B.J. Hill with the New York Giants, 2020
With the New York Giants, 2020. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive tackle, NC State, 2014–⁠17

B.J. Hill

Number
No. 98
Height
6′4″
Weight
315 lb
Hometown
Oakboro, NC
Born
Apr 20, 1996, in Oakboro, North Carolina

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B.J. Hill played defensive tackle at NC State (2014–⁠17). The New York Giants took Hill in round 3, No. 69 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
55
Tackles, 2017 (NC State, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 69
Round 3, 2018 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Career highs

8tackles, career hightwice; last vs. North Carolina, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2016NC State38162124
2017NC State55183.5232
Career93345.5356

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20147 of 13111223
20159 of 13161531

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2014NC State98DT
2015NC State98DT
2016NC State98DT
2017NC State98DT6′4″315

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2017 NC State 13 games, 55 tackles, 2 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 2vs.South CarolinaL 28–⁠3520000
Sep 9vs.MarshallW 37–⁠2010000
Sep 16vs.FurmanW 49–⁠1663000
Sep 23atFlorida StateW 27–⁠2121110
Sep 30vs.SyracuseW 33–⁠2560000
Oct 5vs.LouisvilleW 39–⁠2541001
Oct 14atPittsburghW 35–⁠1732001
Oct 28atNotre DameL 14–⁠3542000
Nov 4vs.ClemsonL 31–⁠3870000
Nov 11atBoston CollegeW 17–⁠1474101
Nov 18atWake ForestL 24–⁠3043000
Nov 25vs.North CarolinaW 33–⁠21811.510
Dec 29 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 52–⁠3111000
2016 NC State 12 games, 38 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 1vs.William & MaryW 48–⁠1410000
Sep 10atEast CarolinaL 30–⁠3362000
Sep 17vs.Old DominionW 49–⁠2210000
Oct 1vs.Wake ForestW 33–⁠1641001
Oct 8vs.Notre DameW 10–⁠342000
Oct 15atClemsonL 17–⁠2485000
Oct 22atLouisvilleL 13–⁠5411100
Oct 29vs.Boston CollegeL 14–⁠2120000
Nov 5vs.Florida StateL 20–⁠2410001
Nov 19vs.MiamiL 13–⁠2741000
Nov 25atNorth CarolinaW 28–⁠2133110
Dec 26 ✦vs.VanderbiltW 41–⁠1731000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2018 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–⁠45).

DrillCombine 2018
Height6′3¼″
Weight311 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size10⅝″
Wingspan78¼″W
40-yard dash4.99 s
10-yard split1.74 sW
Vertical jump26½″
Broad jump8′5″
Bench press35 reps
3-cone drill7.28 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 126 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2018New York Giants15395.50
2019New York Giants153210
2020New York Giants133110
2021Cincinnati Bengals16465.50
2022Cincinnati Bengals166230
2023Cincinnati Bengals17454.52
2024Cincinnati Bengals155230
2025Cincinnati Bengals176640
2026 (so far)Cincinnati Bengals2400
NFL career12637727.52

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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