#26

Dontrell Hilliard

Running back for Tulane. 2017: 1,091 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 8 catches.

RB · Tulane · #26

6′0″ · 205 lb · Baton Rouge, LA

Tulane 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1740 nationally · Signed with Tulane

Statement game19 car · 175 yds · 4 TDvs Tulsa (FBS) · W 62-28

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for Tulane. 2017: 1,091 rushing yards, 12 rushing TD, 8 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulane, 2,948 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201412 games

Signed with Tulane3-star out of Scotlandville Magnet

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1740 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2015

Curtis Johnson

Tulane

2016–2017

Willie Fritz

Tulane

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Curtis Johnson → Willie Fritz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Tulane3-9HC: Curtis Johnson · Balanced

2015Tulane3-9HC: Curtis Johnson · Balanced

2016Tulane4-8HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (94th percentile). Strength: carries (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#18 / 328 · 94th pct

Carries#27 / 328 · 92nd pct

210

Rush yards#32 / 328 · 90th pct

1091

Long run#30 / 328 · 89th pct

Rec yards#113 / 315 · 64th pct

115

Yards / carry#133 / 328 · 58th pct

5.2

Receptions#179 / 315 · 40th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	88.5	5.2	1.0
Road6g	93.3	5.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	101	6.6	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	80.7	3.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tulane	210	1,091	5.2	12	--
2016	Tulane	135	759	5.6	9	--
2015	Tulane	115	646	5.6	6	--
2014	Tulane	97	452	4.7	3	--
Career		557	2,948	5.3	30	--

Season	Team
2017	Tulane	8	115	14.4	2	--
2016	Tulane	9	114	12.7	0	--
2015	Tulane	23	267	11.6	1	--
2014	Tulane	30	244	8.1	1	--
Career		70	740	10.6	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2017

W 20–17

vs Houston

52 rush yds (18 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Banks — 251 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.1 · 68 rush yds (16 car) · T. Encalade — 6 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-14vs Grambling	11	36	3.3	0	8
Wk 2	L 21-23@ Navy	15	68	4.5	1	17
Wk 3	L 14-56@ Oklahoma	19	104	5.5	1	34
Wk 4	W 21-17vs Army	14	134	9.6	1	75
Wk 6	W 62-28vs Tulsa	19	175	9.2	4	43	4 rushing TDs
Wk 7	L 10-23@ Florida International	12	90	7.5	1	30
Wk 8	L 28-34vs South Florida	24	94	3.9	1	16
Wk 9	L 26-56@ Memphis	19	67	3.5	0	15
Wk 10	L 16-17vs Cincinnati	18	40	2.2	0	8
Wk 11	W 31-24@ East Carolina	28	189	6.8	2	60	Season-high 189 yds
Wk 12	W 20-17vs Houston	18	52	2.9	0	12
Wk 13	L 38-41@ SMU	13	42	3.2	1	14
Total		210	1091	5.2	12	75

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