An experienced player who will compete for playing time at tight end … excellent athlete and tremendous blocker … has seen the majority of his action on special teams …
2000 SEASON: Played in eight games for MU ... saw playing time on the Tiger kickoff return team ... had two kick off returns for 28 yards …
1999 SEASON: Was a special teams player, mostly as a member of the kick-off return team ... played in the Tigers’ double tight end sets …
1998 SEASON: Three-time Champions Club member who saw most of his playing time on the special teams …
HIGH SCHOOL: Started on both sides of the ball for Liberal High School which finished second in Kansas Class 5A ... also on the 1995 state champion football team and the 1996 state champion track team ... made 32 tackles as a senior defensive lineman ... caught four passes for 48 yards and a two-point conversion at tight end ... Liberal ran 70 percent of its plays behind him ... named first-team all-state as a defensive lineman, and earned honorable mention as a tight end by the Wichita Eagle ... second-team all-state defensive lineman by the Associated Press ... began playing football as a sophomore despite a detached retina ... also recruited by Northwestern and Army ... also lettered three years in basketball and one in track ... took sixth place in the state track championship in the discus …
PERSONAL: Son of Darrel and Shana Hill, both graduates of MU ... high school coach- Gary Cornelison ... Feb. 19, 1979 in Quincy, Ill. ... majoring in political science ... has an interest in sports medicine ... landed on the team’s academic top 10 list his first semester at MU with a 3.75 GPA.
