Mac Hippenhammer

Senior wide receiver for Miami (OH). 2022: 54 catches, 769 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Miami (OH) · Sr.

5′11″ · 190 lb · Fort Wayne, IN

CFB Index 69 · #84 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMiami (OH) 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 582 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Miami (OH). 2022: 54 catches, 769 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Miami (OH), 1,750 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 170 yds vs Central Michigan.Central Michigan · W 28-172021

2017

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Snider

202112 games

All-MACthird

202213 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#582 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Chuck Martin

Miami (OH)

Played his entire career under Chuck Martin.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

69Quality starter #84 of 488?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.7	54.7	10.8	1.0
Road7g	3.7	63.0	16.4	0.4

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Chuck Martin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #84 of 488 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 31–14

vs Robert Morris

4 rec · 52 yds · 2 TD

With A. Smith — 155 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.3 · 38 rush yds (4 car) · D. Dzioban — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 66 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · Northern Illinois · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +5.48Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 47 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 9 · Akron · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 58 yds to the Akron 17 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 37 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 3 · Cincinnati · 1&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 · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 12 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 1 · UAB · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 33 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson PAT BLOCKED)
Week 2 · Robert Morris · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.89Mac Hippenhammer 18 Yd pass from Aveon Smith (Graham Nicholson Kick)
Week 13 · Ball State · 3&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 · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.71Brett Gabbert pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 11 yds for a TD, (Graham Nicholson KICK)
Week 1 · UAB · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Aveon Smith pass complete to Mac Hippenhammer for 10 yds to the UAB 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-37@ 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 20-24@ UAB	2	43	21.5	1	33
Total		54	769	13.9	9	58

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