Anthony Hill Jr.

Former linebacker at Texas. 2025: 70 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · Texas · Jr.

6′3″ · 238 lb · Denton, TX

CFB Index 80 · #57 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDrafted by Tennessee — Rd 2, Pick 28, #60 overall

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

QB hurries: 92nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

6.5 TFL · 3.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 10 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, at Mississippi State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Texas. 2025: 70 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Texas in 2023.
Drafted round 2 by the Tennessee in 2026.
Named All-America (ESPN) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas, 249 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2025) — drafted at #60 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202313 games

Signed with Texas5-star out of Denton Ryan
Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Yearwinner

202416 games

All-America3 selectors
All-SEC

202510 games

All-SECfirst

2026

Drafted by Tennesseeround 2, pick 60

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#18 national

CFB

College

Texas

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #60

Tennessee · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

3 selectors honored him

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ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach

2023–2025

Steve Sarkisian

Texas

Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Tennessee2026 NFL rookie season

#60Rd 2 · Pick 28

Tennessee2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 35-8 over that span.

2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #57 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Strength: sacks (91st percentile).

Box-score production (8)

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

Tackles#268 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#303 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road5g	9.6	0.8	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	8.0	1.4	0.9	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #57 of 583 LBs

Former five-star. Now #57 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas	70	37	6.5	3.5	1	2	--
2024	Texas	113	60	17.0	7.5	1	1	--
2023	Texas	66	40	8.0	5.0	2	--	--
Career		249	137	31.5	16.0	4	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week