Hayden Eligon II holds the WR-X · Starter spot in Northwestern Wildcats’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Hayden Eligon II logged a 7.7% overall usage rate in 2025.

Hayden Eligon II is a 6'4", 210-pound wide receiver from Los Alamitos High School in Lakewood, California, who joined Northwestern as a consensus three-star recruit. In 2024, his first year, he appeared in nine games and recorded four receptions for 83 yards. During the 2025 sophomore season, Eligon played in 12 games with 10 starts, posting career highs of 37 receptions, 521 receiving yards, and three touchdown catches. His longest reception measured 38 yards. He became the first NU underclassman wide receiver with 3+ receiving touchdowns since Riley Lees in 2018, and the first with 30+ receptions since Ben Skworonek's 45 in 2017.