Hull reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
993
Receptions
59
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Steve Hull quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · WR
Career Receiving Yards
993
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Sycamore · Illinois
High school pipeline
Sycamore · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2013
2013 Receiving yards rank
993 receiving yards · WR 43rd (top 5%) · Big Ten 5th (top 3%) · National 44th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonIllinois0-00-
2010 Regular SeasonIllinois0-00-
2011 Regular SeasonIllinois1-00100
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois2-00100
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois959993783.2

Related Context

Steve Hull played WR for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Steve Hull recorded -19 rushing yards, 993 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 92.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2013 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

9

Receiving Yards / G

110.3

Efficiency

92.5

Usage

22.2

Consistency

66.4

Best Game by takeover score

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 64. Cincinnati: 53. Miami (OH): 59. Wisconsin: 105. Penn State: 59. Indiana: 224. Ohio State: 105. Purdue: 169. Northwestern: 155

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Illinois: 2 by 100. Cincinnati: 3 by 100. Miami (OH): 2 by 100. Wisconsin: 6 by 100. Penn State: 6 by 65.6. Indiana: 9 by 100. Ohio State: 8 by 87.5. Purdue: 10 by 100. Northwestern: 13 by 79.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins86.3 · Games = 4 · -43.3 vs Losses
Losses129.6 · Games = 5 · +43.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Indiana

Best efficiency game

100 vs Purdue

Result
Sat 11/30vs Northwestern100 receiving yards · High volumeL 34-371315511.911.90143
Sat 11/23@ Purdue100 receiving yards · High volumeW 20-161016913.616.90242
Sat 11/16vs Ohio State100 receiving yards · High volumeL 35-60810513.113.10119
Sat 11/9@ Indiana100 receiving yards · High volumeL 35-52922424.924.90260
Sat 11/2@ Penn StateL 17-246599.89.80024
Sun 10/20vs Wisconsin100 receiving yardsL 32-56610517.517.50051
Sat 9/28vs Miami (OH)W 50-1425929.529.50030
Sat 9/7vs CincinnatiW 45-1735317.717.70123
Sat 8/31vs Southern IllinoisW 42-342643232055

Player Story

Steve Hull story

Steve Hull built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 9, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Steve Hull's career was his receiving role: 59 catches, 993 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Steve Hull's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20092010201120122013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2010 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2011 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2012 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2013 Regular SeasonIllinois99392.522.2993

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 11 · L 35-52 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

224

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

224 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 13 · W 20-16 · Conference game

169

Receiving Yards

91.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

169 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 14 · L 34-37 · Conference game

155

Receiving Yards

82.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

155 receiving yards with a 79.5 efficiency score.

#4

vs Wisconsin

Week 8 · L 32-56 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Ohio State

Week 12 · L 35-60 · Conference game

105

Receiving Yards

71.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

105 receiving yards with a 87.5 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2012 Regular Season · Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Illinois

83.2

993 primary · 92.5 efficiency · 22.2 usage

Milestones

5

100+ receiving yards

4

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games