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Julian Hill New England Patriots · #80

Tight End · 6' 4", 251 lbs · Fayetteville, NC · Age 26

Julian Hill is a Tight End for the New England Patriots, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 15 passes for 140 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tight EndUndrafted3-yr veteran
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New England Patriots · #80 · Tight End
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Season avg15 rec · 140 yds · 0 td
Career avg33 rec · 288 yds · 0 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15rec
140yds
0td
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Scouting report

Julian Hill — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Julian Hill is a Tight End for the New England Patriots, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he caught 15 passes for 140 yards and 0 touchdowns.
C+
Receiving
B-
Big-play
C-
Scoring
C+
Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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C+
Volume
Strong · offense
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C-
Scoring
Solid · offense
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B-
Big-play
Strong · offense
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C+
Target share
Solid · offense
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Act II

Where Julian Hill stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #698 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
29Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Julian Hill — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Receiving
140 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
15 REC
drill in ↓
B-
Big-play
9.3 Y/R
drill in ↓
C-
Scoring
0 TD
drill in ↓
The engine

How the model sees Julian Hill

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
13
rec
9–16
112
rec yds
76–149
0
td
0–0
18
targets
14–22
15
games
14–16
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 15 → projected 13 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
-2.5
Age curve
+0.1
Net vs last season-2.4 rec
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
real
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
auto
📈
Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
+dev
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Position aging curve
age 26 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 15 / 16 / 14
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Julian Hill career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
202315648098.0
202416121000198.3
202514151400209.3
Career4533288048
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the New England Patriots built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

11–6proj record
64off index
99def index
+29net
77%playoff odds
66roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C (64), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 41, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 11–6 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Julian Hill

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2000-07-09

The beginning

Julian Hill is a Tight End for the New England Patriots, in his 4th NFL season.

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Julian Hill is a New England Patriots tight end, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has caught 33 passes for 288 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 15 passes for 140 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Hill goes from here.

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Hill's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
251 lbs
Born
Fayetteville, NC
Age
26
Jersey
#80
Background

Julian Hill is from Fayetteville, NC and is 26 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays tight end at 6' 4", 251 lbs.

Over 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has caught 33 passes for 288 yards and 0 touchdowns. Hill is currently on the New England Patriots roster.

The person

Julian Hill is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 33 passes for 288 yards and 0 touchdowns across 3 seasons (2023–2025).

Receiving33 career receptions for 288 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Best season15 catches for 140 yards in 2025.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
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FAQ

Julian Hill — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Julian Hill, answered.

What position does Julian Hill play?
Julian Hill is a Tight End for the New England Patriots.
When was Julian Hill drafted?
Julian Hill entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Julian Hill played?
3 (2023–2025).
What are Julian Hill's career stats?
He has caught 33 passes for 288 yards and 0 touchdowns.
Julian Hill career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE5
behind the starter

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
@ SEA
Week 1 · Neutral
Season outlook
49
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
4 / 8
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
60
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 @ SEAW2 vs PITW3 @ JAXW4 @ BUFW5 vs LVW6 vs NYJW7 @ CHIW8 @ MIAW9 vs GBW10 @ DETW11 · BYEW12 @ LACW13 vs BUFW14 vs MINW15 @ KCW16 @ NYJW17 vs DENW18 vs MIA

Each week grades Julian Hill's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
4
since 2023
Games missed
3
listed Out
Lower-body
2
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk11 · Ankle2025 Wk10 · Ankle (Questionable)2025 Wk9 · Ankle (Out)2025 Wk8 · Ankle (Out)2025 Wk1 · Shoulder2024 Wk13 · Shoulder

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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