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Player Dossier
2024-2025Northwestern
Hayden Eligon Ii
WR • 6'4" • 210 lbs • Lakewood, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Hayden Eligon Ii reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Hayden Eligon Ii built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lakewood, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Hayden Eligon Ii's career was his receiving...
Read the storyHayden Eligon Ii, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern. Hayden Eligon Ii reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 604
- Receptions
- 41
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Hayden Eligon Ii quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 604
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Northwestern
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Latest roster
- No. 80 · Sophomore
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 521 receiving yards · WR 203rd (top 19%) · Big Ten 31st (top 11%) · National 216th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 51.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 12 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 69.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 34 | 476 | 3 | 69.3 |
Related Context
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Hayden Eligon Ii played WR for Northwestern. Across 2 tracked seasons, Hayden Eligon Ii recorded 604 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Northwestern paired 521 primary output with 71.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 71.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
43.4
Efficiency
71.9
Usage
17.4
Consistency
47.3
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 45. Western Illinois: 17. Oregon: 7. UCLA: 4. UL Monroe: 80. Penn State: 7. Purdue: 43. Nebraska: 48. USC: 18. Michigan: 26. Minnesota: 127. Illinois: 99
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. Central Michigan: 3 by 100. Western Illinois: 2 by 56.7. Oregon: 1 by 46.7. UCLA: 1 by 26.7. UL Monroe: 3 by 100. Penn State: 2 by 23.3. Purdue: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 4 by 80. USC: 2 by 60. Michigan: 2 by 86.7. Minnesota: 7 by 100. Illinois: 8 by 82.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46.1 · Games = 7 · +6.5 vs Losses
Losses39.6 · Games = 5 · -6.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
100 vs Central Michigan
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | vs Central Michigan | W 34-7 | — | 3 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| Sun 11/30 | @ IllinoisHigh volume | L 13-20 | — | 8 | 99 | 12.4 | 12.40 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Minnesota100 receiving yards | W 38-35 | — | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 0 | 38 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Michigan | L 22-24 | — | 2 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ USC | L 17-38 | — | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Nebraska | L 21-28 | — | 4 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Purdue | W 19-0 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Penn State | W 22-21 | — | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs UL Monroe | W 42-7 | — | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 26.70 | 1 | 37 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UCLA | W 17-14 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Oregon | L 14-34 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Western Illinois | W 42-7 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 1 | 12 |
Player Story
Hayden Eligon Ii story
Hayden Eligon Ii built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Lakewood, CA wearing No. 80, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Hayden Eligon Ii's career was his receiving role: 41 catches, 604 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Northwestern. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Hayden Eligon Ii 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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Northwestern
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 83 | 93.3 | 5.9 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 521 | 71.9 | 17.4 | 438 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 521 | 71.9 | 17.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 70 Minnesota
Week 13 · W 38-35 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
127
Receiving Yards
97.8 takeover
127 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 14 · L 13-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
99
Receiving Yards
86.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
99 receiving yards with a 82.5 efficiency score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 14 · L 28-38 · Conference game
35
Receiving Yards
73.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 10 · W 26-20 · Conference game
36
Receiving Yards
71.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
36 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 6 · W 42-7
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Receiving Yards
70.2 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Northwestern
521 primary output · 71.9 efficiency · 17.4 usage
69.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Northwestern
69.3
521 primary · 71.9 efficiency · 17.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Northwestern
51.1
83 primary · 93.3 efficiency · 5.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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