#26

Evan Hull

Former running back at Northwestern. 2022: 913 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 55 catches.

RB · Northwestern · Jr. · #26

5′11″ · 210 lb · Maple Grove, MN

CFB Index 67 · #47 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceIndianapolis — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 42, #176 overall

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1237 nationally · Signed with Maple Grove

Statement game14 rec · 213 yds · 1 TDvs Duke (FBS) · L 23-31

Top 0.1% catches game since 2021.

EVAN HULLr/CFB game thread · ▲ 9His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Northwestern. 2022: 913 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 55 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maple Grove in 2019.
Drafted round 5 by the Indianapolis in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northwestern, 2,412 rushing yards — drafted at #176 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 119 yds at Maryland.Maryland · L 24-312022

20193 games

Recruited3-star out of Maple Grove

2023

Drafted by Indianapolisround 5, pick 176

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1237 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #176

Indianapolis · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

#176Rd 5 · Pick 42

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 14-31 over that span.

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #47 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: receptions (100th percentile). Concern: epa / carry (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#224 / 398 · 43rd pct

6.2%

Success rate#331 / 398 · 17th pct

38.4%

Yards / carry#332 / 398 · 17th pct

4.3

TD rate#340 / 398 · 15th pct

1.8%

EPA / carry#361 / 398 · 9th pct

-0.05

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 338 · 100th pct

546

Receptions#1 / 338 · 100th pct

Carries#23 / 346 · 93rd pct

221

Rush yards#54 / 346 · 85th pct

913

Rush TDs#137 / 346 · 55th pct

Long run#266 / 346 · 22nd pct

Yards / carry#282 / 346 · 17th pct

4.1

Fumbles lost#195 / 244 · 13th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

39th → 9th percentile

Success rate

8th → 17th percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 43rd percentile

Yards / carry

54th → 17th percentile

TD rate

39th → 15th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	79.7	3.6	0.6
Road5g	71.0	4.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	71.3	3.8	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	80.8	4.1	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #47 of 317 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #47 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Northwestern	221	913	4.1	5	--
2021	Northwestern	196	1,009	5.1	7	--
2020	Northwestern	25	209	8.4	2	--
2019	Northwestern	45	281	6.2	4	--
Career		487	2,412	5.0	18	--

Season	Team
2022	Northwestern	55	546	9.9	2	--
2021	Northwestern	33	264	8.0	2	--
2020	Northwestern	6	41	6.8	0	--
2019	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		94	851	9.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 31–28

vs Nebraska

119 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Nebraska at home in a shootout.

With R. Hilinski — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · L. Akers — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Southern Illinois · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.59Evan Hull run for 4 yds to the SoIll 29 Evan Hull fumbled, recovered by SoIll Chris Harris Jr.
Week 11 · Minnesota · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -3.83Evan Hull run for a loss of 2 yards to the Minn 18
Week 11 · Minnesota · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Carl Richardson pass complete to Evan Hull for 31 yds to the Minn 44 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Penn State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Evan Hull run for 29 yds to the PnSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Wisconsin · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.17Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Evan Hull for 45 yds to the Wisc 13 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Minnesota · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Evan Hull run for 23 yds to the Minn 49 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Illinois · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.86Jack Lausch pass complete to Evan Hull for 27 yds to the Illin 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Evan Hull for 24 yds to the Neb 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Penn State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.79Ryan Hilinski pass complete to Evan Hull for 18 yds to the PnSt 47 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Maryland · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Brendan Sullivan pass complete to Evan Hull for 10 yds for a TD, (Adam Stage KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-28vs Nebraska	22	119	5.4	1	21
Wk 2	L 23-31vs Duke	17	65	3.8	1	12
Wk 3	L 24-31vs Southern Illinois	25	124	5.0	1	18	Season-high 124 yds
Wk 4	L 14-17vs Miami (OH)	21	62	3.0	0	7
Wk 5	L 7-17@ Penn State	11	45	4.1	0	29
Wk 6	L 7-42vs Wisconsin	9	13	1.4	0	6
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Maryland	20	119	6.0	0	17
Wk 9	L 13-33@ Iowa	11	32	2.9	0	10
Wk 10	L 7-21vs Ohio State	30	122	4.1	1	17
Wk 11	L 3-31@ Minnesota	13	54	4.2	0	23
Wk 12	L 9-17@ Purdue	22	105	4.8	1	19
Wk 13	L 3-41vs Illinois	20	53	2.7	0	17
Total		221	913	3.9	5	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology