Daxton Hill

Cincinnati's first-round draft pick in 2022, Hill is transitioning to CB for the '24 season after starting every game at safety in '23 … He ranked third on the team with 110 total tackles in 2023, while adding 11 PDs and two INTs … Played in 15 games with two starts as a rookie in 2022, seeing action on 130 defensive snaps as a reserve S while also carving out a role as a gunner on special teams … Played in all three postseason contests following 2022 season, collecting two special teams tackles … Spent three seasons at the University of Michigan (2019-21), emerging as an All-Big Ten performer his junior year ... His brother, Justice, currently is a RB with the Baltimore Ravens.

Cincinnati's first-round draft pick in 2022, Hill is transitioning to CB for the '24 season after starting every game at safety in '23 … He ranked third on the team with 110 total tackles in 2023, while adding 11 PDs and two INTs … Played in 15 games with two starts as a rookie in 2022, seeing action on 130 defensive snaps as a reserve S while also carving out a role as a gunner on special teams … Played in all three postseason contests following 2022 season, collecting two special teams tackles … Spent three seasons at the University of Michigan (2019-21), emerging as an All-Big Ten performer his junior year ... His brother, Justice, currently is a RB with the Baltimore Ravens.

Career transactions:

Selected by Cincinnati in first round of 2022 NFL Draft (31st overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-18-22.

Pro career:

2022—Played 15 regular-season games (two starts) and all three postseason games as a rookie ... Totaled 12 tackles (nine solos), playing 130 snaps on defense during regular season ... Also saw action on 167 special teams snaps and logged four ST tackles ... Made NFL debut on Sept. 11 vs. Pittsburgh (no stats) ... Made first career start at S on Sept. 25 at the N.Y. Jets ... Started at NCB on Dec. 18 at Tampa Bay and logged eight tackles (five solos) in 66 defensive snaps played ... Had two tackles on special teams in the postseason.

2023—Started all 17 games at S ... Recorded 110 tackles (72 solos), with 1.5 sacks and six TFLs ... Also had 11 PDs and two INTs ... Ranked third on team in tackles, and became first Bengals defensive back with 100-plus tackles since safeties Vonn Bell and Jessie Bates III in 2020 ... Had six tackles and recorded first career INT on Sept. 10 at Cleveland; picked off QB Deshaun Watson in Bengals territory in third quarter ... Led team with career-high 12 tackles (nine solos) on Sept. 17 vs. Baltimore ... Posted first career sack as part of eight-tackle performance on Sept. 25 vs. L.A. Rams; sacked QB Matthew Stafford for loss of eight yards to force third-and-long in second quarter ... Intercepted deep pass by QB Ryan Tannehill in fourth quarter on Oct. 1 at Tennessee ... Recorded at least five tackles in nine consecutive games from Games 9-17 ... Had two PDs on Nov. 12 vs. Houston.

College:

Played three seasons (2019-21) at Michigan ... Started 23 of 33 games played, and recorded 151 tackles (96 solos), 7.5 TFLs, 20 PDs, four INTs and three FRs ... Named first-team All-Big Ten in 2021, and was the league's Defensive Player of the Week twice ... As a junior, had a team-high 11 PDs to go with 69 tackles, two INTs and a FR.

High school/personal:

Hometown is Tulsa, Okla., where he attended Booker T. Washington High School ... Posted 93 tackles (67 solos), with nine TFLs, one sack, two INTs, nine PDs, three FFs and one FR as a senior ... Also had 13 catches for 360 yards and seven TDs as a WR ... Named the 2018-19 Gatorade Player of the Year in Oklahoma ... Invited to play in the 2019 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Communications studies major at Michigan ... Brother, Justice Hill, currently is a running back with Baltimore Ravens.

Last Updated July 2024