Hayden Eligon II

WR · #8 · Northwestern · JR · 6'4" · 210 · Lakewood, CA

Projected WR-X starter

521 2025 receiving yards
37 of 62 2025 catches
3 2025 TDs
10 Explosive plays
21 Career games (10 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSRec-Tgt Yards YPR TD
2025 Northwestern121037-62 521 14.1 3
2024 Northwestern904-12 83 20.8 0

2025 Percentile vs WRs

Receiving yards per game 43.4 76
Yards per catch 14.1 66
Catch rate 59.7% 47
Receiving TDs 3 68

Around Hayden

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Aidan Chiles QB · 1,392 pass yds · 9g · at MSU
RB Caleb Komolafe RB · 941 rush yds · 12g
WR-Z Griffin Wilde WR · 880 rec yds · 13g
WR-SL Drew Wagner WR · 172 rec yds · 10g
TE Luke Dehnicke TE · no college stats

The situation

Northwestern 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 9.7% 21
Red zone TD rate 55.0% 4
Line yards per carry 2.6 63
Sack rate allowed 4.4% 81

2025 Game log

WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W2Western Illinois Leathernecks 2 2 17 1 1
W3 ORE 2 1 7 1
W5 UCLA 3 1 4
W6 ULM 7 3 80 1 1
W7 @ PSU 4 2 7 2
W8 PUR 6 2 43
W9 @ NEB 4 4 48
W11 @ USC 2 2 18
W12 MICH 3 2 26
W13 MINN 9 7 127
W14 @ ILL 13 8 99 1 3
W18 CMU 7 3 45 1

Recruiting

2024 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2024 board
#1919 Leroy Harris III LB · Christ Presbyterian Academy
#1919 CJ Smith DL · Knoxville West
#1919 Hayden Eligon II WR · Los Alamitos NW
#1919 Demarion Jenkins WR · Pahokee
#1919 Preston Jernegan ATH · St. Francis
WRs in the class
#215 Julius Ellens Glenbard West
#216 Daryl Barnett Jr. Scott TOL
#217 Hayden Eligon II Los Alamitos NW
#218 Demarion Jenkins Pahokee
#219 Stacy Dobbins St. John Bosco
2025 · 76th pctile of WRs
Recruit · 36th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.