Mike McHugh

Wide receiver for Northwestern. 2015: 16 catches, 160 receiving yards.

WR · Northwestern · #6

6′3″ · Kirkwood, MO

Northwestern 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1711 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2015: 16 catches, 160 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Northwestern, 275 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Kirkwood

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1711 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 15-10 over that span.

2014Northwestern5-7HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (5th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#411 / 521 · 21st pct

Receptions#440 / 521 · 14th pct

Yards / catch#447 / 521 · 14th pct

10.0

Rec yards#478 / 521 · 8th pct

160

Rec TDs#466 / 521 · 5th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	1.4	17.7	12.2	0.0
Road4g	1.5	9.0	7.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.4	13.9	9.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	15.8	12.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Northwestern	16	160	10.0	--
2014	Northwestern	9	115	12.8	--
Career		25	275	11.0	--

Season	Team
2015	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Northwestern	--	--	3	-3	--
Career		--	--	3	-3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2015

W 16–6

vs Stanford

1 rec · 1 yds

With C. Thorson — 105 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.0 · 68 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · H. Niswander — 38 AVG · 45 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 16-6vs Stanford	1	1	1.0	1
Wk 2	W 41-0vs Eastern Illinois	2	17	8.5	15
Wk 3	W 19-10@ Duke	1	4	4.0	4
Wk 4	W 24-19vs Ball State	1	21	21.0	21
Wk 5	W 27-0vs Minnesota	1	11	11.0	11
Wk 6	L 0-38@ Michigan	2	0	0.0	2
Wk 7	L 10-40vs Iowa	2	43	21.5	34	Season-high 43 yds
Wk 8	W 30-28@ Nebraska	1	22	22.0	22
Wk 10	W 23-21vs Penn State	1	14	14.0	14
Wk 11	W 21-14vs Purdue	2	17	8.5	13
Wk 12	W 13-7@ Wisconsin	2	10	5.0	6
Total		16	160	10.6	34

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