 Hill with the Texas Longhorns in 2024 | |
| Texas Longhorns–No. 0 | |
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| Position | Linebacker |
| Class | Junior |
| Major | Physical Culture & Sports |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 14, 2005 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 238 lb (108 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Billy Ryan (Denton, Texas) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Anthony Hill Jr. (born February 14, 2005) is an American college football linebacker for the Texas Longhorns.
Hill was born on February 14, 2005, in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up in Denton, Texas. He attended Billy Ryan High School, where he played football and competed in the triple jump and the 4 × 400 metres relay. [1] In his first varsity season, he recorded 105 tackles with 11 tackles for loss and three sacks. [2] Hill was named the MVP of District 5-5A and the All-Area Defensive Player of the Year by the Denton Record-Chronicle as a junior after making 131 tackles with 18 tackles for loss and eight sacks. [3] He played in only six games during his senior season due to injury and had 67 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, and five forced fumbles. [4] After the season Hill played in the 2023 All-American Bowl. [5]
Hill was rated a five-star recruit and was ranked as the top linebacker in his class nationally by several major recruiting services. [6] He initially committed to play college football at Texas A&M. [7] Hill later decommitted and reopened his recruitment during his senior football season. [8] He ultimately chose to sign with Texas. [9]
Hill joined the Texas Longhorns as an early enrollee in January 2023 in order to take part in the team's spring practices. [10] As a freshman, Hill appeared in 14 games with six starts. He totaled 67 tackles, eight tackles for a loss, five sacks, two pass deflections, and one forced fumble. At the end of the season, he was named Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-American. [11]
As a sophomore, Hill played and started in all 16 games. Throughout the season, he logged 113 tackles, eight sacks, one interception, and four forced fumbles. Hill was the only Texas defender with 100+ tackles on the season. At the end of the season, Hill was named a first team All-American and first team All-SEC. [11]
Prior to the season, Hill was named to the Lott Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Butkus Award, Walter Camp Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, and Lombardi Award watchlists. [12] [13] He was also named to the preseason All-SEC first team and preseason All-American first team. [14] In Week 2 against Sam Houston State, Hill recorded two forced fumbles. [15]
| Season | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||
| Texas Longhorns | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 14 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 16 | 59 | 54 | 113 | 16.5 | 8.0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 34 | 108 | 88 | 196 | 25.5 | 13.0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 7 |