2012 Football Roster
Roster
Brandon Hill
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Columbus, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- West Lowndes HS
CAREER STATISTICS
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER: Solid blocking tight end and contributor on special teams … Was a fifth-year senior who returned from a broken foot sustained in the Kentucky game on Oct. 24, 2013 … Played in 45 career games with four starts … Caught 11 passes for 159 yards … A four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll who graduated from MSU in December 2014.
2014 SENIOR SEASON: Played in all 13 games … Caught three passes for 57 yards … Catches came against Southern Miss, UAB and Kentucky … Hauled in a career-long 40-yard pass against UAB on Sept. 6 … Registered his first career touchdown on an athletic 8-yard reception at Kentucky on Oct. 25.
2013 JUNIOR SEASON: Played in seven games with four starts … Starts came against Oklahoma State (8/31), LSU (10/5), Bowling Green (10/12) and Kentucky (10/24) … Did not play in the final six games of the year after suffering a broken foot against Kentucky on Oct. 24 … Caught two passes for 53 yards and also contributed on special teams … Made 15-yard catch in the season-opener vs. OSU … Hauled in 38-yard pass against Troy.
2012 SOPHOMORE SEASON: Saw action in 12 games, catching five passes for 46 yards . . . Tallied 27 receiving yards on two catches in the season-opening win against Jackson State at home . . . Caught one pass for six yards in the SEC-opening victory versus Auburn . . . Made a special teams tackle in the triumph over South Alabama . . . Hauled in one pass for five yards in the nationally-televised win against Tennessee at home . . . In the homecoming win against MTSU, caught one pass for eight yards . . . Recorded a special teams tackle at LSU.
2011 REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in all 13 games, mostly on kickoff and punt coverage … Caught one pass at Auburn in his SEC debut.
2010 TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON: Sat out the season as a true freshman.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned a four-star ranking by ESPN.com and listed as the No. 24 athlete in the nation … Listed by Scout.com as the No. 22 prospect in the state regardless of position … Listed on the Clarion-Ledger’s 40 Most Wanted recruits … Finished senior season with 23 catches for 269 yards and two touchdowns on offense … Defensively registered 64 tackles with one sack … Also picked off three passes and returned one for a touchdown … Recovered three fumbles, broke up three passes and tallied three tackles for loss … Played for head coach Chris Chambless at West Point … Became one of the Bulldogs’ first commitments of the class, committing in Feb. 2009.
PERSONAL: Born Brandon Darnell Hill on May 26, 1991 in Crawford, Miss. … Son of LaTanya Fenster and Brandon L. Hill … Has five siblings – Byron, Brandy, Brogan, Broycee and Corey … Graduated with over a 3.0 grade point average in clinical exercise physiology in December 2014.
HILL’S CAREER HIGHS
Receptions – 2, vs. Jackson State (9-1-12)
Receiving Yards – 40, vs. UAB (9-6-14)
Longest Reception – 40, vs. UAB (9-6-14)
Touchdowns – 1, at Kentucky (10-25-14)
