2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 19
Hugh Robertson
- Position:
- P
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 225
- Major:
- Management
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Assumption College Kilmore
 2023 All-Big Ten |
2024 Junior
- Has landed 59.2% (19/32) of his punts inside the 20, which is on pace for an Illinois record
- Third-oldest player in college football, behind only East Carolina P Luke Larsen (32, 7/18/92) and Colorado State K Jordan Noyes (32, 8/3/92)
2023 Sophomore
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (media)
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 12 games at punter
- 51 punts for 2,176 yards (42.7 yards per punt) on the season
- Improved his yards per punt by 2.7 yards year-over-year
- 17 punts inside the 20
- Eight punts over 50 yards
- Holder in place-kicking situations, including Caleb Griffin’s last-minute game winner vs. Toledo (9/2/23) and at Maryland (10/14/23)
- Third-oldest player in college football, behind only East Carolina P Luke Larsen (31, 7/18/92) and Colorado State K Jordan Noyes (31, 8/3/92)
2022 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Started all 13 games at punter
- 61 punts for 2,440 yards (40.0 yards per punt) on the season
- 18 punts inside the 20
- 10 punts over 50 yards
- One carry for 23 yards on an improvised fake punt against Northwestern 11/26/22
- Career-long 64-yard punt at Michigan 11/19/22
- Career-high four punts inside the 20 against Iowa 10/8/22
2021 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Redshirted the season
2020 Freshman
- Played in one game
- Made Illinois debut at Penn State 12/19
- One punt for 38 yards on the season
- Eighth oldest player on a college football roster in 2020
- Second oldest freshman on a college football roster in 2020, behind fellow Australian Luke Larson of East Carolina (28 years old)
High School
- Graduated from high school in 2011
Personal
- Born Jan. 16, 1993
- ProKick Australia product
- Coached by Nathan Chapman and John Smith at ProKick Australia
- Son of Peter and Judith Robertson
- Two sisters, Alexandra and Amelia
- Played Australian Rules Football
- Prokick Austrial product
- 2019 Bendigo Football League Senior Premiership playing for the Strathfieldsaye Football Netball Club
- 2009 Essendon District Football League Premiership playing for Strathmore Football Club
- Spent seven years working for the Victoria Police (Australia)
- Former member of the Australian Army
- Chose Illinois because, “I chose Illinois because the staff made me feel like family at the school and because Blake Hayes spoke so highly of the place.”
- Would like to work in the finance industry after his playing career
- Majoring in management
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