Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Daxton Hill was born September 29, 2000, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a defensive back in the NFL.

Hill attended Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a senior in 2019, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Oklahoma. He played in the 2019 U.S. Army All-American Game. A five-star recruit, he committed to play college football at the University of Michigan before switching to the University of Alabama and then went back to Michigan. As a true freshman at Michigan in 2019, Hill played in 13 games with three starts and had 36 tackles and one interception. As a sophomore in 2020, he started six games, recording 46 tackles and one interception. He returned to Michigan as a starter in 2021 and received 1st team All-Big Ten honors.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, Daxton Hill was selected #31 by the Cincinnati Bengals.