Running back, Wisconsin, 2005–⁠08

P.J. Hill

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Born: Jan 3, 1987, in East Elmhurst, New York

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P.J. Hill played running back at Wisconsin (2005–⁠08).

Best season: 1,569; Rushing yards, 2006 (Wisconsin, 12–⁠1)
Best game: 249 yards; Vs. Northwestern, week 6, 2006: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

249rushing yards, career highvs. Northwestern, 2006 4rushing touchdowns, career highvs. The Citadel, 2007

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,569

1,212

1,161

12–⁠1AP 79–⁠4AP 247–⁠6

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006	Wisconsin	311	1,569	5.0	15	60
2007	Wisconsin	233	1,212	5.2	14	72
2008	Wisconsin	226	1,161	5.1	13	46
Career		770	3,942	5.1	42	72

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006	Wisconsin	18	197	10.9	1	37
2007	Wisconsin	14	89	6.4	1	12
2008	Wisconsin	7	72	10.3	0	20
Career		39	358	9.2	2	37

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Wisconsin 13 games, 1,161 rushing yards, 13 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Akron	W 38–⁠17	26	210	2	46	–	–
Sep 6	vs.Marshall	W 51–⁠14	18	57	2	10	–	–
Sep 13	atFresno State	W 13–⁠10	26	112	0	14	–	–
Sep 27	atMichigan	L 25–⁠27	22	70	0	10	3	38
Oct 4	vs.Ohio State	L 17–⁠20	16	63	1	9	–	–
Oct 11	vs.Penn State	L 7–⁠48	15	58	0	15	–	–
Oct 18	atIowa	L 16–⁠38	8	34	0	11	–	–
Oct 25	vs.Illinois	W 27–⁠17	3	9	0	6	–	–
Nov 1	atMichigan State	L 24–⁠25	20	106	1	15	1	8
Nov 8	atIndiana	W 55–⁠20	19	126	3	19	1	15
Nov 15	vs.Minnesota	W 35–⁠32	24	117	2	38	2	11
Nov 22	vs.Cal Poly	W 36–⁠35	14	59	2	13	–	–
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Florida State	L 13–⁠42	15	140	0	46	–	–

2007 Wisconsin 11 games, 1,212 rushing yards, 14 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	vs.Washington State	W 42–⁠21	21	84	2	12	–	–
Sep 8	atUNLV	W 20–⁠13	30	147	0	20	2	10
Sep 15	vs.The Citadel	W 45–⁠31	25	168	4	40	2	20
Sep 22	vs.Iowa	W 17–⁠13	29	113	1	17	2	18
Sep 29	vs.Michigan State	W 37–⁠34	34	155	2	22	2	4
Oct 6	atIllinois	L 26–⁠31	21	83	1	30	3	22
Oct 13	atPenn State	L 7–⁠38	19	75	1	14	1	11
Oct 20	vs.Northern Illinois	W 44–⁠3	21	184	2	72	1	7
Oct 27	vs.Indiana	W 33–⁠3	12	57	1	14	1	−3
Nov 10	vs.Michigan	W 37–⁠21	5	14	0	8	–	–
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Tennessee	L 17–⁠21	16	132	0	50	–	–

2006 Wisconsin 13 games, 1,569 rushing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	vs.Bowling Green	W 35–⁠14	22	130	1	13	1	22
Sep 9	vs.Western Illinois	W 34–⁠10	22	101	3	22	2	10
Sep 16	vs.San Diego State	W 14–⁠0	26	184	1	53	3	8
Sep 23	atMichigan	L 13–⁠27	20	54	0	16	5	64
Sep 30	atIndiana	W 52–⁠17	23	129	3	25	1	37
Oct 7	vs.Northwestern	W 41–⁠9	35	249	1	60	1	14
Oct 14	vs.Minnesota	W 48–⁠12	25	164	2	28	–	–
Oct 21	atPurdue	W 24–⁠3	29	161	2	46	2	17
Oct 28	vs.Illinois	W 30–⁠24	12	50	0	9	–	–
Nov 4	vs.Penn State	W 13–⁠3	31	148	0	16	–	–
Nov 11	atIowa	W 24–⁠21	28	77	1	11	2	21
Nov 18	vs.Buffalo	W 35–⁠3	19	86	1	16	1	4
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Arkansas	W 17–⁠14	19	36	0	6	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2009	Combine or pro day 2009
Height	5′10¼″
Weight	222 lb
Arm length	32½″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash		4.63 s
10-yard split		1.59 s^W
Vertical jump		37″
Broad jump		10′2″
Bench press		16 reps
3-cone drill		7.09 s
20-yard shuttle		4.24 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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At a glance

Career highs

Honors

Rushing

Receiving

Game by game

Before the draft