Houston Texans Draft Pitt S Brandon Hill
PITTSBURGH -- The Houston Texans traded around to wind up with the 248th pick in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft and they used it to take Pitt Panthers safety Brandon Hill. He is the sixth Panther to be drafted this year.
Hill took over one of Pitt's starting safety jobs in 2020, when Damar Hamlin and Paris Ford's opt-outs created a void in the back-end of the defense. He earned All-ACC honors twice - as an honorable mention in 2022 and as a second-team selection in 2021, when he was also a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the best safety in college football.
Hill is a hard-hitter with a nose for the ball as well. He showed off blazing speed by running the fastest 40-yard dash time of any safety at the NFL Combine. He ended his Pitt career with 172 total tackles, three interceptions, 12 passes defended and three forced fumbles in 40 career games.
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