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Ronnie Hillman with the Denver Broncos, 2013
With the Denver Broncos, 2013. Photo: Air National Guard photo/Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, San Diego State, 2009–⁠11

Ronnie Hillman

Number
No. 13
Height
5′10″
Hometown
La Habra, CA
Born
Sep 14, 1991

Ronnie Hillman played running back at San Diego State (2009–⁠11). The Denver Broncos took Hillman in round 3, No. 67 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Best season
1,711
Rushing yards, 2011 (San Diego State, 8–⁠5)
Best game
228 yards
Vs. Navy, bowl season 2010: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 67
Round 3, 2012 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)
228rushing yards, career hightwice; last vs. Navy, 20104rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Fresno State, 201181receiving yards, career highvs. Wyoming, 2011

Honors

All-America: AP third team 2011

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
9–⁠48–⁠5
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2010San Diego State2621,5325.81793
2011San Diego State3111,7115.51999
Career5733,2435.73699

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010San Diego State9687.6120
2011San Diego State2427011.3171
Career3333810.2271

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009San Diego State13RB
2010San Diego State13RB
2011San Diego State13RB5′10″

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.

Game by game

2011 San Diego State 13 games, 1,711 rushing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Cal PolyW 49–⁠212818922722
Sep 10atArmyW 23–⁠2017117220220
Sep 17vs.Washington StateW 42–⁠2432191459231
Sep 24atMichiganL 7–⁠2821109030215
Oct 8vs.TCUL 14–⁠272055020315
Oct 13atAir ForceW 41–⁠272717225726
Oct 29vs.WyomingL 27–⁠3025224299281
Nov 5vs.New MexicoW 35–⁠729141114238
Nov 12atColorado StateW 18–⁠15248001111
Nov 19vs.Boise StateL 35–⁠523806––
Nov 26atUNLVW 31–⁠1432192244212
Dec 3vs.Fresno StateW 35–⁠2829178468––
Dec 17 ✦vs.LouisianaL 30–⁠322455013449
2010 San Diego State 13 games, 1,532 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.NichollsW 47–⁠01565118––
Sep 11atNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠2122150444––
Sep 18atMissouriL 24–⁠272322829312
Sep 25vs.Utah StateW 41–⁠7238911514
Oct 9atBYUL 21–⁠241162038––
Oct 16vs.Air ForceW 27–⁠252419126518
Oct 23atNew MexicoW 30–⁠201864111––
Oct 30atWyomingW 48–⁠38214409––
Nov 6vs.Colorado StateW 24–⁠1931151126––
Nov 13atTCUL 35–⁠401354021––
Nov 20vs.UtahL 34–⁠381454113226
Nov 27vs.UNLVW 48–⁠1419152116212
Dec 23 ✦vs.NavyW 35–⁠1428228337216

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012
Height5′8¾″
Weight200 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.58 sW
Vertical jump37″
Bench press17 reps

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 55 games with a stat; latest team: San Diego Chargers.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2012Denver Broncos148533011062
2013Denver Broncos955218112119
2014Denver Broncos8106434321139
2015Denver Broncos16207863724111
2016San Diego Chargers8411310793
NFL career554941,9761274524

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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