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Position
Running Back
Height
6'2
Weight
235
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Baton Rouge, La.
High School
Redemptorist HS

2014 Second-Round NFL Draft Pick (Cincinnati Bengals) – No. 55 Overall
2013 First Team All-SEC (AP)

2013 Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
2013 All-Bowl Team (ESPN.com)
2013 Maxwell National Player of the Week (vs. Auburn)
2013 SEC Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Auburn)
2012 SEC Co-Freshman Player of the Week (vs. South Carolina)

CAREER
Spent two years with the Tigers, playing in 23 games with 16 starts … Opted to forgo final two years of eligibility and entered 2014 NFL Draft following sophomore season … Eligible for 2014 NFL Draft due to the fact that he is three years removed from high school … Sat out the 2011 season after graduating from high school in May of that year … Enrolled at LSU in January of 2012 and took part in spring drills with the Tigers … Ended up becoming one of the top running backs in school history with 2,156 yards and 18 TDs on 345 carries … Averaged a staggering 6.3 yards per carry for his career … Finished career ranked No. 7 in school history in rushing TDs (28) and No. 11 in LSU history in rushing yards (2,156) … His 1,401 rushing yards in 2013 ranks No. 2 in LSU history for a single-season, while the 16 rushing TDs rank No. 4 in school history for a season … Tied LSU season record with seven 100-yard rushing games in 2013, including career-best 216 yards in Outback Bowl win over Iowa … For career, had 11 100-yard rushing games, which ranks fourth in school history.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013)
Put together one of the best seasons for a running back in school history with 1,401 yards (No. 2 in school history) and 16 touchdowns (No. 4 in school history) in helping LSU to a 10-3 overall record … Ranked second in the SEC in rushing yards, rushing TDs, and rushing yards per game (116.8) … The 116.8 yards per game ranks second in LSU history, trailing only Charles Alexander’s mark of 153.3 set in 1977 … Set school record for yards per rush at 6.9 yards with a 200-carry minimum, which broke previous mark of 5.6 set back Kevin Faulk in 1998 … His 6.9 yards per rush is an SEC record for a running back with at least 200 carries, bettering the previous mark of 6.79 held by Garrison Hearst of Georgia in 1992 … First team All-SEC from the Associated Press and second team All-SEC as voted on by the league’s coaches … Rushed for 100 yards a school-record tying seven times, including career-best 216 yards in 21-14 win over Iowa in Outback Bowl … Iowa went into Outback Bowl allowing just 120.8 yards per game … Earned National and SEC Player of the Week honors in 35-21 win over Auburn when he rushed for 184 yards and three TDs … Sat out TCU game and the first quarter vs. UAB for disciplinary reasons … Got first start of in week 3 vs. Kent State and responded with 117 yards and a pair of TDs in LSU win … Had 157 yards and two TDs in road win over Mississippi State and followed that with 121 yards in victory over Florida …. Had 143 yards and two scores in win over Furman and capped the regular season with 145 yards and a score in win over Arkansas … Ranked third on team in receptions with 18 for 181 yards … Scored at least one TD in 11 of LSU’s 13 games and have two or more touchdowns in five games … Only games without a TD were against Florida and Texas A&M … Had six rushes of 50 yards or longer …

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012)
Had one of the best true freshman seasons in LSU history with 755 yards rushing with 12 TDs … Added eight receptions for 73 yards … Did all of that despite playing in just four of LSU’s first six games … Carried the ball just 13 times thru first six weeks of the season before taking advantage of an opportunity against South Carolina … Became the first true freshman to lead LSU in rushing since 2003 when Justin Vincent did it with 1,001 yards … The 755 yards rank as the fourth-highest single-season total for a true freshman in school history, trailing only Justin Vincent (1,001 yards in 2003), Dalton Hilliard (901 in 1982) and Kevin Faulk (852 in 1995) … Set the LSU true freshman record for rushing TDs in a season with 12, breaking the mark of 11 held by Dalton Hilliard in 1982 … Rushed for at least one TD in seven of 10 games … Had multiple rushing TDs in four games, including career-best 3 in win over Ole Miss … Earned SEC Co-Freshman of the Week honors after he set a career high with 124 rushing yards, including 118 in the second half, and scored two touchdowns on 17 carries in LSU’s 23-21 win over third-ranked South Carolina … It was the first of three straight 100-yard games for Hill … Followed that with 127 yards, including 101 yards in the second half, and 1 TD in win over Texas A&M … Scored on a 47-yard run in the fourth quarter against Texas A&M in what proved to be the game-winning points against the Aggies … Followed A&M game with 107 yards and a score in near upset of Alabama in what was his first career start … Became the first LSU true freshman running back in school history to rush for more than 100 yards against Alabama and he became the first LSU running back to rush for 100 yards or more in three consecutive games since Charles Scott did it in the first four games of the 2008 season … His 29 carries against Alabama were most in a game by an LSU running back since Joseph Addai rushed 32 times against Florida in 2005 … Closed year with his fourth 100-yard effort with 124 yards and a pair of TDs vs. Clemson in the Chick-fil-A Bowl … Other top rushing outings came against Ole Miss (77 yards, 3 TDs on 20 carries), Arkansas (77 yards, 1 TD on 18 carries) and Idaho (61 yards, 2 TDs on 10 carries) … Scored six TDs in LSU’s last three games … Against Ole Miss, became the first LSU true freshman running back to run for three TDs in a game since Kevin Faulk did it against North Texas in 1995.

HIGH SCHOOL
One of the top running backs coming out of Louisiana in 2010 … Named to 2010 Parade All-America team … A strong downhill back rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com … Ranked No. 13 in the state by Rivals and No. 5 by Tigerbait.com … Ranked as the No. 11 running back by Scout.com … Named to PrepStar Top 150 list and USA Today All-USA High School team … Named a Times Picayune Blue-Chip recruit and a member of The Advocate’s Super Dozen … Finished his senior season in 2010 with 302 carries for 2,260 yards and 36 touchdowns … Named to the Louisiana 3A All-State team in both 2009 and 2010 … Broke the Redemptorist High School career rushing record … High school teammate of LSU offensive lineman La’El Collins … Coached by Guy Mistretta.

PERSONAL
Parents are Y. Lisa and C.J. Hill … Born Oct. 20, 1992 … Majoring in sports administration … Graduated from high school in May of 2011 and sat out the 2011 fall semester … Enrolled at LSU in January of 2012 and took part in spring practice.

HILL’S CAREER HIGHS
Attempts: 29 vs. Alabama, 2012
Yards: 216 vs. Iowa, 2013 (Outback Bowl)
Touchdowns: 3 vs. Ole Miss, 2012
Long: 69 vs. Mississippi State, 2013

RECORDS HELD BY JEREMY HILL

LSU (Season)
100-yard games: 7 (tied with Kevin Faulk (‘96), Charles Alexander (‘77), Steve Van Buren ‘94)
Yards per rush (min. 200 carries): 6.9; broke mark of 5.6 held by Kevin Faulk, ‘98

SEC (Season)
Yard per rush by running back (min. 200 carries): 6.9; broke mark of 6.79 held by Garrison Hearst (Georgia, ’92)

HILL’S CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

Year
G-GS
Att.
Yds.
TD
LG
2012
11-5
142
755
12
50 (TD)
2013 12-11 203 1,401 16 69 (TD)
Totals
23-16
345
2,156
28
69 (TD)

HILL’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

Year
G-GS
Att.
Yds.
TD
LG
2012
11-5
8
73
0
21
2013 12-11 18 181 0 30
Totals
23-16
26
254
0
30
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