Mac Hippenhammer

WR · Sr. · Miami (OH)5′11″ · 190 lb · Fort Wayne, IN · Snider

Mac Hippenhammer: WR · Miami (OH).

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Mac Hippenhammer

WR · Miami (OH) · Sr

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: James Franklin and Chuck Martin. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-MAC again in 2022. On tape: 107 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Ohio, Week 11, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

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Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Miami (OH)	54	769	14.2	9	58
2021	Miami (OH)	48	786	16.4	5	63
2020	Miami (OH)	5	77	15.4	0	23
2019	Penn State	1	15	15.0	0	15
2018	Penn State	6	103	17.2	1	44
Career		114	1,750	15.4	15	63

Season	Team
2022	Miami (OH)	--
2021	Miami (OH)	--
2020	Miami (OH)	--
2019	Penn State	13
2018	Penn State	--
Career		13

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-37@ No. 20 Kentucky	7	85	12.1	0	24
Wk 2	W 31-14vs Robert Morris	4	52	13.0	2	22	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 17-38vs Cincinnati	4	62	15.5	1	36
Wk 4	W 17-14@ Northwestern	2	20	10.0	1	12
Wk 5	L 20-24@ Buffalo	4	90	22.5	0	44
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Kent State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 7	L 13-17@ Bowling Green	2	14	7.0	0	11
Wk 8	L 10-16vs Western Michigan	5	32	6.4	0	16
Wk 9	W 27-9@ Akron	4	84	21.0	0	58
Wk 11	L 21-37vs Ohio	8	107	13.4	3	37	Season-high 107 yds
Wk 12	W 29-23@ Northern Illinois	5	105	21.0	1	47
Wk 13	W 18-17vs Ball State	6	70	11.7	0	18
Bowl	L 20-24vs UAB	2	43	21.5	1	33
Total		54	769	14.2	9	58

Signature game

Week 11 · 2022

L 21-37

vs Ohio

8 rec · 107 yds · 3 TD

With B. Gabbert — 244 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 41.1 · D. Dzioban — 43 yards per punt · 4 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +5.48Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 47 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 9 · Akron · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 58 yds to the Akron 17 for a
Week 11 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 37 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 3 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.01A.Smith pass complete to CIN 36. Catch made by M.Hippenhammer at CIN 36. Gain of 36 yards. M.Hippenhammer for 36 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 4 · Northwestern · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 12 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 1 · UAB · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 33 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson PAT BLOCKED)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Robert Morris · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Smith to Hippenhammer: an 18-yard touchdown pass.
Week 13 · Ball State · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.78A.Smith pass complete to MOH 50. Catch made by M.Hippenhammer at MOH 50. Gain of 14 yards. Tackled by BALL at MOH 50.
Week 11 · Ohio · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 11 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 1 · UAB · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 10 yds to the UAB 45 for a

Teams and coaches

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Miami (OH)2-1HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Miami (OH)7-6HC: Chuck Martin · Balanced

2022Miami (OH)6-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 69 (#84 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

69Quality starter #84 of 488 · 2022?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: td rate (95th percentile). Strength: rec tds (95th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#34 / 636 · 95th pct

14.5%

EPA / target#196 / 636 · 69th pct

0.83

Yards / catch#198 / 636 · 69th pct

13.7

Explosive rate#217 / 636 · 66th pct

16.4%

Catch rate#433 / 636 · 32nd pct

72.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#19 / 550 · 95th pct

Rec yards#85 / 550 · 85th pct

769

Receptions#101 / 550 · 82nd pct

Long catch#174 / 550 · 67th pct

Yards / catch#200 / 550 · 63rd pct

14.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

27th → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

38th → 66th percentile

Catch rate

4th → 32nd percentile

TD rate

57th → 95th percentile

Yards / catch

83rd → 69th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	53.2	9.9	1.0
Road6g	4.0	66.3	15.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.2	46.4	13.3	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	79.6	14.7	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Chuck Martin

Pass share

41.9%

337 pass / 468 run

Plays / game

61.9

13 games

Team sack rate

8.5%

318 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

69 · #84 of 488 WRs · 2022

Three-star recruit. Now #84 at the position.

Mac Hippenhammer

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Awards

All-Conference

Five seasons, two schools

2017

2021 12 games

2022 13 games