Connor Hulstein
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Career Summary
Connor Hulstein developed from a Frisco high-school tight end into an FCS All-American before reaching the Jets as an undrafted rookie.
Hulstein played four seasons at Princeton from 2021 through 2024, then transferred to Marist for the 2025 graduate season. His Marist campaign produced 42 receptions, 599 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
He received a New York Jets rookie minicamp invitation in April 2026 and signed with the team on August 5. The Jets waived him with an injury designation on August 30, 2026.
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Early Life
Connor Hulstein grew up in Frisco, Texas, and attended Liberty High School before beginning his college career at Princeton.
Princeton’s player biography identifies his parents as Keli and Jeff Hulstein. Detailed information about his childhood and a specific birthplace was not provided.
His listed physical measurements vary by source: one profile gives him at 6-foot-5 or 6-foot-6 and approximately 247 pounds, while a Jets listing gives 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds.
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High School
At Liberty High School in Frisco, Hulstein developed as a tight end and earned repeated academic and athletic district recognition.
Princeton listed him as a tight end, while recruiting material also identified wide receiver as a secondary position. He earned first-team all-district tight end honors in 2020 and was named All-District 5A three times.
He lettered in football, basketball and track, received first-team All-State Academic recognition in football, and earned All-District Academic honors in basketball. The research supports one documented varsity starting season but does not establish his complete number of starts.
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College Career
Hulstein spent four seasons at Princeton before transferring to Marist, where his 2025 graduate season became a record-setting receiving campaign.
At Princeton, he played in one junior-varsity game before a 2021 injury. He appeared in nine games in 2022 and blocked a punt against Lehigh, then played seven games in 2023, catching five passes for 59 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown against Harvard. In 2024, he appeared in every game and recorded six receptions for 52 yards and one touchdown. His Princeton career totals were 11 receptions, 111 yards and three touchdowns.
After transferring to Marist, Hulstein played all 12 games in 2025 and led the Red Foxes with 42 receptions, 599 receiving yards and seven touchdown catches. Those figures set Marist single-season tight-end records for receiving yards, touchdown receptions and yards per catch; he also led FCS tight ends in receiving yards.
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Path to the NFL
Hulstein reached the NFL after a strong Marist season, a College Gridiron Showcase appearance and an invitation to the Jets’ rookie minicamp.
He participated in the College Gridiron Showcase in January 2026. The New York Jets announced his rookie minicamp invitation in April, following his 2025 Marist season.
Hulstein was not selected in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Jets signed him on August 5, 2026, making his entry an undrafted signing rather than a drafted-player contract.
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NFL Career
Hulstein’s professional career consisted of a 2026 Jets rookie-camp and preseason stint before an injury-designation waiver.
He entered Jets camp as a rookie tight end wearing No. 49, with Marist listed as his college. Marist reported that he caught a pass in New York’s preseason game at Pittsburgh on August 21, 2026; a complete regular-season NFL statistical line was not provided.
On August 30, the Jets listed him among their final cuts as waived with an injury designation. He was not listed on the Jets’ active roster as of September 11, 2026.
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Career Accomplishments
Hulstein’s 2025 season brought national FCS recognition, multiple all-conference selections and Marist tight-end records.
He was named a 2025 Associated Press Second-Team All-American and a Pro Football Network Third-Team All-American. Phil Steele selected him First-Team All-PFL, while the coaches named him Second-Team All-PFL.
His other 2025 distinctions included College Gridiron Showcase participation and selection to the PFL Academic Honor Roll. His 599 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns established Marist single-season tight-end records.
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Playing Style
Hulstein’s college production supports a receiving-oriented tight-end profile built around size, downfield targets and red-zone involvement.
He led Marist in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches in 2025 while averaging 14.3 yards per reception. That production provides the clearest statistical basis for describing his role as a receiving threat.
A Marist-centered evaluation described him as a large target who could work down the seam and in the red zone, with willingness as a blocker and aggression at the catch point. Those traits remain attributed evaluation rather than an independently established conclusion.
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Legacy
Hulstein’s strongest college legacy is a record-setting Marist season that combined program production with national FCS recognition.
His 2025 campaign was the most productive season by a Marist tight end in the program’s documented history, setting single-season marks for receiving yards, touchdown receptions and yards per catch.
The season also produced Associated Press and Pro Football Network All-American honors, along with first- and second-team all-conference recognition. His longer-term football legacy remained unresolved after his August 2026 injury-designation waiver.
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