2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 26
Evan Hull
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Maple Grove, Minnesota
- High School:
- Maple Grove
Bio
2022 Redshirt Junior:
- Rushed 22 times for 119 yards and a touchdown, while hauling in five receptions for 55 yards to help beat Nebraska (8/27)
- Shattered career-highs with 14 catches for 213 receiving yards, along with 17 rushes for 65 yards and two total TDs in a career-day against Duke (9/10)
- 213 receiving yards against Duke were second most ever by a Wildcat at Ryan Field (3rd most yards in a single game for NU all-time) and 14 catches were most ever by an NU player at Ryan Field (t-4th for NU all time)
- Became the first Big Ten player with 200+ receiving yards and 50+ rushing yards in the same game since at least 2000
- Posted 124 rushing yards and a TD on 24 carries, along with eight catches for 33 yards against Southern Illinois (9/17)
- Ran for 119 yards on a season-best 6.0 yards per carry to go along with a receiving TD against Maryland (10/22)
- Recorded 122 rushing yards and 1 TD against Ohio State (his most rushing yards against a Big Ten opponent in 2022) (11/5)
- Notched 105 rushing yards and 1 TD against Purdue (11/19)
- Finished the season with 913 rushing yards and a career-best 546 receiving yards
- Only the 16th player since 2000 to average over 75 rushing yards and 45 receiving yards a game over an entire season, most recently done by Travis Etienne and Saquon Barkley
- Hull led all FBS running backs with 54 receptions and was second amongst all Big Ten receivers with 483 yards after the catch this season
- 2022 Big Ten Honorable Mention
2021 Redshirt Sophomore:
- All-Big Ten honorable mention by coaches and media
- Finished the season sixth in the Big Ten in rushing yards (1,009) and eighth in rushing touchdowns (7)
- Led the team in all-purpose yards (1,276) and averaged over 100 all-purpose yards per game
- Appeared in all 12 games and made 11 starts
- Recorded 110 all-purpose yards on 12 touches, including a 49-yard rush against Michigan State (9/3)
- Rushed 22 times for 126 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Indiana State (9/11)
- Rushed 22 times for 216 yards and two touchdowns, including a 90-yard touchdown run against Ohio, the fifth game in the Pat Fitzgerald era (2006-present) with a 200+ yard rusher (9/25)
- Handled a career-high 25 carries in a win over Rutgers (10/16)
- Ripped-off a 75-yard touchdown run, his second 75+ yard run of the season and the season’s longest rush in Big Ten play, against Michigan (10/23)
- Rushed for 107 yards and hauled in a receiving touchdown against Minnesota (10/30)
- Set a season-high with 89 receiving yards against Iowa (11/6) and caught a touchdown
- Compiled 129 total yards against Purdue (11/20), including 96 yards and a score on the ground
- Finished the season with a 101-yard performance against Illinois (11/27) to break 1,000 yards
2020 Redshirt First-Year:
- Scored on a 30-yard rushing touchdown in the 43-3 victory over Maryland (10/24)
- Has five rushing scores in five career games played, four of which have come from at least 30 yards
- Brought in first two receptions of his career vs. Nebraska (11/7), totaling 27 yards
- Rushed for a season-high 149 yards vs. Illinois (12/12)
- Recorded a career-long 50-yard rush against the Illini while scoring his fifth touchdown of 30 yards or more in his career in just two seasons
2019 First-Year:
- Ran for 286 yards over four games, with a rushing average of 71.5 yards per game
- Dominated against UMass, with 24 carries for 220 yards and four touchdowns, the most rushing touchdowns scored by any Northwestern player in a single game this season (11/16)
High School:
- Three-star prospect verbally committed to Northwestern on Jan. 25, 2019
- No. 6 player in the state of Minnesota (247sports)
- Named Team Captain in his senior season, amassing 1,915 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns
- Named to the Star Tribune All-Metro Team, All-Conference and AP All State as a senior
- Ran for 2,177 yards and scored 19 touchdowns as a junior
- Scored 10 touchdowns and averaged 226 yards in Maple Grove's four state-tournament games in 2017
- Set Maple Grove career rushing record with 4,140 total yards
- Two-time Minnesota Associated Press All-State First Team selection
- Four-time letterwinner in wrestling
- Participated in the Minnesota Vikings All-Star Game
- Chose Northwestern over Air Force and Kansas State