Jeremy Hill

For the baseball pitcher, see Jeremy Hill (baseball).
Jeremy Hill

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Hill in 2015
No. 32 Cincinnati Bengals
Position: Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-10-20) October 20, 1992
Place of birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school: Baton Rouge (LA) Redemptorist
College: LSU
NFL draft: 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 55
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL
College
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2015
Rushing yards: 1,759
Rushing average: 4.4
Rushing touchdowns: 19
Receptions: 38
Receiving yards: 277
Receiving touchdowns: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Jeremy Hill (born October 20, 1992) is an American football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at LSU.

High school career

A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hill attended Redemptorist High School, where he was a two-sport athlete in both football and track. In football, Hill was an All-American running back. He was a teammate of future LSU offensive lineman La'el Collins. He finished his senior season in 2010 with 302 carries for 2,260 yards and 36 touchdowns.[1]

Regarded as a four-star recruit (out of five) by Rivals.com, Hill was listed the No. 21 running back prospect in his class.[2]

College career

Hill attended Louisiana State University from 2011 to 2013. As a sophomore in 2013, Hill was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection.[3] He was also named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2014 Outback Bowl after rushing for a career-high 216 yards and two touchdowns vs. Iowa.

Career Statistics
Rushing Receiving
Year Team Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds TD
2012 LSU 142 755 5.3 57 12 8 73 0
2013 LSU 203 1,401 6.9 69 16 18 181 0
Career 345 2,156 6.2 69 28 26 254 0

Professional career

2014 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 1 in 233 lb 4.58 s 1.61 s 2.70 s 4.59 s 7.64 s 31 in 9 ft 5 in 20 reps
All values from NFL Combine.[4]

Cincinnati Bengals

First Years

Hill was drafted by the Bengals and made the roster as their #2 running back, behind Giovani Bernard. He made his first career start in week 9 and rushed for a season-high 154 yards and two touchdowns in the Bengals' win against the Jacksonville Jaguars.[5] In a week 16 upset win over the Denver Broncos, Hill rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown, including a career-long 85-yard run in the first quarter. It was his 4th game of the season with over 140 rushing yards (a franchise rookie record), and gave him over 1,000 rushing yards for the season. It also set a record by making Hill and Bernard the first teammates ever to each have a run of at least 85 yards in the same season (Bernard had an 89-yard run against the Carolina Panthers on October 12, 2014).[6][7] Hill did score the Bengals lone touchdown in a 26-10 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the playoffs.[8]

Hill finished his rookie campaign with 1,124 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns. He became the first Bengals' rookie to top 1,000 yards rushing since Corey Dillon in 1997.[7] Hill's 1,124 rushing yards was the most among rookies and 8th most overall in the NFL. His 5.1 yards per carry average ranked him second among NFL running backs, behind Justin Forsett. He also recorded 27 receptions and 215 receiving yards on the season. Hill was also named the starter in the 2015-2016 season, ahead of Giovani Bernard.

Hill's second year did not go as planned, however, as he struggled to maintain impressive rushing outputs. In the season-opener against the Raiders, Hill ran for 63 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Bengals' 33-13 win, their first win at Oakland since 1974. In the next game, Hill fumbled twice in the Bengals' 24-19 win over the Chargers and was benched. His replacement, Giovani Bernard, rushed for 123 yards in Hill's absence, the most by a Bengal the entire season.

Three weeks later, Hill ran for a career-high three rushing scores in the Bengals' 36-21 victory over Kansas City. Hill ran for a season-high 98 yards and a touchdown in the Bengals' 37-3 victory over the Browns. The LSU-product finished with six touchdowns in as many games to conclude the Bengals' 12-4 regular-season campaign-- good enough for the AFC North championship.

Despite finishing the season tied (with Devonta Freeman of the Falcons) for most rushing touchdowns in the NFL, Hill only managed 794 rushing yards and 3.6 yards-per-carry--he also did not have a single 100-yard performance all season.

In the Bengals' playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Hill ran for 50 yards and Cincinnati's first touchdown of the game that made it a 15-7 score in the fourth quarter.

After the Bengals' took a 16-15 lead with less than two minutes remaining in the game and got the ball back on a Vontaze Burfict interception, Hill fumbled the ball on the first play of Cincinnati's ensuing drive and the Steelers recovered . Pittsburgh went down the field and kicked the go-ahead field goal to win the game, 18-16, and Hill took a lot of the blame for the loss.


Hill finished the 2015 season with 794 yards on 223 rushes for an average of 3.6 yards per carry.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205372030
  2. ↑ Jeremy Hill - Yahoo Sports
  3. ↑ "2013 All-SEC Football Team Announced". SEC Digital Network. December 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/profilexnews.php?pyid=108489&draftyear=2014&genpos=RB
  5. ↑ Callinan, Marty (December 16, 2014). "Offensive rookie of the year candidates". ESPN. The Cincinnati Bengals have a rookie running back in contention for Offensive Rookie of the Year for the second year in a row. This year it is Hill, a second-round pick out of LSU who played behind Giovani Bernard early in the season.
  6. ↑ "NFL Single Game Longest Rush Leaders". Sports Reference LLC.
  7. 1 2 "Jeremy Hill and Bengals run past Broncos". ESPN. December 23, 2014. Cincinnati's Jeremy Hill ran for 147 yards, the most by any player against Denver this season. He became the fourth Bengals rookie to rush for 1,000 yards and the first since Corey Dillon in 1997.
  8. ↑ http://espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=400749513
  9. ↑ Yahoo Sports

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