Greg Hill (running back)

Rushing yards:	3,218
Average:	4.2
Touchdowns:	12

Greg Hill
No. 29, 27, 21
Position:	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school:	Dallas Carter (Dallas, Texas)
College:	Texas A&M
NFL draft:	1994 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25
Career history
	Kansas City Chiefs (1994–1997); St. Louis Rams (1998); Detroit Lions (1999);
Career highlights and awards
	Third-team All-American (1992); 2× First-team All-SWC (1991, 1992);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	3,218
Average:	4.2
Touchdowns:	12

Gregory LaMonte Hill (born February 23, 1972) is a former professional American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1994 to 1999.

High school

Hill attended

rushing for 1,122 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior in 1989. He had transferred from Bishop Dunne Catholic School

prior to his senior year.

College

He starred collegiately at Texas A&M, where in 1991 he made an immediate impact in the first game of his freshman year by rushing for 212 yards (which is still an NCAA freshman debut record) in a 45-7 Aggie thrashing of LSU. He would go on to set the A&M freshman rushing record that year at 1,216 yards.

His best season came during his sophomore season in 1992, when The Sporting News named him a second-team All-American running back after he rushed for 1,339 yards (3rd all-time for a single season at Texas A&M) and became the fastest running back in Southwest Conference history to reach 2,000 career yards.

In 1993, he set a record for longest run by an Aggie with a 94-yard scamper against TCU (later broken by D'Andre "Tiki" Hardeman). He finished his A&M career with 3,262 rushing yards - 3rd all-time for the Aggies, and added 33 touchdowns (5th all-time).

The only blemish on his career at Texas A&M was his involvement in a scandal in which 9 players received money from a booster for work that they did not perform. This led to an NCAA investigation that resulted in Texas A&M being put on probation and being banned from television appearances and postseason competition during the 1994 season. The timing of this penalty was particularly painful for Aggie football, as the team was unbeaten that season, yet unable to participate in a bowl game. Many Aggie fans felt jilted, as Hill declared early for the NFL draft just days after the NCAA sanctions were announced.

NFL

Hill was selected by the

carry. He appeared in all 16 games and making one start. He had the third-most rushing yards among all AFC rookies

and was the Chiefs leading rusher in five games.

The following season, he moved into a platoon role with Allen, appearing in all 16 contests and again making one start. He had the first 100-yard game of his career with 109 yards on 15 carries (7.3-yard avg.) in the season opener on September 3 vs.

playoff game

.

The Allen-Hill platoon continued in the

playoffs

.

Hill and Allen switched roles in 1997 with Hill becoming the starter and the veteran Allen spelling him in relief. Although Hill started every game for the Chiefs that year, it was a disappointing season for him as he finished with only 550 yards with a subpar 3.5 average per carry. Hill was granted free agency after the 1997 season and signed with the St. Louis Rams.

Hill once again made a quick start in 1998, leading the league in rushing and scoring with 240 yards and 4 touchdowns on a 6.0 average through the first two games of the season. Unfortunately, he broke his leg during the third game and never saw the field again for St. Louis. Hill fell to second-string when the Rams acquired Marshall Faulk, the best all-purpose back in the NFL during that era, two days before the NFL draft.

The unexpected retirement of

training camp opened left the Detroit Lions

thin at running back, so they acquired Hill from St. Louis in exchange for two draft picks to help fill that void. Hill started eight games in 1999 and rushed for 542 yards and two touchdowns. He was released by the Lions after that season.

Hill spent the

Washington Redskins would pick Hill up for the 2001 season

, it was not to be. Hill never returned to the NFL.

In six career seasons in the NFL, Hill rushed for 3,218 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Hill was an on-air talent with Kevin Scott on KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan until June 22, 2009.

NFL statistics

Rushing Stats[2]

Year	Team	Games	Carries	Yards	Yards per Carry	Longest Carry	Touchdowns	First Downs	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
1994	KC	16	141	574	4.1	20	1	22	1	1
1995	KC	16	155	667	4.3	27	1	27	2	1
1996	KC	15	135	645	4.8	28	4	30	1	1
1997	KC	16	157	550	3.5	38	0	23	1	0
1998	STL	2	40	240	6.0	46	4	12	0	0
1999	DET	14	144	542	3.8	45	2	20	1	1
Career		79	772	3,218	4.2	46	12	134	6	4

Receiving Stats^[2]

Year	Team	Games	Receptions	Yards	Yards per Reception	Longest Reception	Touchdowns	First Downs
1994	KC	16	16	92	5.8	21	0	4
1995	KC	16	7	45	6.4	13	0	3
1996	KC	15	3	60	20.0	34	1	3
1997	KC	16	12	126	10.5	39	0	4
1998	STL	2	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
1999	DET	14	13	77	5.9	15	0	1
Career		79	52	406	7.8	39	1	15

References

^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Greg Hill Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

External links

[1] "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[ESPN-2] "Greg Hill Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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