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Born: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | November 26, 1995||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Cass Technical (Detroit, Michigan) | ||||||
College: | Michigan | ||||||
Position: | Safety | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2017 / round: 3 / pick: 95 | ||||||
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Lano Kash-Pride Hill (born Delano Kash-Pride Hill; [1] November 26, 1995) is an American professional football safety. He played college football at Michigan. He is the older brother of Lavert Hill.
In high school, Hill and Jourdan Lewis anchored the Cass Technical High School defensive backfield that won the 2011 and 2012 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 championships for coach Thomas Wilcher. [2]
During his senior year, Hill helped lead the defense by posting a career best of 52 tackles, 4.5 tackles-for-loss, three interceptions and three pass breakups. In his four-year career at Michigan, Hill contributed 119 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, three interceptions and eight pass breakups. Following the 2016 season, Hill was named to the All-Big Ten Conference defensive second-team, by the coaches. [3]
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Delano Hill NFL combine workout | |
Delano Hill's 40-yard dash | |
Delano Hill's bench press |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0+3⁄4 in (1.85 m) | 216 lb (98 kg) | 32+1⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.47 s | 1.58 s | 2.62 s | 4.27 s | 6.96 s | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 17 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine [4] |
The Seattle Seahawks selected Hill in the third round (95th overall) of the 2017 NFL draft. [5] [6] He was the 11th safety selected in 2017. [7] On June 15, 2017, the Seahawks signed him to a four-year, $3.2 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $727,476. [8]
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Seahawks select Delano Hill 95th overall |
On December 12, 2017, Hill was ejected after hitting Mike Thomas and Kevin Peterson after participating on punt recovery plays during a 42–7 loss. [9] On December 22, 2017, the NFL fined him $12,154 for his fight with multiple Rams players. [8]
Hill entered the 2018 season as the third-string free safety behind Earl Thomas and Tedric Thompson. He was later named the backup to Thompson after Thomas was placed on season-ending injured reserve prior to Week 5. Hill made his first start of the season in Week 16 in place of an injured Thompson. He was placed on injured reserve on January 1, 2019 after suffering a hip injury in Week 17. [10]
On October 21, 2020, Hill was placed on injured reserve with a back injury. [11]
On May 16, 2021, Hill signed with the Carolina Panthers. [12] He was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on July 28, 2021. [13] On August 11, 2021, the Panthers activated him from the reserve/COVID-19 list and then released him. [14]
On February 17, 2023, Hill signed with the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL). [15] He was released on May 11, 2023. [16]
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Oh, and as for his name change from Delano? Hill says it was pretty simple. "Nobody called me by my name so I just took two letters off of it to make it official," he said.