#23

Jon Hilliman

Senior running back for Rutgers. 2018: 337 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 12 catches.

RB · Rutgers · Sr. · #23

6′0″ · 225 lb · Plainfield, NJ

Rutgers 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 400 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Rutgers. 2018: 337 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 12 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rutgers, 2,575 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 122 yds vs Notre Dame.Notre Dame · L 20-492017

201413 games

Signed with Boston College3-star out of St. Peter's Prep

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#400 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

2 coaches

2014–2015

Kyle Flood

Rutgers

2016–2018

Chris Ash

Rutgers

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Kyle Flood → Chris Ash. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2015Boston College3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2017Boston College7-6HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018Rutgers1-11HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / carry (13th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#110 / 339 · 63rd pct

Receptions#128 / 326 · 59th pct

Rec yards#137 / 326 · 58th pct

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Carries#198 / 339 · 41st pct

Rush yards#250 / 339 · 26th pct

337

Long run#248 / 339 · 26th pct

Yards / carry#295 / 339 · 13th pct

4.1

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	39.0	4.2	0.7
Road5g	20.6	3.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	41.6	4.2	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	11.5	2.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Rutgers	83	337	4.1	6	--
2017	Boston College	167	638	3.8	5	--
2016	Boston College	184	542	2.9	6	--
2015	Boston College	51	198	3.9	2	--
2014	Boston College	210	860	4.1	13	--
Career		695	2,575	3.7	32	--

Season	Team
2018	Rutgers	12	92	7.7	0	--
2017	Boston College	24	155	6.5	2	--
2016	Boston College	1	2	2.0	0	--
2015	Boston College	3	33	11.0	0	--
2014	Boston College	1	5	5.0	0	--
Career		41	287	7.0	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 35–7

vs Texas State

60 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Texas State.

With R. Blackshear — 62 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · A. Sitkowski — 205 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · -9 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Texas State	15	60	4.0	2	15
Wk 2	L 3-52@ Ohio State	7	30	4.3	0	11
Wk 3	L 14-55@ Kansas	11	44	4.0	1	9
Wk 4	L 13-42vs Buffalo	10	36	3.6	0	12
Wk 5	L 17-24vs Indiana	9	29	3.2	1	9
Wk 6	L 17-38vs Illinois	10	76	7.6	1	32	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 7	L 7-34@ Maryland	6	16	2.7	0	7
Wk 10	L 17-31@ Wisconsin	4	8	2.0	1	3
Wk 11	L 7-42vs Michigan	4	4	1.0	0	4
Wk 12	L 7-20vs Penn State	5	29	5.8	0	23
Wk 13	L 10-14@ Michigan State	2	5	2.5	0	4
Total		83	337	3.7	6	32

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