Receiver, Illinois, 2012–16
Justin Hardee
- Number
- No. 19
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Cleveland, OH
- Born
- Feb 7, 1994, in Cleveland, Ohio
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Justin Hardee played receiver at Illinois (2012–16).
Career highs
9catches, career highat Northwestern, 2016125receiving yards, career highat Northwestern, 2016Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013N | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| On file | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Illinois | 19 | WR | |
| 2013 | Illinois | 19 | WR | |
| 2014 | Illinois | 19 | WR | |
| 2015 | Illinois | 19 | WR | |
| 2016 | Illinois | 19 | WR | 6′1″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Illinois | 11 | 0.76 | – | – | 8.4 | – |
| 2014 | Illinois | 28 | 0.72 | – | – | 20.1 | 5% |
| 2016 | Illinois | 40 | 0.27 | 12th (n=489) | 0.52 | 10.9 | 7% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2016 Illinois 10 games, 25 catches, 314 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Murray State | W 52–3 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. North Carolina | L 23–48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Western Michigan | L 10–34 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 1 | at Nebraska | L 16–31 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 15 | at Rutgers | W 24–7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. Minnesota | L 17–40 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. Michigan State | W 31–27 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Nov 12 | at Wisconsin | L 3–48 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 35 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. Iowa | L 0–28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Nov 26 | at Northwestern | L 21–42 | 9 | 125 | 0 | 37 | 12 |
2014 Illinois 8 games, 19 catches, 240 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Youngstown State | W 28–17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 42–34 | 6 | 110 | 1 | 62 | – |
| Sep 13 | at Washington | L 19–44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. Texas State | W 42–35 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. Purdue | L 27–38 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Nov 1 | at Ohio State | L 14–55 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Nov 15 | vs.Iowa | L 14–30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Louisiana Tech | L 18–35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
2013 Illinois 6 games, 11 catches, 95 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Southern Illinois | W 42–34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Sep 7 | vs. Cincinnati | W 45–17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 50–14 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs.Wisconsin | L 32–56 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 16 | vs.Ohio State | L 35–60 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Nov 30 | vs.Northwestern | L 34–37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
2012 Illinois 6 games, 17 catches, 192 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | at Arizona State | L 14–45 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 44–0 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 48 | – |
| Sep 22 | vs.Louisiana Tech | L 24–52 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. Penn State | L 7–35 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. Indiana | L 17–31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs.Purdue | L 17–20 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 9 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅝″ |
| Weight | 197 lb |
| Arm length | 32¼″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.36 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.50 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′9″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.28 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.26 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowl: 2022
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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