Player Dossier

2013-2017

Ohio State

Michael Hill

DT • 6'3" • 305 lbs • Pendleton, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Ohio State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Michael Hill built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Pendleton, SC wearing No. 77, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Michael Hill's career was his defensive...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.9276

Pendleton · Pendleton, SC

Committed To
Ohio State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Michael Hill, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Ohio State. Michael Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
4.5
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Michael Hill quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio State · DT
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 12 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Ohio State
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
4-star · Pendleton · Ohio State
High school pipeline
Pendleton · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 77 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DT 247th (top 97%) · Big Ten 586th (top 95%) · National 5,365th (top 94%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonOhio State112-0--037.3
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State11193.50--037.3
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State1111--063

Related Context

Michael Hill played DT for Ohio State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Hill recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Ohio State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Ohio State paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

24.2

Usage

8.5

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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All Games2 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 11/25@ MichiganSplash gameW 31-2011110

Player Story

Michael Hill story

Michael Hill built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Pendleton, SC wearing No. 77, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Michael Hill's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Hill's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Ohio State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201320142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2014 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2015 Regular SeasonOhio State00
2016 PostseasonOhio State3.511.13.53.5
2016 Regular SeasonOhio State3.511.13.50
2017 Regular SeasonOhio State224.28.5-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 10 · W 62-3 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

75.5 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Michigan

Week 13 · W 31-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern

Week 9 · W 24-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Indiana

Week 6 · W 38-17 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

23 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23 takeover score.

#5

vs Rutgers

Week 5 · W 58-0 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

11.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Ohio State

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 8.5 usage

63

#2

2016 Postseason · Ohio State

37.3

3.5 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Ohio State

37.3

3.5 primary · 11.1 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games