Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Northwestern
Mike McHugh
WR • 6'3" • Kirkwood, MO, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Mike McHugh reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Mike McHugh built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Kirkwood, MO wearing No. 6, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Mike McHugh's career was his receiving role: 25...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Mike McHugh, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern. Mike McHugh reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 275
- Receptions
- 25
Quick Answers
Mike McHugh quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 275
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Kirkwood · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Kirkwood · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2015
- 2015 Receiving yards rank
- 160 receiving yards · WR 496th (top 52%) · Big Ten 70th (top 32%) · National 696th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 9 | 115 | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 16 | 160 | 0 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Mike McHugh played WR for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mike McHugh recorded 275 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 160 primary output with 58.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 58.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
14.5
Efficiency
58.8
Usage
11.6
Consistency
57.2
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 1. Eastern Illinois: 17. Duke: 4. Ball State: 21. Minnesota: 11. Michigan: 0. Iowa: 43. Nebraska: 22. Penn State: 14. Purdue: 17. Wisconsin: 10
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. Stanford: 1 by 6.7. Eastern Illinois: 2 by 56.7. Duke: 1 by 26.7. Ball State: 1 by 100. Minnesota: 1 by 73.3. Michigan: 2 by 0. Iowa: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 1 by 100. Penn State: 1 by 93.3. Purdue: 2 by 56.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13 · Games = 9 · -8.5 vs Losses
Losses21.5 · Games = 2 · +8.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Iowa
Best efficiency game
100 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/21 | @ Wisconsin | W 13-7 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Purdue | W 21-14 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Penn State | W 23-21 | — | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Nebraska | W 30-28 | — | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs Iowa | L 10-40 | — | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Michigan | L 0-38 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Minnesota | W 27-0 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 9/27 | vs Ball State | W 24-19 | — | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Duke | W 19-10 | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 41-0 | — | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/5 | vs Stanford | W 16-6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Player Story
Mike McHugh story
Mike McHugh built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a wide receiver from Kirkwood, MO wearing No. 6, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Mike McHugh's career was his receiving role: 25 catches and 275 receiving yards across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Mike McHugh's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 115 | 72.5 | 7.6 | 115 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 160 | 58.8 | 11.6 | 45 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa
Week 7 · L 10-40 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
43
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
43 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 14 · L 33-47 · Conference game
37
Receiving Yards
72.5 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
37 receiving yards with a 61.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 10 · L 7-48 · Conference game
24
Receiving Yards
67.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
24 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Penn State
Week 5 · W 29-6 · Conference game
28
Receiving Yards
63.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 8 · W 30-28 · Conference game
22
Receiving Yards
59 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
22 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Northwestern
160 primary output · 58.8 efficiency · 11.6 usage
63.7
#2
2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
53.7
115 primary · 72.5 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Northwestern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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