#21

J.J. Hill

RBFreshman6' 0", 220 lbsTupelo, MS★★★ 2026 recruit · #966 nationally
Mississippi State Bulldogs4-4 · TDC #45
Snap share
10%
likely 6–24%
Rush yards
162
390th of 1519 in FBS
Yards / carry
8.1
Rush TD
2
266th of 683 in FBS
Receptions
0
EPA / play
+0.36
20 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

20 plays · +7.2 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.36
Rushing+0.36
1st down+0.39
2nd down+0.32
3rd down+0.39
Standard downs+0.42
Passing downs+0.12
HillRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays7%
Pass plays0%
Run plays15%
1st down7%
2nd down10%
3rd down3%
Standard downs8%
Passing downs4%
HillRB average

Charting

Where Hill's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction20 carries

Left
5%
19.0 YPC · 100% succ.
Middle
85%
7.9 YPC · 47% succ.
Right
10%
4.5 YPC · 50% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Game Log

J.J. Hill's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

5.8 avg. game scoreBest: 8.6 vs UL Monroe (Week 1)1 of 3 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1UL MonroeW 62–138.6711816.9257
2@MinnesotaW 38–13—no stats recorded
3@South CarolinaW 41–34—no stats recorded
4MissouriW 31–24—no stats recorded
5AlabamaL 23–56—362.004
7@LSUL 0–314.85234.6011
8OklahomaL 15–23—no stats recorded
9@TexasL 3–314.15153.006
2026 · 4 games5.8201628.1257

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries20—
Yards162390th / 1519
Yards / carry8.1—
Touchdowns2266th / 683
Long57—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · UL Monroe79~19 (13–25)724%
Wk 5 · Alabama70~12 (3–23)317%
Wk 7 · LSU68~11 (3–21)516%
Wk 9 · Texas66~13 (3–25)520%
Season55255 (31–131)2010%

Position Room

6 RBs on the Mississippi State roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
24Fluff BothwellRBJR1085635.2313+0.28
Kolin WilsonRB582304011+0.02
5Xavier GaytenRBJR24873.61—+0.01
21J.J. HillRBFR201628.12—+0.36
25Cooper CrosbyRBFR4102.50—-0.25
Brinston WilliamsRB——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Mississippi State depth chart →