Merril Hoge
Merrill DuAine Hoge
Born: January 26, 1965
Pocatello, ID USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 225
College: Idaho St.
High School: Highland (Pocatello, ID)
Career: 1987-1994
Drafted: 1987 in Round 10, #261 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Merril Hoge played from 1987 to 1994 during his career with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers. Hoge ran for 3,139 yards in his career on 825 attempts, scoring 21 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 254 passes for 2,133 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
1988 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 170 | 705 | 4.1 | 20 | 3 |
1989 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 186 | 621 | 3.3 | 31 | 8 |
1990 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 203 | 772 | 3.8 | 41 | 7 |
1991 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 165 | 610 | 3.7 | 24 | 2 |
1992 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
1993 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 51 | 249 | 4.9 | 30 | 1 |
1994 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 825 | 3139 | 3.8 | 41 | 21 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 27 | 1 |
1988 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 50 | 487 | 9.7 | 40 | 3 |
1989 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 34 | 271 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 |
1990 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 40 | 342 | 8.6 | 27 | 3 |
1991 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 49 | 379 | 7.7 | 25 | 1 |
1992 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 231 | 8.2 | 20 | 1 |
1993 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 33 | 247 | 7.5 | 18 | 4 |
1994 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 254 | 2133 | 8.4 | 40 | 13 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
1992 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
1993 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
Totals | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 17 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
1989 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1990 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1991 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1992 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1993 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1987 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1988 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
1989 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
1990 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
1991 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1992 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
1993 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Totals | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
1988 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 8 |
1989 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1990 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 15 |
1991 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 16 |
1992 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 11 |
1993 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 13 |
1994 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 5 | 5 |