Leroy Hill
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Haddock, Georgia, U.S.
 Hill with the Seattle Seahawks in 2008 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 14, 1982 Haddock, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Baldwin (Milledgeville, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Clemson | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2005: 3rd round, 98th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Leroy Hill Jr.[1] (born September 14, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft after playing college football for the Clemson Tigers.[2]
Hill played high school football in Milledgeville, Georgia for the Baldwin High School Braves.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 229 lb (104 kg) | 32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 4.74 s | 1.67 s | 2.75 s | 4.10 s | 7.23 s | 34.0 in (0.86 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 25 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[3][4] | ||||||||||||
Injuries to starting veteran linebacker Jamie Sharper put Hill into the starting lineup in his rookie year; he totaled 72 tackles and 7.5 sacks from the outside linebacker position. In the 2009 offseason, Hill was tagged as the Seahawks franchise player. The Seahawks removed the franchise tag on Hill on April 26, 2009,[5] making him a free agent because the Seahawks drafted highly touted Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry at number 4 overall in the 2009 NFL draft. However, several days later, on April 30, 2009, Hill re-signed with the Seahawks on a 6-year, $38 million contract.